Schizophrenia
A Practical Primer
Matcheri S. Keshavan, Vinod Srihari, Ravinder Reddy
- 204 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Schizophrenia
A Practical Primer
Matcheri S. Keshavan, Vinod Srihari, Ravinder Reddy
About This Book
This second edition of Schizophrenia: A Practical Primer, includes decades of clinical and research experience in the field and helps readers understand what schizophrenia is and how it is managed.
Schizophrenia is a devastating illness that affects more than 50 million people worldwide. Written to help anyone who is faced with managing schizophrenia, whether as a clinician, patient, friend, or family member, this accessible book is an ideal first stop for practical, up-to-date information. It includes an overview of schizophrenia and provides answers to common questions that arise on different aspects of the illness, such as: diagnosis, pharmacological and psychotherapeutic management, treatment challenges and achieving recovery. Beyond these key issues, the book includes developments in the neurobiology of the illness, foreseeable developments and the history of schizophrenia. It also includes brief, realistic case vignettes adapted from clinical experience, and questions interspersed throughout the book to aid understanding.
This book is essential for professional trainee and early-career mental-health workers, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and nurses, and is written to cover in a concise and accessible way what is of immediate and practical relevance to gain familiarity with schizophrenia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What is and is not schizophrenia?
- 2 Assessment of schizophrenia
- 3 Social determinants of health affecting assessment
- 4 Schizophrenia, spirituality and religion
- 5 Putting together the (clinical) pieces
- 6 Talking to patients and families
- 7 Early intervention and prevention for schizophrenia
- 8 Managing symptoms and preventing relapse: Pharmacological approach
- 9 Psychosocial approaches to improve symptoms and functional outcomes
- 10 Managing treatment-related complications
- 11 Suboptimal treatment response
- 12 Medication nonadherence
- 13 Managing decompensation and relapse
- 14 Suicide and violence
- 15 Achieving recovery
- 16 History of schizophrenia
- 17 Who gets schizophrenia and why?
- 18 Neurobiology of schizophrenia
- 19 What does the future hold?
- Glossary of terms
- Helpful resources
- Index