Schizophrenia
  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

Edited by the president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry and featuring an international list of world-renown contributors, Schizophrenia, Second Edition provides psychiatrists, neurologists, and psychologists with a comprehensive handbook on the latest schizophrenia research and management from diagnosis through tr

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. 1 Schizophrenia: Historical roots and brief review of recent research developments
  9. 2 Epidemiology and gender
  10. 3 Interviewing the patient with schizophrenia
  11. 4 Evaluation of symptomatology on schizophrenia
  12. 5 Clinical characteristics of first-episode schizophrenia
  13. 6 Schizophrenia: Differential diagnosis and comorbidities
  14. 7 Neurocognition and schizophrenia
  15. 8 Genetic and epigenetic factors in schizophrenia
  16. 9 Brain abnormalities in schizophrenia
  17. 10 Imaging in schizophrenia
  18. 11 Biochemical alterations in schizophrenia
  19. 12 Dopamine dysrégulation in the brain network of decision-making: Can this explain the psychopathology of schizophrenia?
  20. 13 Neuropsychological markers and social cognition in schizophrenia
  21. 14 An update of meta-analyses on second-generation antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia
  22. 15 Maintenance pharmacotherapy in schizophrenia
  23. 16 Evaluation and medication therapy for treatment resistance in schizophrenia
  24. 17 First episode schizophrenia: Considerations on the timing, selection, and duration of antipsychotic therapies
  25. 18 Pharmacological profile and pharmacogenetic approaches of antipsychotics
  26. 19 Side effect burden of antipsychotic medication
  27. 20 Rehabilitation in schizophrenia: Social skills training and cognitive remediation
  28. 21 Evidence-based psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia
  29. 22 Transcultural psychiatry and schizophrenia
  30. 23 Electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia
  31. 24 Schizophrenia and stigma: Old problems, new challenges
  32. 25 Patient rights: Ethics and the clinical care of patients
  33. 26 Genetic counseling in schizophrenia
  34. 27 Violence in schizophrenia: Risk factors and assessment
  35. 28 Economic evaluation and schizophrenia
  36. 29 Transcultural aspects of schizophrenia and old-age schizophrenia