Full Description
Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a major addition to the literature, offering practical, comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and treatment options, genetic issues, neuroimaging, long-term management of schizophrenia, and future directions and predictions of how clinical care of schizophrenia will change. The book is divided into five sections. Section 1 summarizes the present state of knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. This includes recent changes in the DSM 5 categorization of schizophrenia and its implications for treatment. Section 2 considers recent discoveries into its pathoetiology, including the status of biological markers, genetics and neuroimaging as they relate to diagnosis and potential novel therapeutic approaches. Section 3 explores the optimization of present therapeutic approaches; novel treatments; and management of the substantial risks associated with both the illness and its present therapies. Section4 discusses progress in the long-term management of schizophrenia, focusing on biological and psychotherapeutic strategies to improve functioning and facilitate recovery. Section 5 considers future directions and predictions of how diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia will change. An invaluable addition to the field, Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a definitive resource that will be of great interest to all clinicians caring for patients with schizophrenia.
Contents
Section 1: History, epidemiology, clinical course, present diagnostic criteria and impact of schizophrenia on the individual and society.
o Chapter 1. Introduction
o Chapter 2. Evolving Nosology of Schizophrenia: Implications for Treatment
Section 2: Recent and promising areas of research into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia with a focus on the implications for treatment of this disorder
o Chapter 3. Overview of Neurobiology
o Chapter 4. Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia
o Chapter 5. Genetics
o Chapter 6. Biological Markers
o Chapter 7. Neuroimaging
Section 3: Medical management of schizophrenia
o Chapter 8. Acute management of schizophrenia
o Chapter 9. Long-term management of schizophrenia
o Chapter 10. Management of comorbidities associated with schizophrenia
o Chapter 11. Management of water imbalance in schizophrenia
o Chapter 12. Management of medication-related adverse effects
Section 4: Management of schizophrenia and its long-term complications
o Chapter 13. Psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation approaches
o Chapter 14. Psychoeducation
Section 5: Future directions in research and implications for developing more effective therapies
o Chapter 15. Conclusion
