Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia: A Textbook of Clinical Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195388011 ISBN 13: 9780195388015

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The body of knowledge that we have accumulated about the causes and nature of schizophrenia is prodigious, and the repertoire of evidence-based treatments is substantial and increasing. Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia distills this corpus into the essential information that clinicians who care for persons with schizophrenia need to know. The second edition of the popular volume is thoroughly updated, offering new information on the advances in research and management since the first edition was published a decade ago. Chapters are streamlined to keep content as concise as possible, while key sections have been revised and expanded to include new information on drug therapy and advice on patient care. People with schizophrenia can suffer from multiple morbidities and disabilities, and thus may require a variety of treatments, both pharmacological and psychosocial. To cover the complex and growing field of schizophrenia management, renowned psychiatrists Jeffrey Lieberman and Robin Murray have recruited a distinguished group of researchers, practitioners and consumers of mental health care. This guide delves into to all aspects of the clinical management of schizophrenia for both the health care professional who treats patients as well as the researcher interested in the advances made in the field and their clinical application.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, is Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York, New York.

Robin M. Murray, MD, DSc, FRCPsych, is Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, University of London, in London, UK.

Review:

"This up-to-date second edition is a useful and comprehensive guide to managing patients with psychotic illness. I highly recommend it to any mental health professional caring for patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and their families." -- Michael Joel Schrift, D.O., M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Doody's

"The second edition of Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia is a carefully prepared, authoritative, compact, readable, and very useful overview." -- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0195388011
• ISBN 13: 9780195388015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Lieberman Jeffrey A., Murray Robin M.