Essentials of Schizophrenia
Title | Essentials of Schizophrenia PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey A. Lieberman |
Publisher | Amer Psychiatric Pub Incorporated |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781585624010 |
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If Your Adolescent Has Schizophrenia
Title | If Your Adolescent Has Schizophrenia PDF eBook |
Author | Raquel E. Gur |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 019518212X |
Discusses warning signs, diagnosis, treatments, and daily handling of schizophrenia in adolescents and provides advice from parents.
Essential Psychiatry
Title | Essential Psychiatry PDF eBook |
Author | Robin M. Murray |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 1385 |
Release | 2008-09-18 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1139473654 |
This is a major international textbook for psychiatrists and other professionals working in the field of mental healthcare. With contributions from opinion-leaders from around the globe, this book will appeal to those in training as well as to those further along the career path seeking a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of effective clinical practice backed by research evidence. The book is divided into cohesive sections moving from coverage of the tools and skills of the trade, through descriptions of the major psychiatric disorders and on to consider special topics and issues surrounding service organization. The final important section provides a comprehensive review of treatments covering all of the major modalities. Previously established as the Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, this new and completely revised edition is the only book to provide this depth and breadth of coverage in an accessible, yet authoritative manner.
Pharmacological Treatment of Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care
Title | Pharmacological Treatment of Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9241547693 |
This manual attempts to provide simple, adequate and evidence-based information to health care professionals in primary health care especially in low- and middle-income countries to be able to provide pharmacological treatment to persons with mental disorders. The manual contains basic principles of prescribing followed by chapters on medicines used in psychotic disorders; depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, assessment and synthesis and the peer view process.
Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
Title | Diagnosis: Schizophrenia PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Miller |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0231150415 |
In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psychoeducation, and therapeutic needs of those coping with the illness, as well as access to medical benefits and community resources. A remarkably inclusive guide, the volume informs patients, families, friends, and professionals, detailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, medications and side effects, the functioning of the brain, and the value of rehabilitation and other services. In their dialogues, participants confront shame, stigma, substance use, and relapse issues and the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex practices, and coping skills during recovery. Clinicians elaborate on the symptoms of schizophrenia, such as violent and suicidal thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, memory and concentration problems, trouble getting motivated or organized, and anxiety and mood disorders. Adopting an uplifting tone of manageability, the participants, authors, and clinicians of this volume offer more than advice--they prescribe hope.
Medical Illness and Schizophrenia
Title | Medical Illness and Schizophrenia PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan M. Meyer |
Publisher | American Psychiatric Pub |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2009-04-27 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1585628964 |
Despite growing awareness in the psychiatric community of the multifaceted medical needs of the severely mentally ill, statistics show that as much as 60% of all schizophrenia patients die prematurely from nonpsychiatric medical conditions -- in part because many physicians have not yet recognized how to properly treat common diseases and illnesses within this complex patient population. Medical Illness and Schizophrenia, Second Edition, is the only clinical guide to focus exclusively on the treatment of common medical comorbidities among patients with schizophrenia. Like its best-selling predecessor, the book compiles the latest research and clinical information on integrating medical and psychiatric care for the schizophrenia patient. Twenty-eight physicians and psychiatrists, including editors Jonathan M. Meyer, M.D., and Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D., lend their expertise to this new, expanded edition. In fifteen chapters, this volume covers a wide range of common medical problems -- from metabolic and heart conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, obesity and diabetes, to substance abuse and smoking. Each chapter concludes with "Key Clinical Points" that summarize important concepts and ensure reader retention. Additionally, the second edition includes new chapters that touch on some of the most complex clinical issues in the field of schizophrenia treatment today: Recent trends in the integration of medical and mental healthcare Behavioral treatments for weight loss in persons with schizophrenia Treatment of sexual dysfunction among persons treated for schizophrenia Health outcomes of schizophrenia treatment in children and adolescents Health outcomes of schizophrenia treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding As the only clinical text of its kind, Medical Illness and Schizophrenia, Second Edition, is an invaluable resource for psychiatrists, nurses, healthcare professionals, and psychiatric and clinical residents. The goal of this text has always been to help clinicians recognize schizophrenia as both a brain disorder and a systemic disease with multiple manifestations that go beyond the obvious psychiatric symptoms -- and thus take a broader approach to treatment of schizophrenia. This new edition is a comprehensive, practical manual that serves as a reference for the medical management of seriously mentally ill patients across the age spectrum in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Schizophrenia
Title | Schizophrenia PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Boyle |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2014-01-21 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1317797833 |
First published in 2002. Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?, first published in 1990, made a very significant contribution to the debates on the concepts of schizophrenia and mental illness. These concepts remain both influential and controversial and this new updated second edition provides an incisive critical analysis of the debates over the last decade. As well as providing updated versions of the historical and scientific arguments against the concept of schizophrenia which formed the basis of the first edition, Boyle covers significant new material relevant to today’s debates.