Schizophrenia (Fast Facts) - Softcover
Synopsis
"Fast Facts - Schizophrenia" is a concise and authoritative overview of the latest thinking on this distressing condition and its management. This expanded edition will bring the busy physician fully up to date with advances in treatment strategies and in the understanding of risk factors, symptoms and cognitive and brain deficits. The value of early intervention is emphasized, and new drug and non-drug therapies are described. This accessible and sharply focused handbook will refresh and update the knowledge of family physicians, psychiatrists in training, mental health nurses and medical students. Contents: A brief history; Symptoms and diagnosis; Epidemiology; Genetics; Developmental theories and environmental factors; Neuroanatomy and structural imaging; Neuropsychology and functional imaging; Neurochemistry; Pharmacological treatment; Psychosocial interventions and non-drug treatments; Early intervention.
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About the Author
Robert W Buchanan, Chief, Outpatient Research Program, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and Shôn W Lewis, BSc MD FRCPsych, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Review
"'This is a valuable, concise book summarizing the state of the art in schizophrenia. Any clinician who needs to keep up to date in schizophrenia should read and refer to this book.' --Doody's Health Sciences Review"
'This small book is indeed remarkable. It does offer Fast Facts about schizophrenia, and for a person who needs to know much about the disorder, and needs to know it quickly, this is the book.' --World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, 2007
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- PublisherHealth Pr
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1903734932
- ISBN 13 9781903734933
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
- Number of pages103
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