Schizophrenia

Informationen zum Autor Bernard Fried, Bernard Sherma Klappentext 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 treatment.New features in this user-friendly Second Edition:Two-thirds new content, including 20 chapter additionsdetailed coverage of interviewing, symptomatology evaluation, and cognitive assessment strategies to ensure accurate differential diagnosisAn in-depth discussion of both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment optionsA section on the neurobiology of schizophrenia, covering the latest in genetic and epigenetic factors, brain abnormalities, neuroimaging, biochemical alterations, and social cognitionTreatment options for management of the disease, including treatment of the first schizophrenic episode, pharmacogenetic approaches, comparative efficacy of older vs. new antipsychotic medication, managing side-effects, psychosocial and cognitive rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation strategies Zusammenfassung Schizophrenia Inhaltsverzeichnis Diagnosis and Psychopathology. Neurobiology. Pharmacological Treatment Strategies. Nonpharmacological Treatment. Schizophrenia and Society .

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• Authors: Bernard Fried, Siegfried (Md Professor and Chairman Kasper, Siegfried Papadimitriou Kasper, KASPER SIEGFRIED PAPADIMITRIOU G, Bernard Sherma, Kasper Siegfried
• Assisted by: Siegfried Kasper (Editor), George N Papadimitriou (Editor), George N. Papadimitriou (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9781420080049
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-8004-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Medical Psychiatry; Medical Psychiatry Series; Medical Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Psychiatrie, Klinische und Innere Medizin