Schizophrenia - Your Questions Answered.

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Trevor Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of R&D, Homerton and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, London. Also Honorary Senior Lecturer at St Bartholomew's and The Royal School of Medicine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.

KEY FEATURES

• Popular question and answer format
• Covers both commonplace and rarer issues
• Includes useful information on professional societies, journals, websites and patient information (patient support organisations and charities, websites, other patient-focused resources).
• Section on patients' frequently asked questions.

DESCRIPTION

This book, written in the popular Q and A format of the Your Questions Answered series, will provide sufficient information for a primary care doctor to be able to understand and treat patients with schizophrenia. Answers are presented in a succinct, accessible style, with emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Historical introduction and definitions.
Symptoms of schizophrenia.
Diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
The causes of schizophrenia.
Psychiatric disorders with schizophrenia-like presentations.
Management of schizophrenia: drug treatment.
Management of schizophrenia: Social and psychological treatment.
Course and prognosis.
Conclusions and future prospects.
References and further reading.

Appendices:
Useful organisations and websites,
The Brief Psychiatric Ratings scale.
Glossary.
List of patient questions.