Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

by Castle, David J.

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Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library of pocketbooks, this user-friendly and practical guide will outline the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Co-authored by two global experts on the management of patients with psychosis, this pocketbook will serve as a useful guide for psychiatrists, trainees, psychiatric specialist nurses, and interested general practitioners. Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling mental illnesses and is also highly prevalent, occurrin…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Schizophrenia / David J. Castle, Peter F. Buckley.

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Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library of pocketbooks, this user-friendly and practical guide will outline the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Co-authored by two global experts on the management of patients with psychosis, this pocketbook will serve as a useful guide for psychiatrists, trainees, psychiatric specialist nurses, and interested general practitioners. Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling mental illnesses and is also highly prevalent, occurring in approximately 1% of the population and affecting both men and women equally.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015
  • Edition:Second edition

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Notes

This edition originally published: 2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 116 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191021909, 0191021903
  • oclc:ocn905969744
  • LC Classification:RC514
  • Dewey Decimal:616.898

Table of Contents

Diagnosis and classification -- Clinical features -- Comorbidity -- Epidemiology and longitudinal course -- Aetiology -- Schizophrenia as a brain disease -- Models of care -- Pharmacological and physical treatments -- Psychological and psychosocial treatments -- Special clinical situations -- Information for patients and carers -- References and further reading.

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