Schizophrenia

This book is designed to provide information on schizophrenia for patients, families and clinicians. It contains information on the basic signs, symptoms and treatment options that are available. It is written by a psychiatrist with two decades of experience. He is board certified in general psychiatry and three other specialities of forensic psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and addiction psychiatry and has provided treatment for patients of schizophrenia in many different settings.



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Definition, characteristics, and subtypesCauses, risks, and complicationsSchizophrenic episodes: reality vs. FictionSchizophrenia and other psychotic disordersTherapy, medication, and treatmentCoping and support mechanismsBonus! Find inside...And much more!

This book depicts the nature, causes, side effects, treatment, and course of schizophrenia and furthermore investigates living with it from both the patient's and the family's perspective. This new, totally refreshed seventh version remembers the most recent exploration discoveries for what causes the sickness, just as data about the freshest medications for therapy, and answers the inquiries frequently posed by families, customers, and suppliers.