Understanding and Caring for People with Schizophrenia: Fifteen Clinical Cases

ISBN-13: 9780367369996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 136 str.

Ragy R. Girgis; Gary Brucato; Jeffrey a. Lieberman

Opis

This book challenges professional and public misconceptions of schizophrenia as an illness with intractable symptoms and inexorable mental deterioration, educating clinicians and researchers on the effectiveness of treatment to change the course of or prevent the onset of illness.

 

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I: Onset (Early Identification and Prevention); Chapter 1: "Using Psychotherapy and Medications to Treat a Teenager with Prodromal Symptoms"; Chapter 2: "Persecutory Delusions and the Transition from Clinical High-Risk to Syndromal Psychosis"; Chapter 3: "The Heritability of Schizophrenia and Dealing with Having a Family Member with Schizophrenia"; Chapter 4: "The First-Episode of Psychosis and Suicide in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 5: "The Many Clinical Phases of Early Psychosis and the Importance of Psychoeducation and Medication Management";Part II: Recurrent and Chronic Illness (Once You Have It How Do You Manage It); Chapter 6: "Drug-Induced and Other Acute Psychoses in an Emergency Room Setting"; Chapter 7: "Impaired Functioning and Downward Shift in Functioning in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 8: "Fixed-False Beliefs"; Chapter 9: "The Capgras Delusion"; Chapter 10: "Violence in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 11: "Auditory Hallucinations and Religious Delusions"; Chapter 12: "Negative Symptoms and Cognitive Deficits"; Part III: End-Stage (Dealing with Residual Symptoms and Treatment-Resistance); Chapter 13: "Clozapine and Treatment-Refractory Illness"; Chapter 14: "Electroconvulsive Therapy in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 15: "Medical Conditions that can Masquerade as Schizophrenia"; Conclusion.