Living with Schizophrenia: A Family Guide to Making a Difference

ISBN-13: 9781421421438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str.

Jeffrey Rado; Philip G. Janicak

Opis

An estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage. In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado and Philip G. Janicak, specialists in treating people who have schizophrenia, offer an easy-to-read primer for people with the disorder, along with their families and other caregivers. Drawing on their combined sixty years of clinical and research experience, Drs. Rado and Janicak- define schizophrenia and explain what is known about its causes- discuss the difference between negative symptoms (such as lack of emotion and social withdrawal) and positive symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders)- describe medication and psychosocial and behavioral treatments--and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for better long-term outcomes- explain what people with schizophrenia and their families can do to help keep the person well- explore how schizophrenia affects the entire family- detail medical conditions that people with schizophrenia are more likely than other people to have--including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes - offer key takeaway points for every topicDesigned for the lay reader and based on the most recent medical literature, Living with Schizophrenia offers information and understanding to help people coping with this often misunderstood disorder to best achieve recovery and healing.

O autorze

Jeffrey Rado, MD, is a board-certified internist and psychiatrist. He is an associate professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine. Philip G. Janicak, MD, is the director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Center at Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare. An adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine, he is the first editor of Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment.