TY - GEN digital ID - 131513525 TI - Schizophrenia : Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment AU - Janicak, Philip G. AU - Marder, Stephen R. AU - Tandon, Rajiv AU - Goldman, Morris PY - 2014 SN - 9781493906567 PB - New York, NY Springer DB - UniCat KW - Pharmacology. Therapy KW - Psychiatry KW - psychiatrie KW - farmacologie KW - psychotherapie KW - schizofrenie KW - psychofarmaca UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131513525 AB - Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a major addition to the literature, offering practical, comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and treatment options, genetic issues, neuroimaging, long-term management of schizophrenia, and future directions and predictions of how clinical care of schizophrenia will change. The book is divided into five sections. Section 1 summarizes the present state of knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. This includes recent changes in the DSM 5 categorization of schizophrenia and its implications for treatment. Section 2 considers recent discoveries into its pathoetiology, including the status of biological markers, genetics and neuroimaging as they relate to diagnosis and potential novel therapeutic approaches. Section 3 explores the optimization of present therapeutic approaches; novel treatments; and management of the substantial risks associated with both the illness and its present therapies. Section 4 discusses progress in the long-term management of schizophrenia, focusing on biological and psychotherapeutic strategies to improve functioning and facilitate recovery. Section 5 considers future directions and predictions of how diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia will change. An invaluable addition to the field, Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a definitive resource that will be of great interest to all clinicians caring for patients with schizophrenia. ER -