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Your Questions Answered
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By
Trevor Turner, MD, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director, The East London Foundation Trust, Homerton University and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, London, UK
Included in series
Your Questions Answered,
Description
This book, written in the popular Q and A format of the Your Questions Answered series, will provide sufficient information for a primary
care doctor to be able to understand and treat patients with schizophrenia. Answers are presented in a succinct, accessible style, with
emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge.
Audience
The Your Questions Answered books are designed for general practitioners and other health practitioners (including nurses), providing front line care.
Contents
Historical introduction and definitions. Symptoms of schizophrenia. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The causes of schizophrenia.
Psychiatric disorders with schizophrenia-like presentations. Management of schizophrenia: drug treatment. Management of schizophrenia:
Social and psychological treatment. Course and prognosis. Conclusions and future prospects. References and further reading. Appendices:
Useful organisations and websites, The Brief Psychiatric Ratings scale. Glossary. List of patient questions. Index.
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Paperback, 232 pages, publication date: NOV-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07347-2
ISBN-10: 0-443-07347-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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