Schizophrenia (Oxford American Psychiatry Library) - Brossura

Marder, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0199964653 ISBN 13: 9780199964659

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2014

Riassunto

This text provides a person-centered approach to helping individuals with schizophrenia meet their personal goals.The approach is strongly influenced by the "recovery" model. This model emphasizes a respect for an individual's ability to participate in decision-making about their illness and an appreciation that people can achieve many of their personal goals even when their illness is only partially controlled. There is also an emphasis on the diversity of individuals with schizophrenia.That is, although many people with this illness are severely disabled with limitations in their abilities to work or to function socially, others manage to function at a high level with successful careers and rich social and family relationships.

The book is organized into chapters that focus on common treatment situations including the acutely psychotic individual; the first episode of psychosis; the partial responder; the individual with schizophrenia and substance use problems as well as children and the elderly. Each of these situations presents itself with unique stages of treatment and emphasizes that each stage has unique challenges regarding evaluating an individual and his or her problems and selecting interventions. For each clinical situation, pharmacological as well as psychosocial approaches are described.

This book also recognizes that helping people with schizophrenia often requires a diverse group of treatment providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, clinical pharmacists, case managers and others. Individuals from all of these disciplines are likely to find this volume interesting and useful.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Stephen R. Marder, M.D. is an authority on the pharmacological and psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia. He is currently the Director of the Section on Psychosis at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA.

Contenuti:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Evaluation and Management of Acute Psychosis
• Chapter 3: Treatment Resistance and the partial responder
• Chapter 4: The Stable Phase and Recovery
• Chapter 5: First Psychotic Episodes and Early Intervention
• Chapter 6: Combined Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorders
• Chapter 7: Special populations: Children and the Elderly

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199964653
• ISBN 13: 9780199964659
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 104