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Churchill's In Clinical Practice Series: Schizophrenia

Churchill's In Clinical Practice Series: Schizophrenia

by PeterB.JonesMScPhDFRCPMRCPsych (Author), PeterF.BuckleyMDMRCPsych (Author)

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Synopsis

Schizophrenia is a debilitating and serious medical illness that has a profound effect on the patient's life, as well as the lives of their immediate family, friends and carers. The symptoms and course of the illness vary considerably between individuals, making diagnosis and subsequent management a complex task for the clinician. Extensive research into the causes of schizophrenia and its treatment outcomes has resulted in a rapid pace of knowledge growth. Consequently, advances in treatment options and management of the condition have been substantial in recent years.This book, jointly written by two experienced researchers and clinicians, aims to bring together all the latest research and current best practice in one easy-reference handbook for the busy clinician. The book is written concisely, with accompanying full-color illustrations to help explain more difficult concepts. Case studies enable the reader to explore real-life patients and review their care plans with commentary from the authors. Finally, an excellent reference list allows the interested reader to gather further information on specific topics for themselves. The book is full of new information and clinical pearls, written in a condensed, pocket-book format. This new book will be a valuable resource for the clinician and encourage a better understanding and appropriate management of schizophrenia patients.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 12 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0443102503
ISBN 13: 9780443102509

Author Bio
Peter B Jones MB, MSc, MA, PhD, FRCP, MRCPsych, FMedSci is Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. He read for his first degree in anatomy and neurobiology at King's College, London, before qualifying in medicine from Westminster Medical School. Following 3 years of general medical posts, Professor Jones began psychiatry at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals in London where, after completing a masters degree in clinical epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his PhD in psychiatric epidemiology, he was appointed as Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in 1993. In 1997 he took up the Chair of Psychiatry and Community Mental Health in Nottingham, moving to Cambridge in 2000. Professor Jones' research concerns epidemiology of mental illness, particularly the psychoses, early lifecourse influences on adult mental health and illness, and the interface between population-based and biological investigations and explanations, including genetics. Clinically, he directs a new service for people with first episode psychosis (CAMEO, www.cameo.nhs.uk) jointly with Professor Ed Bullmore, and is presently a non-executive Director of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Peter F Buckley, MD, MRCPsych is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He immigrated to America in 1992 after completing his medical degree and post-doctoral training at the University College Dublin School of Medicine in Ireland. His thesis was on the subject of neuroimaging and neurodevelopment in schizophrenia. Before joining the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia, Dr Buckley was Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio and served as Medical Director at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare System (NBHS), the adult state psychiatric services for Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio. Dr Buckley conducts research on the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia. He is author of a textbook on psychiatry and has edited eight specialist books on schizophrenia, as well as publishing widely in major psychiatric journals with over 250 book chapters, articles and abstracts. Dr Buckley is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dual Diagnosis and is on the editorial board of five other journals. He is recipient of several awards for his work, including an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Dr Buckley is also the recipient of the 2004 American Psychiatric Association Administrative Psychiatric Award.