Fast Facts: Schizophrenia

by Gillian Lee (Illustrator), Dee McLean (Illustrator), Shon W. Lewis (Author), Robert W. Buchanan (Author)

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  1998

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  The late 1990s mark the centenary of the identification of schizophrenia as a distinct clinical syndrome. The optimism of the early pioneers regarding understanding the causes and treatment of schizophrenia faded during the twentieth century, but has now been rekindled. Advances in brain imaging techniques and in understanding the nature of symptoms, underlying cognitive deficits and genetics are helping us comprehend the causes. New drug and non-drug treatments are now becoming more available and are the first real advances in treatment for 30 years. This concise review outlines what is new and important in the understanding and management of this distressing condition.

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  2002

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  This is a concise, authoritative review of what is important in the understanding and management of the distressing condition of schizophrenia. Although schizophrenia has been recognized for 100 years, our knowledge of its cause, and thus our approach to its treatment, has been limited. Today, thanks, largely to new genetic and brain imaging techniques, our understanding of the symptoms and cognitive deficits is increasing, so illuminating the underlying causes of schizophrenia. New drug and non-drug treatments are becoming avilable, allowing the first real advances in treatment in 30 years.