Schizophrenia: Current science and clinical practice

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-ca/Schizophrenia%3A+Current+science+and+clinical+practice-p-9780470710548

Schizophrenia: Current science and clinical practice

Wolfgang Gaebel

Description

The first book in a new series from the World Psychiatric Association, Schizophrenia: current science and clinical practice presents recent information on the diagnosis, neurobiological foundations, and management of schizophrenia. It evaluates the findings obtained with modern techniques like magnetic resonance imaging, genetics and network analyses. The book reviews the importance of neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenia and its predictive value for functional capacity. It covers the key areas of early recognition, prevention, rehabilitation and stigma. There is also a critical discussion of diagnostic classification and the revision of the two major international systems.

Written by experts in the field who have a track record of being engaging authors, this book provides a rapid overview of the current state of the art in schizophrenia research and clinical management. It will be invaluable to all psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropharmacologists, researchers in psychiatry and psychopharmacology in academia and in industry, and clinical and behavioural neuroscientists.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Gaebel is Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. He was Chairman of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry and of the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology. He is a Member of the scientific Advisory Board of the German Medical Association. He is active in various roles within the World Psychiatric Association, including as Chairman of the German Anti-Stigma Association and of the Section on Schizophrenia.

Series

World Psychiatric Association

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-ca/Schizophrenia%3A+Current+science+and+clinical+practice-p-9780470710548