This book challenges professional and public misconceptions of schizophrenia as an illness with intractable symptoms and inexorable mental deterioration, educating clinicians and researchers on the effectiveness of treatment to change the course of or prevent the onset of illness. The authors illustrate such effectiveness through fifteen case studies examining psychosis in diverse clients. By depicting patients at different clinical stages of the illness, the reader will gain an appreciation of the nature of the illness and for the therapeutic potential of currently available treatments.
Key Features
- Fifteen case studies illustrating the effectiveness of treatment.
- Analysis of the causes, symptoms, interventions, and treatments across different phases of the illness.
- Focus on clinical aspects including diagnosis, prognosis, clinical presentation, and suicide risk.
- Discussion of cognitive deficits, stigma, medication management, and psychosocial interventions.
Additional Information
These case studies are divided into the three phases of the illness—prodromal/clinical high risk, first-episode, chronic, and treatment-refractory—with accompanying analyses. Readers will learn about the various clinical aspects of schizophrenia and treatment.
