Book 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.
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.
