Schizophrenia
Friday's Progress Notes - October 3, 2003
Mental Health Information - Vol. 7 Issue 15
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CONTENTS
1. Diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia
2. Practice guidelines for the treatment of children and teens
3. Overview of antipsychotic medications
4. Cognitive therapy as an adjunct treatment
5. Comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia
6. Treating patients in the correctional setting
7. Identifying subgroups of schizophrenic patients
8. Intervention strategies for suicidality
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1. eMEDICINE
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic disorder with onset typically occurring in adolescence or young adulthood.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic520.htm
2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia
The guidelines provide recommendations for the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia in children and adolescents.
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=3017
3. CNS NEWS
An Overview of Antischizophrenic Medications
Antipsychotic medications are the mainstay of the pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia. (Free registration is required.)
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=114
4. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
Rethinking the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
In the right patient at the right time, cognitive therapy can be a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/pccpdf/v04n05/v04n0506.pdf
5. JOURNAL OF HOME CARE MEDICINE
Medical Comorbidity in Patients With Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have higher mortality rates and are more likely to die of preventable causes than the general population.
6. CNS NEWS
Treating Schizophrenia in the Correctional Setting
Treating correctional populations requires a different approach. (Free registration is required to access this article.)
7. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Memory-Delineated Subtypes of Schizophrenia: Relationship to Clinical, Neuroanatomical, and Neurophysiological Measures
Schizophrenia may not be one single disease but rather an array of disorders.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=117
8. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
Intervention Strategies for Suicidality
Suicide is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with schizophrenia.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/audiograph/meltzer/jcpbook.pdf
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