Essentials of Schizophrenia

"Essentials of Schizophrenia" was written by clinical psychiatrists to be a singular resource that puts the many misconceptions of this prototypical disorder into perspective. Experts from a wide range of disciplines from North America and Europe address the cause, nature, and treatment of schizophrenia.

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York. T. Scott Stroup, M.D., M.P.H., is Director of the Program for Intervention Effectiveness Research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York, New York. Diana O. Perkins, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor and Medical Director of OASIS (Outreach and Support Intervention Services) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.