Medical Illness and Schizophrenia
, by Meyer, Jonathan M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781585623464 | 1585623466
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/1/2009
This text is an invaluable resource for hospital or community-based psychiatric physicians, family medicine and psychiatry residents, nurses, psychologists, and health-care professionals. The only clinical guide focused exclusively on the treatment of medical comorbidities among patients with schizophrenia, it covers common medical conditions ranging from obesity, heart disease, and diabetes to substance abuse and smoking. New in this edition are important chapters on behavioral treatments for weight loss, sexual dysfunction issues, and health outcomes of schizophrenia treatment in children, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding patients. Book jacket.