Medical Illness and Schizophrenia

by Meyer, Jonathan M.

• ISBN13: 9781585623464
• ISBN10: 1585623466
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Jonathan M. Meyer, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and Staff Psychiatrist at the San Diego VA Medical Center in La Jolla, California.

Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Disclosure of Interests	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Public Health Issues for Schizophrenia Patients
Improving Physical Health Care for Patients With Serious Mental Illness	p. 3
Excessive Mortality and Morbidity Associated With Schizophrenia	p. 17
Medical Outcomes From the CATIE Schizophrenia Study	p. 37
Metabolic Disease, Heart Disease, and Related Conditions
Obesity and Schizophrenia	p. 61
Glucose Intolerance and Diabetes in Patients With Schizophrenia	p. 91
Effect of Antipsychotics on Serum Lipids	p. 117
The Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Schizophrenia	p. 169
Behavioral Treatments for Weight Management of Patients With Schizophrenia	p. 203
Nicotine and Tobacco Use in Patients With Schizophrenia	p. 223
Special Topics and Populations
HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia	p. 247
Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia	p. 275
Sexual Dysfunction and Schizophrenia	p. 303
Managing the Health Outcomes of Schizophrenia Treatment in Children and Adolescents	p. 343
Medical Health in Aging Persons With Schizophrenia	p. 377
Managing Health Outcomes of Women With Schizophrenia During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding	p. 415
Index	p. 435
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