Matcheri Keshavan, MD, is Stanley R Cobb Professor and Academic Head of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC); Harvard Medical School. He has an active clinical practice at the Aspire clinic, BIDMC.

Vinod H. Srihari, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Program for Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC); Yale University School of Medicine.

Ravinder Reddy, MD, is former Health Sciences Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; former Psychiatry Training Director at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Preface

Chapter 1 What is and is not schizophrenia?

Chapter 2 Assessment of schizophrenia

Chapter 3 Social determinants of health affecting assessment

Chapter 4 Schizophrenia, spirituality and religion

Chapter 5 Putting together the (clinical) pieces

Chapter 6 Talking to patients and families

Chapter 7 Early intervention and prevention for schizophrenia

Chapter 8 Managing symptoms and preventing relapse: Pharmacological approach

Chapter 9 Psychosocial approaches to improve symptoms and functional outcomes

Chapter 10 Managing treatment-related complications

Chapter 11 Suboptimal treatment response

Chapter 12 Medication nonadherence

Chapter 13 Managing decompensation and relapse

Chapter 14 Suicide and violence

Chapter 15 Achieving recovery

Chapter 16 History of schizophrenia

Chapter 17 Who gets schizophrenia and why?

Chapter 18 Neurobiology of schizophrenia

Chapter 19 What does the future hold?

Glossary of terms

Helpful Resources

Index