Now there is a single resource that puts the many facets of a widely misunderstood disorder in perspective.  The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Schizophrenia offers broad coverage that encompasses the current state of knowledge of its cause, nature, and treatment.  Experts from North America and Europe address the complexity of schizophrenia in a comprehensive volume that leads readers from historical over-view and epidemiology to consideration of comorbid conditions.  It covers genetic and environmental causes, describes leading theories of schizophrenia, and explores the involvement of abnormal brain circuitry and the results of the latest neuroimaging studies.

    As a guide to clinical practice, the book offers timely and informative guidelines for approaching cognitive impairment as a potential psychopharmacological target for treatment, strategies for improving functioning in individuals with social or vocational impairment, an overview of antipsychotic drugs, and a review of proven psychosocial interventions. Clinicians will also find keys to early identificationof individuals vulnerable to psychoses, therapeutic approaches for first episodes, and special considerations for treatment of chronic schizophrenia.  Squarely confronting this baffling disease, this textbook will serve as a dependable source of knowledge for students, scientists, and clinicians alike.