Medical Illness and Schizophrenia

by Jonathan M. Meyer

Book Overview

Despite growing awareness in the psychiatric community of the multifaceted medical needs of the severely mentally ill, statistics show that as much as 60% of all schizophrenia patients die prematurely from nonpsychiatric medical conditions--in part because many physicians have not yet recognized how to properly treat common diseases and illnesses within this complex patient population. Medical Illness and Schizophrenia, Second Edition, is the only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585623466
• ISBN13: 9781585623464
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher