Psychotic Disorders

Offering an up-to-date perspective on the complexity of mental illness, Psychotic Disorders: Using Co-Morbidity Diagnoses to Enhance Treatment provides unique insight by presenting schizophrenia and psychosis as a cormorbid disorders. Comprehensive coverage of the five comorbidity subtypes includes everything from definitions of the comorbidity syndrome (with DSM-5 criteria) and how to interview to specific symptoms for the psychotic diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment. This first-of-its-kind reference is a valuable clinical resource for psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, and clinicians in training, as well as a useful tool for exam review.<ul> <li> <p>Reflects current research, diagnosis, and treatment options for: </p></li> <ul> <li> <p>Schizophrenia with Voices and Panic Anxiety </p></li> <li> <p>Obsessive-Compulsive Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder </p></li> <li> <p>Persecutory Delusional Disorder and Social Anxiety  </p></li> <li> <p>Delusional Depression and Melancholic Depression </p></li> <li> <p>Bipolar I Disorder and Atypical Depression </p></li> <li> <p>Substance Use Psychoses </p></li> <li> <p>Medical Illness and Iatrogenic Psychoses </p></li></ul> <li> <p>Covers treatment options and outcomes with medication and psychotherapy.  </p></li> <li> <p>Includes sample patient interview approaches and/or biological tests for each diagnosis. </p></li> <li> <p>Highlights symptoms, quasi-psychotic symptoms and secondary signs of the comorbidities when alone, and when in conjunction with psychosis.  </p></li> <li> <p>Reviews diagnosis-specific significance and contributory roles of neurotransmitters, hypofrontality, psychological trauma, and genetics.  </p></li> <li> <p>Enhanced eBook version allows access to entire book contents on most devices. Included free with book purchase, or purchase separately.  </p></li></ul>