Schizophrenia in Focus
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Author(s): D. M. Taylor
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853696071
Format: hardback
236pp
Price: £29.95
Review Date: 15 September 2006
Review: This book is for pharmacists working in both primary and secondary care . It describes the history and diagnosis of schizophrenia, its causes pathology and the neurochemistry of schizophrenia. There are chapters on conventional antipsychotics and other treatments including: benzamides; clozapine; risperidone; olanzapine; quetiapine; ziprasidone; and aripiprazole. The final chapters describe antipsychotic movement disorders, other adverse effects, and treating schizophrenia with antipsychotics.