Treatment–Refractory Schizophrenia A Clinical Conundrum /
Schizophrenia is often associated with an inadequate response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. How to treat patients who have an unsatisfactory response to anti-psychotics, including clozapine - which is unequivocally the most powerful antipsychotic medication for this recalcit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Definitions and scope of treatment-refractory schizophrenia
- Biology of schizophrenia: Is treatment-refractoriness synonymous with severity of illness
- Evolution of refractoriness
- Medical and psychiatric comorbidities: Complicating treatment expectations
- Overview of pharmacologic treatments and guidelines
- Clozapine: Gold standard treatment for refractory schizophrenia: Now or never
- Augmenting clozapine and other antipsychotic medications: Pharmacologic choices and differential outcomes
- Augmenting clozapine therapy: Emerging neuromodulatory strategies
- Cognitive remediation for refractory schizophrenia
- Psychological and familial therapies for refractory schizophrenia
- Vocational performance of patients with chronic schizophrenia
- Refractory schizophrenia and the criminal justice system: A failure of continuity of care and a real challenge
- Personalized medicine: A ‘game changer’ in the care of patients with treatment-refractory schizophrenia?
