Psychotic Disorders. Comorbidity Detection Promotes Improved Diagnosis and Treatment

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.

• Reflects current research, diagnosis, and treatment options for schizophrenia and other disorders including anxiety, panic, and obsessive disorders.
• Reviews the diagnosis-specific significance and roles of dopamine, hypofrontality, trauma, and genetics.
• Highlights the secondary signs and symptoms of comorbidity alone and in conjunction with psychosis.
• Covers treatment options including medication, psychotherapy, course, improved outcome, and timespan. 
• Includes sample patient interview questions and biological tests for each diagnosis.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Edited by Jeffrey Kahn and André Barciela Veras