Schizophrenia
Friday's Progress Notes - October 17, 2007
Mental Health Information - Vol. 11 Issue 9
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CONTENTS
1. Schizophrenia treatment review
2. Treating schizophrenic patients with medical illnesses
3. Childhood-onset schizophrenia
4. Engaging the homeless paranoid patient
5. Understanding the concept of insight in mental illness
6. Using cognitive therapy to improve efficacy and coping skills
7. A personal story of living with schizophrenia
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Dear Colleagues,
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder. According to the NIMH, schizophrenia affects approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older, in a given year. Today’s newsletter focuses on the treatment of this debilitating disorder.
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Jack
John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Schizophrenia: A Review
Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that affects 1 percent of the population in all cultures.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070615/1821.html
2. CNS SPECTRUMS
Treating the Mind and Body in Schizophrenia: Risks and Prevention
Patients with schizophrenia are medically vulnerable due to underdiagnosis of medical problems and minimal (or no) utilization of primary care services.
http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=664
3. eMEDICINE
Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
Childhood-onset schizophrenia is a severe disorder that is usually chronic and persistently disabling.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2057.htm
4. PSYCHIATRY 2007
Engaging the Homeless Paranoid Patient
This article describes a composite case of a homeless woman with paranoid schizophrenia.
5. PRIMARY PSYCHIATRY
The Concept of Insight in Mental Illness
It would benefit patients and the professionals who work with them to have a significant understanding of the concept of insight and its implications.
6. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Delusions: How Cognitive Therapy Helps Patients Let Go
Learning more about patients’ beliefs through cognitive therapy can improve drug efficacy, engagement, and coping skills. (Complimentary registration required.)
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=781&UID=109438
7. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Schizophrenia and Social Work: A Personal Story
A social worker tells her personal story about living with schizophrenia.
http://www.helpstartshere.org/Default.aspx?PageID=519
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