Leslie Citrome

2013

The aim of this handbook is to provide an overview of the management of schizophrenia, focusing on the patient with an apparent suboptimal treatment response. This may include outpatients who are dissatisfied with the progress they are making, patients who seem to have frequent relapses, or hospitalized patients receiving intermediate- and long-term care. There is a high degree of heterogeneity among patients with schizophrenia in terms of clinical course, intensity of symptoms, degree of functional impairment, comorbid conditions, and response to medication.