Understanding and Caring for People with Schizophrenia

Ragy Girgis, MD, MS, is an associate professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute. He has published 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers has also recently authored On Satan, Demons, and Psychiatry: Exploring Mental Illness in the Bible, published in 2020. Gary Brucato, PhD, is an associate research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. An expert on psychosis and violence, he has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics. This is his second book. He was also the author, with Dr. Michael H. Stone, of The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime, published in 2019. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, is the Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry, Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He has published hundreds of peer reviewed journal articles, including some of the most seminal articles in the field of schizophrenia. In addition, Dr. Lieberman has written or edited 11 books on mental illness, psychopharmacology, and psychiatry.

Introduction; Part I: Onset (Early Identification and Prevention); Chapter 1: "Using Psychotherapy and Medications to Treat a Teenager with Prodromal Symptoms"; Chapter 2: "Persecutory Delusions and the Transition from Clinical High-Risk to Syndromal Psychosis"; Chapter 3: "The Heritability of Schizophrenia and Dealing with Having a Family Member with Schizophrenia"; Chapter 4: "The First-Episode of Psychosis and Suicide in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 5: "The Many Clinical Phases of Early Psychosis and the Importance of Psychoeducation and Medication Management";Part II: Recurrent and Chronic Illness (Once You Have It How Do You Manage It); Chapter 6: "Drug-Induced and Other Acute Psychoses in an Emergency Room Setting"; Chapter 7: "Impaired Functioning and Downward Shift in Functioning in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 8: "Fixed-False Beliefs"; Chapter 9: "The Capgras Delusion"; Chapter 10: "Violence in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 11: "Auditory Hallucinations and Religious Delusions"; Chapter 12: "Negative Symptoms and Cognitive Deficits"; Part III: End-Stage (Dealing with Residual Symptoms and Treatment-Resistance); Chapter 13: "Clozapine and Treatment-Refractory Illness"; Chapter 14: "Electroconvulsive Therapy in Schizophrenia"; Chapter 15: "Medical Conditions that can Masquerade as Schizophrenia"; Conclusion.