Edited by Siegfried Kasper, current president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, and featuring an international list of world-renown contributors, Schizophrenia, Second Edition provides psychiatrists, neurologists, and psychologists with a comprehensive and concise handbook on the latest schizophrenia research and management from diagnosis through treatment.New features in this user-friendly Second Edition: ULLItwo-thirds brand-new content, including 20 chapter additions/LILIdetailed coverage of interviewing, syptomatology evaluation, and cognitive assessment strategies to ensure accurate differential diagnosis/LILIan in-depth discussion of both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment options/LILIa section on the neurobiology of schizophrenia, covering the latest in genetic and epigenetic factors, brain abnormalities, neuroimaging, biochemical alterations, and social cognition/LILItreatment options for management of the disease, including treatment of the first schizophrenic episode, pharmacogenetic approaches, comparative efficacy of older vs. new antipsychotic medication, managing side-effects, psychosocial and cognitive rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation strategies/LI/UL