World Health Organization : Year 1992 ; World Health Organization, Mental Health, Mental, Neurological and Psychosocial Disorders, No. 92.8: Schizophrenia Information for Families

By World Health Organization

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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1992 ; World Health Organization, Mental Health, Mental, Neurological and Psychosocial Disorders, No. 92.8: Schizophrenia Information for Families
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
In 1988 WHO launched its Initiative of Support to People Disabled by Mental Illness. One of its major components deals with consumer involvement in planning, delivering and evaluating mental health services. We are now proud to present Schizophrenia: information for families.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents PB08 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A . EXPLAINING SCHIZOPHRENIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. The Nature of the Illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 What is Schizophrenia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 What are the Symptoms? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.3 The cause/causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.4 Recognizing that something is wrong . . . . . 7 1.5 Seeking Medical Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.6 A diagnosis of schizophrenia . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 . Management of Schizophrenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1 The Role of Antipsychotic Drugs . . . . . .: 10 2.2 The Needs of People with Schizophrenia . 12 2.3 Services for People with Schizophrenia . . 13 3. The Present State of Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.1 Why research is needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.2 Discovering the causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.3 What differences in distribution exist? . . . . 17 3.4 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.5 Research into treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.6 Evaluating services for people with schizophrenia and their families . . . . . . . . 20 B . COPING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1 . Some Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21