100 Questions & Answers About Your Child's Schizophrenia

by Josiane Cobert

Overview

100 Questions & Answers About Your Child’s Schizophrenia provides clear, straightforward answers to your questions about your child’s schizophrenia. Written by an expert in the field, this practical, easy-to-read guide shows you and your family how to cope with symptoms, where to get the best treatment, what medications are available for this condition, and much more. An indispensible quick reference for anyone facing childhood schizophrenia!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763778088
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/14/2009
Series:	100 Questions & Answers about
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Josiane Cobert, MD has been head of inpatient and outpatient day child psychiatry at the Trinitas Regional Medical Center in New Jersey for over 20 years dealing with the entire spectrum of children with psychiatric problems. She has worked in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Cobert was born in Paris, France and received her training at the Universities of Caen and Rouen. She worked in France for a decade in private practice as a general practitioner/obstetrician-gynecologist. She came to the Unit ed States in 1981 where she trained in adult and child psychiatry at the Cornell/North Shore University Medical Center in New York. She is board certified in Adult and Child Psychiatry. She is a fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners and a member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.

Table of Contents

Introduction Introduction
Part 1 The Basics
Part 2 Signs & Symptoms: The Diagnosis
Part 3 Causes of Schizophrenia
Part 4 Differential Diagnosis
Part 5 Treatment of Schizophrenia: Medications
Part 6 Treatment of Schizophrenia: Beyond Medication
Part 7 Family, Friends, & The Community
Part 8 Treatment Centers, Hospitalization, & Residential Facilities
Part 9 Surviving
Appendix Appendix