Despite growing awareness in the psychiatric community of the multifaceted medical needs of the severely mentally ill, statistics show that as much as 60% of all schizophrenia patients die prematurely from nonpsychiatric medical conditions -- in part because many physicians have not yet recognized how to properly treat common diseases and illnesses within this complex patient population. Medical Illness and Schizophrenia, Second Edition, is the only clinical guide to focus exclusively on the treatment of common medical comorbidities among patients with schizophrenia. Like its best-selling predecessor, the book compiles the latest research and clinical information on integrating medical and psychiatric care for the schizophrenia patient.

ContributorsDisclosure of InterestsPrefacePart I: Public Health Issues for Schizophrenia PatientsChapter 1. Improving Physical Health Care for Patients With Serious Mental IllnessChapter 2. Excessive Mortality and Morbidity Associated With SchizophreniaChapter 3. Medical Outcomes From the CATIE Schizophrenia StudyPart II: Metabolic Disease, Heart Disease, and Related ConditionsChapter 4. Obesity and SchizophreniaChapter 5. Glucose Intolerance and Diabetes in Patients With SchizophreniaChapter 6. Effects of Antipsychotics on Serum LipidsChapter 7. The Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With SchizophreniaChapter 8. Behavioral Treatments for Weight Management of Patients With SchizophreniaChapter 9. Nicotine and Tobacco Use in Patients With SchizophreniaPart III: Special Topics and PopulationsChapter 10. HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With SchizophreniaChapter 11. Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Chapter 12. Sexual Dysfunction and SchizophreniaChapter 13. Managing the Health Outcomes of Schizophrenia Treatment in Children and AdolescentsChapter 14. Medical Health in Aging Persons With SchizophreniaChapter 15. Managing Health Outcomes of Women With Schizophrenia During Pregnancy and BreastfeedingIndex