Table of Contents

Contributors
Disclosure of Interests
Preface
Part I: Public Health Issues for Schizophrenia Patients
Chapter 1. Improving Physical Health Care for Patients With Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 2. Excessive Mortality and Morbidity Associated With Schizophrenia
Chapter 3. Medical Outcomes From the CATIE Schizophrenia Study
Part II: Metabolic Disease, Heart Disease, and Related Conditions
Chapter 4. Obesity and Schizophrenia
Chapter 5. Glucose Intolerance and Diabetes in Patients With Schizophrenia
Chapter 6. Effects of Antipsychotics on Serum Lipids
Chapter 7. The Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Schizophrenia
Chapter 8. Behavioral Treatments for Weight Management of Patients With Schizophrenia
Chapter 9. Nicotine and Tobacco Use in Patients With Schizophrenia
Part III: Special Topics and Populations
Chapter 10. HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia
Chapter 11. Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia
Chapter 12. Sexual Dysfunction and Schizophrenia
Chapter 13. Managing the Health Outcomes of Schizophrenia Treatment in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 14. Medical Health in Aging Persons With Schizophrenia
Chapter 15. Managing Health Outcomes of Women With Schizophrenia During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Index

About the Author

Jonathan M. Meyer, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and Staff Psychiatrist at the San Diego VA Medical Center in La Jolla, California.

Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Reviews

I would highly recommend this book to all physicians, nurses, and trainees who treat patients with schizophrenia, either in the psychiatric or the primary care setting. In addition to its value as a continuing education resource, this volume is a great quick reference when dealing with the myriad medical problems our patients face every day. Psychiatric Services,Marie Hobart M.D., Every trainee and clinician should have access to this volume. I am glad that our field now has a book called, "Medical Illness and Schizophrenia." The existence of this book signifies unmistakably that "mens sana in corpore sano" is an appropriate guiding principle for any healthcare professional who is involved in the care of patients with schizophrenia. Two "thumbs-up" from me for this book. Psychosomatics, Oliver Freudenreich, M.D