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Taylor & Francis Understanding and Treating Cognition in Schizophrenia A Clinicians Handbook 2002 Edition by Philip D Harvey, Tonmoy Sharma
A state-of-the-art title, this handbook describes the most up-to-date knowledge of our understanding of cognition in schizophrenia. Cognition is one of the most critical, if not the most critical aspect of the schizophrenic illness. For the first time, the authors assess the importance of cognition as an independent symptom domain, including also an analysis of the costs of impairment. They focus on all the essential features of cognition in schizophrenia and discuss the clinical implications of these deficits in the everyday life of patients. The most recent data on the beneficial effects of the newest medications that enhance cognition without influencing the psychotic symptoms of the illness is included as is a unique review of cognition and ageing. Authoritative and timely, the book provides a concise and easy-to-follow but sophisticated analyses of cognitive deficits, their implications and the newly developing treatment strategies. Table of contents : - 1. The History of Cognition and Schizophrenia 2. Cognitive Deficits as a Core Feature of Schizophrenia 3. Learning and Memory in Schizophrenia 4. Working Memory in Schizophrenia 5. Executive Functioning in Schizophrenia 6. Attention Deficits in Schizophrenia 7. Functional Deficits and Cognition 8. The Cost of Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia 9. Cognitive and Functional Changes with Aging 10. The Neuroimaging Correlates of Cognitive Deficits 11. Conventional Antipsychotic Medications and Cognition in Schizophrenia 12. Novel Antipsychotics as Cognitive Enhancers 13. Alternative Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancers 14. Behavioural Cognitive Enhancement 15. Functional Neuroimaging of Effects of Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia