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Guide to Assessment Scales in Schizophrenia

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Richard Keefe

    1. , Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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  • Brief and understandable explanations of each scale

  • Provides rating scales that can be used for the systematic evaluation of patients in standard clinical practice

  • Written by respected authors in the field of psychiatry

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Symptom Rating Scales in Schizophrenia

    • Joseph Ventura, Stephen Marder
    Pages 1-8

  3. Depression and Suicidality

    • Jean Addington
    Pages 9-14

  4. Cognition

    • Michael Kraus, Richard Keefe
    Pages 15-31

  5. Functional Outcomes Assessment Scales

    • Philip D Harvey
    Pages 33-38

  6. Quality of Life Measurements in a Person with Schizophrenia

    • George Awad
    Pages 39-44

  7. Antipsychotic Side-Effect Rating Scales in Schizophrenia

    • Mark Taylor
    Pages 45-53

  8. Assessment Scales for Insight

    • Anthony S David
    Pages 55-64

  9. Assessing Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications

    • Donald Goff, Julie Kreyenbuhl
    Pages 65-71

  10. Clinical Assessment Scales in Substance Use Disorders

    • Ashwin A Patkar, Jonathan C Lee
    Pages 73-78

  11. Medical Comorbidities

    • Joseph P McEvoy
    Pages 79-84
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This book provides a wealth of assessment instruments from the world’s experts to help clinicians gather the most important information from their patients. This is the 3rd edition of our highly successful guides to Rating Scales in Schizophrenia, it is a practical and quick reference publication for psychiatrists.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

    Richard Keefe

About the editor

Richard Keefe, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He received his BA from Princeton University and his PhD in clinical psychology from New York University. His research is primarily devoted to understanding cognitive dysfunction and its treatment in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders, including those at high risk for schizophrenia. Dr Keefe has had a leadership role in several large National Institute of Mental Health studies including the CATIE, MATRICS, TURNS, and TENETS projects. He has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific papers and two books. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Schizophrenia Research, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, and is Associate Editor of Psychological Medicine. He is President of the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology for 2012–2014. He is the Founder and CEO of NeuroCog Trials, Inc. He is a Co-Principal Investigator and Director of the Neurocognitive Core for the Translational and Clinical Research Neuroscience project at the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore. 

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