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Optimal treatment requires a clear identification of the disorder being treated and a comprehensive understanding of the sick person and his or her environment. But the enigmatic nature of schizophrenia makes this ideal difficult to realize. Understanding the illness, the setting in which it occurs, and the effects on the individual, requires time and skill. Even when such understanding is achieved, it does not assure decisive therapeutic intervention.
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Strauss, J.S., Carpenter, W.T. (1981). Treatments. In: Schizophrenia. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0327-3_9
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