title: Schizophrenia.
abstract: To provide the most effective care for this difficult patient population, it is helpful to remember that patients with schizophrenia have disease-intrinsic limitations that limit their ability to participate in their care. These limitations are symptoms of a disease and not volitional. For the physician to substitute for these deficits, a certain degree of flexibility as well as the willingness to use unorthodox interventions is necessary. Good medical care is as important for the patient with schizophrenia as for any other patient.
authors.affiliation: Schizophrenia Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. goff@psych.mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heckers
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Freudenreich
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001689:Biological Psychiatry; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009448:Neurochemistry; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents