CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

xviPrefaceindividuals with the illness to achieve personally meaningful recovery and to continue togrow as people. The next chapter in this section addresses issues related to gender, followedby a chapter that considers the topic of quality of life, including both subjective and objectiveapproaches to the issue. Two chapters in this section address the topics of religion (andspirituality) and sexuality, both of paramount importance in the lives of many people withand without mental illness, but frequently neglected in books and guidelines describing thetreatment of schizophrenia. One chapter addresses the topic of schizophrenia in AfricanAmericans; the extensive research by this chapter’s author and his group may have importantand useful implications for understanding the complex interrelationships betweenschizophrenia and race/ethnicity. This section concludes with a chapter on ethics, an increasinglycomplex topic in both research and clinical practice as treatment options multiply,and the importance of engaging and empowering individuals with schizophrenia inmaking decisions about their own treatment is now recognized.The treatment of schizophrenia has now evolved to the point that clinicians, individualswith the illness, and their loved ones have numerous choices, and a more hopefulfuture. However, to take advantage of the latest developments in the causes and the treatmentof schizophrenia, the people interested in this topic need an authoritative yet accessibleguide. We hope that our readers will find the Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia avaluable resource in furthering their understanding of schizophrenia, and in guiding theirtreatment decisions. Ultimately, broad dissemination of scientifically accurate and clinicallyrelevant information is the best means of reducing social stigma against seriousmental illnesses such as schizophrenia.KIM T. MUESERDILIP V. JESTEREFERENCESAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4thed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.Anthony, W. A. (1993). Recovery from mental illness: The guiding vision of the mental health servicesystem in the 1990s. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 16, 11–23.Apfel, R. J., & Handler, M. E. (1993). Madness and the loss of motherhood: Sexuality, reproduction,and long-term mental illness. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.Bellack, A. S. (2006). Scientific and consumer models of recovery in schizophrenia: Concordance,contrasts, and implications. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32, 432–442.Deegan, P. E. (1988). Recovery: The lived experience of rehabilitation. Psychosocial RehabilitationJournal, 11, 11–19.Drake, R. E., Goldman, H. H., Leff, H. S., Lehman, A. F., Dixon, L., Mueser, K. T., et al. (2001). Implementingevidence-based practices in routine mental health service settings. Psychiatric Services,52, 179–182.Jeste, D. V., Gladsjo, J. A., Lindamer, L. A., & Lacro, J. P. (1996). Medical comorbidity in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia Bulletin, 22(3), 413–430.Lehman, A. F., & Steinwachs, D. M. (1998). Patterns of usual care for schizophrenia: Initial resultsfrom the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) client survey. SchizophreniaBulletin, 24, 11–20.Murray, C. J. L., & Lopez, A. D. (Eds.). (1996). The global burden of disease: A comprehensive assessmentof mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to2020. Cambridge, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, on behalf of the World Health Organizationand the World Bank, Harvard University Press.Torrey, E. F. (1995). Jails and prisons: American’s new mental hospitals [Editorial]. American Journalof Public Health, 85, 1611–1613.