Dear Healthcare Professional,

Welcome to the Cleveland Clinic Physician’s Guide to Schizophrenia, an information-packed tool brought to you by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Disease Management Project (DMP) in collaboration with Bulletin Healthcare, the leading provider of medical news updates to healthcare professionals like yourself.

This guide covers a wide range of topics, including signs, symptoms and causes of schizophrenia and its subtypes; treatments involving both pharmacologic and psychosocial therapies; dealing with the various phases of the disease, whether acute, stabilization, or stable; and more. And it was researched and written by leading experts in the field, Drs. Manu Mathews, George E. Tesar, Omar Fattal, and David J. Muzina.

In addition to this guide, you will receive schizophrenia news updates that provide the latest information related to various aspects of and new research on this topic.

We hope you find the Cleveland Clinic Physician’s Guide to Schizophrenia and the updates helpful, informative, and of value in your efforts to diagnose, treat, and provide positive patient outcomes. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this content. Please send me your comments at diseasemanagement@ccf.org.

William Carey, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Disease Management Project
Cleveland Clinic

About the Authors:

Namita Chittoria, MD, Fellow, Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Brian I. Rini, MD, Staff Physician
Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this educational activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this educational activity.