Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Last update: 6 December 2012,
by Maureen Bell

Lists of books and journal articles relating to schizophrenia can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page. Material on early intervention is listed here

For practice guidelines related to schizophrenia and its treatment click here.

Abstracts of reviews from the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group are on my evidence-based medicine page

Links are divided into Australian and overseas lists.

Library members have online access to specialist journals in this area. You'll find them in the e-Journals A-Z list at the top right of this page.

Psychosis
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Schizophrenia Research

Australian Links

All In The Mind - 17 November 2002 - Disease of the Split Soul: Schizophrenia in Japan
All In The Mind - 1 April 2006 - Fragmented minds, part 1
All In The Mind - 8 April 2006 - Fragmented minds, part 2
All In The Mind - 22 July 2006 - Hearing Voices - the invisible intruders
All In The Mind - 18 September 2010 - Schizophrenia: Personal confrontations and a philosophical investigation
All In The Mind - 4 November 2012 - Art, science and schizophrenia
Transcripts and audios from All in the Mind, a series on ABC Radio National. Other programs can be found here

Costs of psychosis in urban Australia
By Vaughan Carr et al. Canberra, Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Ageing, 2002. This publication is the second bulletin prepared by the Low Prevalence Disorders Study Group as part of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Disability, Homelessness and Social Relationships Among People Living with Psychosis in Australia
By Carol harvey et al. Canberra, Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Ageing, 2002. This publication is the fifth bulletin prepared by the Low Prevalence Disorders Study Group as part of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

People Living with Psychotic Illness: an Australian Study 1997-98
By Assen Jablensky et al. Canberra, Mental Health Branch, 1999. Fourth in a series of reports from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing funded through the National Mental Health Strategy .

Schizophrenia
Resources from HealthInsite, which is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health.

Schizophrenia: Costs: An Analysis of the Burden of Schizophrenia and Related Suicide in Australia
An Access Economics Report for SANE Australia, 2002.

Schizophrenia Research Institute Library
The Schizophrenia Library is a free online one stop shop for a wide range of information on schizophrenia. Launching with the reviews of the first 100 topics, on completion the Library will allow the general public, researchers, clinicians and policy makers to search from over 400 topics to discover more information on treatment, risk factors and course and outcomes of the illness.

The use of psychopharmacological and other treatments by persons with psychosis
By Vera Morgan et al. Canberra, Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Ageing, 2002. This publication is the fourth bulletin prepared by the Low Prevalence Disorders Study Group as part of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Overseas Links

The Abandoned Illness: A report by the Schizophrenia Commission
London, Rethink Mental Illness, November 2012. The Schizophrenia Commission was established in November 2011 by Rethink Mental Illness. The independent Commission was made up of 14 experts who have worked together to review how outcomes for people with schizophrenia and psychosis can be improved and it was chaired by the eminent psychiatrist, Professor Sir Robin Murray.

Brain Explorer - Focus on Brain Disorders - Schizophrenia
From the LundBeck Institute, information on how schizophrenia affects the brain.

Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE)
The NIMH-funded Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) Study was a nationwide public health-focused clinical trial that compared the effectiveness of older (first available in the 1950s) and newer (available since the 1990s) antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia. This page provides information about the study.

DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Schizophrenia| BehaveNet

eMedicine - Emergent Treatment of Schizophrenia
An article by Paul S Gerstein

eMedicine - Schizoaffective Disorder
An article by Guy E Brannon.

eMedicine - Schizophreniform Disorder
An article by Ravinder Bhalla.

Evaluation of Early Intervention for Psychosis Services in New Zealand: What works?
Researched and authored by Mark Turner. With contributions from Sue Nightingale, Roger Mulder, and Ali Maginness. Health Research Council of New Zealand, July 2002.

MEDLINEplus: Schizophrenia
A collection of resources on this topic from MEDLINEplus, the National Library of Medicine's information service for the public.

Mental Health Care | Schizophrenia and psychosis
From the Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley Trust.

THE MERCK MANUAL, Schizophrenia
From the online version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.

Open the Doors
From the World Psychiatric Association Programme to Fight Stigma due to Schizophrenia, this site contains both professional and consumer information.

Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP)
Located in London, Ontario Canada, PEPP is based at London Health Sciences Centre and affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. The program serves the city of London and Middlesex County, a predominantly urban catchment area of approximately 390,000.

Psychiatric Times / Schizophrenia
A collection of full text articles from Psychiatric Times

Quality of Life Report
Quality of Life: As defined by people living with schizophrenia & their families. Prepared by Neasa Martin, Project Consultant. Schizophrenia Society of Canada, January 2009.

Recognizing and Understanding Schizophrenia in Young Adults
International awareness packet, from the World Federation for Mental Health, to assist those who work with young adults in college and communities better understand and assist those who experience the onset of schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia
A collection of resources from Internet Mental Health.

Schizophrenia - NHS Evidence
From the NHS in the U.K., information for health professionals and the public

Schizophrenia (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
Mental health information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK. Described as "Readable and well-researched information for the public."

Schizophrenia - an independent review article in Psychiatry on-Line
This article is by Dr Ben Green, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool.

Schizophrenia and Public Health
Barbato, Angelo. Schizophrenia and public health. Geneva, Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse, 1998.

Schizophrenia.com - Schizophrenia Genetics and Heredity
Started in 1995, Schizophrenia.com is a leading non-profit web community dedicated to providing high quality information, support and education to the family members, caregivers and individuals whose lives have been impacted by schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia: The Journey to Recovery A Consumer and Family Guide to Assessment and Treatment
From the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, 2007 (2nd printing, 2008).

WHO | Schizophrenia
World Health Organization publications on schizophrenia