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Volume 70
2009
Supplement 1
Proceedings and Data From The Schizophrenia Summit: CME Background Information [PDF] ARTICLES 4 Scope and Panel [PDF] 5 Introduction [PDF] 6 Statement 1: Identification of the Earliest Prodromal Phase of Schizophrenia Is Feasible [PDF] 10 Statement 2: Schizophrenia Is a Neurodegenerative Disease Resulting in Brain Changes That Parallel Symptom Progression and Functional Decline [PDF] 13 Statement 3: Cognitive Impairment, Especially Executive Dysfunction and Memory Loss, Is a Key Diagnostic Component of Schizophrenia [PDF] 16 Statement 4: Genetic Factors Are the Best Established Etiologic Determinants of Schizophrenia [PDF] 20 Statement 5: Neuroimaging Is a Tool for Elucidating Biological and Genetic Mechanisms of Illness and Treatment Response [PDF] 24 Statement 6: Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Are Neuroprotective in Patients Diagnosed With Schizophrenia [PDF] 27 Statement 7: Treatment in the Prodromal Phase of Schizophrenia Improves Patient Outcomes [PDF] 31 Statement 8: Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Require Combination Antipsychotic Treatment [PDF] 34 Statement 9: Improvement in Cognitive Function Is an Essential Treatment Target in Patients With Schizophrenia [PDF] 37 Statement 10: Managing Substance Abuse Is a Key Target of Treatment [PDF] 40 Summary [PDF] 41 References [PDF] 46 Financial Disclosure and Acknowledgment [PDF] CME Section 47 Posttest and Evaluation [PDF] |