Chapter 1 Section 5

  精神分裂病  Schizophrenia

A. Organizations

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

  • 網站建置者: National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
  • Has an online newsletter.
  • Lists investigators funded by NARSAD with descriptions of their research.
  • Sells brochures and videotapes about schizophrenia and antipsychotic medications.

National Schizophrenia Fellowship

  • 網站建置者: National Schizophrenia Fellowship (UK).
  • Information for nonprofessionals about schizophrenia and treatment.
  • FAQs about the disorder and medications.
  • Includes a FAQ section about nonmedication treatments for schizophrenia, including cognitive therapy.

Schizophrenia Society of Canada

  • 網站建置者: Schizophrenia Society of Canada.
  • A support organization for people with schizophrenia and their families.
  • Complete online book about schizophrenia for patients and their families, which is also online at http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sc01.shtmll.
  • Complete SSC Bulletin presented online.
  • Links to provincial chapters.

World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders

  • 網站建置者: World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (Canada).
  • Publications of the fellowship, including online brochures about schizophrenia and treatment.
  • Click on 𣫮esources?for links to other relevant sites.

B. Diagnosis, Research, and Treatment

Where Web sites are listed for brand name medications, the 網站建置者 of the site is the medication𠏋 manufacturer. Unless the site contains significantly more than prescribing information, we have not included any description of the site.

Antipsychotic

  • 網站建置者: MAXsoft.
  • Patient information handouts concerning antipsychotic medication and side effects.

Clozapine

  • 網站建置者: Internet Mental Health.
  • Monograph on clozapine.

Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen: Schizophrenia

  • 網站建置者: Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen (Netherlands).
  • FAQs about schizophrenia, with links to relevant sites.
  • This site is not updated frequently.

Doctors Guide: Schizophrenia

  • 網站建置者: P/S/L Consulting Group.
  • A portal site featuring recent news articles and links.

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service

  • 網站建置者: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service.
  • Brief fact sheets about the syndrome, with a bibliography.

Schizophrenia Research at the National Institute of Mental Health

  • 網站建置者: National Institute of Mental Health.
  • A snapshot of current schizophrenia research at NIMH, with information on ordering Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Schizophrenia Support Organizations

  • 網站建置者: Unknown.
  • Links to support organizations around the world.

Schizophrenia.co.uk

  • 網站建置者: Institute of Psychiatry; Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK).
  • News releases and first-person accounts.
  • Assortment of links to various mental health sites.

Schizophrenia.com

  • 網站建置者: Brian Chiko.
  • This site has a large number of message boards for schizophrenics and their families.
  • Message board for professionals.
  • Exceptional directory of links about the most commonly prescribed antipsychotics.
  • Click on 𨧻n Depth Schizophrenia Information for Researchers and Professionals?for links to research Web sites and journals.

Schizophrenia-Help Online Resource Center

  • 網站建置者: Brian Chiko.
  • Focuses on psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia, with personal accounts and articles.

Schizophrenics Anonymous

  • 網站建置者: Schizophrenics Anonymous.
  • A self-help program for schizophrenia.
  • Contact info for obtaining brochures about the program (no specific information about SAs program appeared to be on the site).

Seroquel

  • FAQs for nonprofessionals about schizophrenia.
  • Click on 𨧻nformation for Providers?for 岞anual of Rating Scales for the Assessment of Serious Mental Illness,?which includes the actual scales as well as brief descriptions.

Should the Use of Neuroleptics Be Severely Limited?

  • 網站建置者: Peter Breggin, M.D.
  • Reprint of an article by Dr. Breggin.

Side Effects from Neuroleptics

  • 網站建置者: Charles Tuen, M.D. (TX).
  • Brief chart of neuroleptic side effect syndromes such as tardive dyskinesia and acute dystonic reaction, with treatment recommendations.

Successful Schizophrenia

  • 網站建置者: Al Sibert, Ph.D.
  • Views mental illness as an unscientific construct and references Web sites and articles about spontaneous recovery from schizophrenia.

Zyprexa

  • Includes material about living with schizophrenia.
  • The site is not updated frequently.