Schizophrenia recent advances in diagnosis and treatment is a major addition to the literature offering practical comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and treatment options genetic issues neuroimaging long term management of schizophrenia and future directions and predictions of how clinical care of schizophrenia will change. Book reviews schizophrenia recent advances in diagnosis and treatment may 2016 vol 28 no 2 schizophrenia has been the holy grail of many psychiatrists if not the entire field it is a complex difficult to understand and difficult to treat disorder. Schizophrenia is a highly disabling disorder whose causes remain to be better understood and treatments have to be improved however several recent advances have been made in diagnosis etiopathology and treatment. Schizophrenia recent advances in diagnosis and treatment is a major addition to the literature offering practical comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and treatment options genetic issues neuroimaging long term management of schizophrenia and future directions and predictions of how clinical care of schizophrenia will change