1. What is schizophrenia, and how prevalent is it? What is its relation to socioeconomic class and gender? pp. 386–387

2. What are the positive, negative, and psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia? pp. 387–391

3. Describe the genetic, biochemical, brain structure, and viral explanations of schizophrenia, and discuss how they have been supported in research. pp. 393–398

4. What are the key features of the psychodynamic, cognitive, multicultural, social labeling, and family explanations of schizophrenia? pp. 398–401

5. Describe institutional care for people with schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders over the course of the twentieth century. How effective are the milieu and token economy treatment programs? pp. 403–406

6. How do antipsychotic drugs operate on the brain? How do conventional antipsychotic and atypical antipsychotic drugs differ? pp. 406–408

7. How effective are antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of schizophrenia? What are the unwanted effects of conventional antipsychotic drugs? pp. 407–408

8. What kinds of psychotherapy seem to help people with schizophrenia and other disorders marked by psychosis? pp. 409–411

9. What is deinstitutionalization? What features of community care seem critical for helping people with schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders? pp. 411–414

10. How and why has the community mental health approach been inadequate for many people with severe mental disorders? pp. 414–416