Ch. 1. Issues surrounding medical care for individuals with schizophrenia: the challenge of dual neglect by patients and the system -- Ch. 2. Excessive mortality and morbidity associated with schizophrenia -- Ch. 3. Obesity in patients with schizophrenia -- Ch. 4. Cardiovascular illness and hyperlipidemia in patients with schizophrenia -- Ch. 5. Nicotine and tabacco use in schizophrenia -- Ch. 6. Glucose intolerance and diabetes in schizophrenia -- Ch. 7. HIV and Hepatitis C in patients with schizophrenia -- Ch. 8. Medical health in aging persons with schizophrenia -- Ch. 9. Substance use disorders in schizophrenia -- Ch. 10. Neurological comorbidity and features in schizophrenia -- Ch. 11. Prolactin- and endocrine-related disorders in schizophrenia