Forthcoming Titles in the series
Making Sense of Madness
Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia
- By Jim Geekie, John Read
The experience of madness – which might also be referred to more formally as ‘schizophrenia’ or ‘psychosis’ – consists of a complex, confusing, and often distressing collection of experiences, such as hearing voices or developing unusual, seemingly unfounded beliefs. Madness, in its various forms and guises, seems to be a ubiquitous feature of being human, yet our ability to make sense of madness, and our knowledge of how to help those who are so troubled is limited.
Making Sense of Madness explores the subjective experiences of madness. Using clients' stories and verbatim descriptions, it argues that the experience of 'madness' is an integral part of what it is to be human, and that greater focus on subjective experiences can contribute to professional understandings and ways of helping those who might be troubled the these experiences.
Areas of discussion include:
- how people who experience psychosis make sense if it themselves
- scientific/professional understandings of ‘madness'
- what the public thinks about ‘schizophrenia’
Making Sense of Madness will be essential reading for all mental health professionals as well as being of great interest to people who experience psychosis and their families and friends.
Published April 24th 2009 by Routledge.
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Psychotherapeutic Approaches To Schizophrenic Psychoses
Past, Present and Future
- Edited by Yrjo Alanen, Manuel Gonzalez de Chavez, Ann-Louise Silver, Brian Martindale
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses brings together professionals from around the world to provide an extensive overview of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis.
Divided into three parts – past, present and future – the book begins by examining the history of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, with reference to Freud, Jung, Harry Stack Sullivan and Adolf Meyer, amongst others.
Part two then takes a geographical look at treatment and its evolution in different parts of the world including the UK, USA, Northern Europe and Eastern Asia.
Finally, part three covers the range of interventions, from pharmacological treatments to psychoanalytic psychotherapy to CBT, with the aim of helping to shape the future integration of treatment.
With contributions from leading figures in the field, this book will provide a varied examination of treatment, and spark much-needed debate about its future. As such it will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, in particular those involved in psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy.
Published May 5th 2009 by Routledge.
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Dead Landscapes
Psychopathology, Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia
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Published December 31st 2009 by Routledge.
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