Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

An Experience-Based Approach

By Marius Romme, and Sandra Escher.

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness. In this book

Published September 2011 by Routledge

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Experiencing Psychosis

Experiencing Psychosis

Personal and Professional Perspectives

By Jim Geekie, Patte Randal, Debra Lampshire and John Read.

Extensive scientific research has been conducted into understanding and learning more about psychotic experiences. However, in existing research the voice of subjective experience is rarely taken into consideration. In this book, first-person accounts are brought centre-stage and examined alongside

Published July 2011 by Routledge

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CBT for Psychosis

CBT for Psychosis

A Symptom-based Approach

By Roger Hagen, Douglas Turkington, Torkil Berge and Rolf W. Gråwe.

This book offers a new approach to understanding and treating psychotic symptoms using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT for Psychosis shows how this approach clears the way for a shift away from a biological understanding and towards a psychological understanding of psychosis. Stressing

Published October 2010 by Routledge

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Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses

Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses

Past, Present and Future

By Yrjö O. Alanen, Manuel González de Chávez, Ann-Louise S. Silver and Brian Martindale.

Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2010 BMA Medical Book Awards! 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 –

Published May 2009 by Routledge

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Making Sense of Madness

Making Sense of Madness

Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia

By Jim Geekie, and 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

Published May 2009 by Routledge

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Beyond Medication

Beyond Medication

Therapeutic Engagement and the Recovery from Psychosis

By David Garfield, and Daniel Mackler.

Beyond Medication focuses on the creation and evolution of the therapeutic relationship as the agent of change in the recovery from psychosis. Organized from the clinician’s point of view, this practical guidebook moves directly into the heart of the therapeutic process with a sequence of chapters

Published December 2008 by Routledge

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Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis

Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis

Philosophy, History and Clinical Practice

By John Gale, Alba Realpe and Enrico Pedriali.

Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis offers a uniquely global insight into the renewed interest in the use of therapeutic communities for the treatment of psychosis, as complementary to pharmacological treatment. Within this edited volume contributors from around the world look at the range of

Published May 2008 by Routledge

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Psychotherapies for the Psychoses

Psychotherapies for the Psychoses

Theoretical, Cultural and Clinical Integration

By John F. M. Gleeson, Eóin Killackey and Helen Krstev.

Can biological and psychological interventions be integrated in the treatment of psychosis? Throughout the world, access to psychotherapeutic and psychosocial treatments for the psychoses varies significantly, with many people diagnosed with psychotic disorders receiving only medication as

Published January 2008 by Routledge

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Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care

Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care

Narratives From Service Users, Carers and Professionals

By Mark Hardcastle, David Kennard, Sheila Grandison and Leonard Fagin.

Commended in the Mental Health category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition. This book offers an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care, from both a professional and a user perspective. The editors highlight the problems in creating therapeutic environments within

Published March 2007 by Routledge

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Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis

Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis

A Guide for Professionals

By Gerd-Ragna Bloch Thorsen, Trond Gronnestad and Anne Lise Oxnevad.

Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis provides a practical step-by-step guide for professionals treating psychosis using family work. The authors draw on over ten years of experience working with family and multi-family groups where there are members with a psychotic disturbance. They

Published September 2006 by Routledge

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Evolving Psychosis

Evolving Psychosis

Different Stages, Different Treatments

By Jan Olav Johannessen, Brian V. Martindale and Johan Cullberg.

Can early, need-adapted treatment prevent the long-terms effects of psychosis? How important is phase-specific treatment? Evolving Psychosis explores the success of psycho-social treatments for psychosis in helping patients recover more quickly and stay well longer. Mental health professionals

Published February 2006 by Routledge

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Psychoses

Psychoses

An Integrative Perspective

By Johan Cullberg

Psychoses provides a unique perspective on the challenges associated with understanding and treating psychoses, bringing together insights and developments from medicine and psychology to give a full and balanced overview of the subject. Johan Cullberg draws on his extensive experience working

Published January 2006 by Routledge

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Models of Madness

Models of Madness

Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia

By John Read, Richard Bentall and Loren Mosher.

Models of Madness shows that hallucinations and delusions are understandable reactions to life events and circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance. International contributors:* critique the 'medical model' of madness* examine the dominance of

Published March 2004 by Routledge

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