Authors:Jan Olav Johannessen, Brian Martindale, Johan Cullbe
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: different, treatments, psychological, schizophrenias, psychoses, society, international, stages, evolving, psychosis
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-04-12
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1583917225
ISBN-13: 9781583917220

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 from all over the world share their clinical experience and scientific findings to shed new light on the issues surrounding need-specific treatment. They cover: The Nature of Psychosis, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Phase-Specific Treatment of Psychosis and The Need for Integration. Particular at

Authors:John F. M. Gleeson, Eóin Killackey, Helen Krstev,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: psychoses, society, psychological, schizophrenias, international, treatments, integration, theoretical, cultural, clinical, psychotherapies
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-03-27
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415411920
ISBN-13: 9780415411929

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 treatment. Psychotherapies for the Psychoses considers ways that this gap can be bridged through theoretical, cultural and clinical integration. The theme of integration offers possibilities for trainees and experienced mental health professionals from diverse orientations and cultural perspectives to stre

Authors:Yrjö O. Alanen, Manuel González de Chávez, Ann-Louis
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: psychoses, psychological, society, treatments, schizophrenias, international, present, approaches, schizophrenic, past, psychotherapeutic, future
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2009-06-26
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0415440122
ISBN-13: 9780415440127

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

Authors:John Read, Loren R. Mosher, Richard P. Bentall,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: psychological, society, treatments, schizophrenias, international, psychoses, approaches, madness, social, biological, models, schizophrenia
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2004-04-16
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1583919066
ISBN-13: 9781583919064

Psychology of Schizophrenia shows that hallucinations and delusions are understandable reactions to life events and circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance.