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When Psychopharmacology is Not Enough: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Persons with Persistent Psychosis - Softcover

Lencer, Rebekka; Harris, Margaret S. H.; Weiden, Peter J.

 
9780889373686: When Psychopharmacology is Not Enough: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Persons with Persistent Psychosis

Synopsis

An exclusive focus on biological models of schizophrenia and on antipsychotic drugs for treatment of schizophrenia or other psychoses is increasingly being recognized as a major barrier to effective treatment. Written by an expert team of psychiatrists and psychologists with wide experience of combining drug and psychological treatments, this book provides a practically oriented and clear overview of how to use CBT in mental health services that have traditionally emphasized medication management. At the same time as respecting the important role of drug treatment, it shows clinicians how to achieve better outcomes with schizophrenic and psychotic patients using CBT techniques. The book describes key adaptations of standard CBT approaches to optimize efficacy in schizophrenia, the core techniques that have been found to be most effective, how to integrate the CBT approach into more traditional medication management - and also how this approach can be used with individuals who do not accept a diagnosis of mental illness or reject medication. Includes practical pull-out cards: treatment planning checklist, guided exploratory questions, logical reasoning strategy, hearing voices strategy.

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Review

This book will be enjoyed by all those clinicians who know that medications are not sufficient in treating people with psychotic disorders in the long-term. It provides us with an excellent overview of cognitive behavioral strategies to help patients cope better with their psychotic experiences.A" Sir Robin M. Murray, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, FRS, Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK A user-friendly and clear summary of CBT techniques which can be used by line-level mental health providers as well as psychiatrists and psychologists. [It] is especially innovative, leading to the development of particularly potent intervention programs.A" Patrick W. Corrigan, PsyD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL "I am the former executive director of NAMI and the mother of a daughter with a serious mental illness. I am so pleased to recommend this groundbreaking book. Until now, clinicians had to figure out for themselves how to integrate CBT techniques with medication management. This book is a wonderful guide for how to combine them." Laurie Flynn, BA, Executive Director, TeenScreen National Center, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY "All in all provides an essential resource on the current knowledge of psychological strategies in the treatment of psychosis for clinicians." Nina Seiferth, PhD, Head Psychologist & Andreas Heinz, MD, Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Charite University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany

About the Author

Weiden is director of the Neurobiologic Disorders Service in the Department of Psychiatry at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York.

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