Staying Well After Psychosis: A Cognitive Interpersonal Approach to Recovery and Relapse Prevention

Staying Well After Psychosis: A Cognitive Interpersonal Approach to Recovery and Relapse Prevention
ISBN-10
0470296372
ISBN-13
9780470296370
Category
Psychology
Pages
308
Language
English
Published
2007-12-10
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Andrew Gumley, Matthias Schwannauer

Description

"Staying Well After Psychosis is extremely readable, basedon solid research evidence and packed full of clinical insights andstrategies that will satisfy any clinician seeking innovativeapproaches to the promotion of recovery from psychosis." —Anthony P. Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology,University of Manchester, UK Over the past decade our understanding of the experience ofpsychosis has changed dramatically. As part of this change, a rangeof psychological models of psychosis and associated interventionshave developed. Staying Well After Psychosis presents an individuallybased psychological intervention targeting emotional recovery andrelapse prevention. This approach considers the cognitive,interpersonal and developmental aspects involved in recovery andvulnerability to the recurrence of psychosis. Andrew Gumley and Matthias Schwannauer provide aframework for recovery and staying well that focuses on emotionaland interpersonal adaptation to psychosis. This practical manualcovers, in detail, all aspects of the therapeutic process ofCognitive Interpersonal Therapy, including: Taking a developmental perspective on help seeking and affectregulation. Supporting self-reorganisation and adaptation after acutepsychosis. Understanding and treating traumatic reactions topsychosis. Working with humiliation, entrapment, loss and fear ofrecurrence appraisals during recovery. Working with cognitive interpersonal schemata. Developing coping in an interpersonal context. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and mental healthprofessionals will find this innovative treatment manual to be avaluable resource in their work with adults and adolescents. Thisbook will also be of interest to lecturers and students of clinicalpsychology and mental health.

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