Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders in Adults Books

New and Published Books

1. Vulnerability to Psychosis

   From Neurosciences to Psychopathology

   Edited by Paolo Fusar-Poli, Stefan J. Borgwardt, Philip McGuire

   Series: Maudsley Series

   Early clinical intervention in psychosis is now a major objective of mental health services and the development of specialist intervention services has greatly facilitated research on the early phases of this disorder. In this book, contributors provide a review of the neurobiological research in...

   Published February 19th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

   An Experience-Based Approach

   Edited by Marius Romme, Sandra Escher

   Series: The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses

   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 27th 2011 by Routledge
3. Experiencing Psychosis

   Personal and Professional Perspectives

   Edited by Jim Geekie, Patte Randal, Debra Lampshire, John Read

   Series: The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses

   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 26th 2011 by Routledge
4. Schizophrenia

   The Final Frontier - A Festschrift for Robin M. Murray

   Edited by Anthony S. David, Shitij Kapur, Peter McGuffin

   Series: Maudsley Series

   Schizophrenia is a unique project reflecting the contribution that Robin M. Murray has made to the field of psychiatry over the past 35 years, with a particular focus on the advances that have been made to the understanding and treatment of schizophrenia. International contributors have been...

   Published June 12th 2011 by Psychology Press
5. Problematic and Risk Behaviours in Psychosis

   A Shared Formulation Approach

   By Alan Meaden, David Hacker

   In spite of improved access to psychosocial interventions, many people with psychosis continue to experience persistent problems which act as significant barriers to their recovery. This book investigates risk and problem behaviours in psychosis, including staff and service factors that can impede...

   Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge
6. CBT for Psychosis

   A Symptom-based Approach

   Edited by Roger Hagen, Douglas Turkington, Torkil Berge, Rolf W. Gråwe

   Series: The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses

   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 12th 2010 by Routledge
7. The Extremes of the Bell Curve

   Excellent and Poor School Performance and Risk for Severe Mental Disorders

   By James H. MacCabe

   Series: Maudsley Series

   It has long been claimed that there is a strong association between high intelligence, or exceptional creativity, and mental illness. In this book, James MacCabe investigates this claim, using evidence from Swedish population data. He finds evidence that children who achieve either exceptionally...

   Published March 30th 2010 by Psychology Press
8. Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders

   From Research to Treatment

   Edited by Giancarlo Dimaggio, Paul H. Lysaker

   Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the...

   Published March 11th 2010 by Routledge
9. Reaching Out

   The Psychology of Assertive Outreach

   Edited by Caroline Cupitt

   Assertive outreach is a means of helping people with serious and persistent mental health difficulties who have not engaged with conventional mental health services. Reaching Out examines the application of psychological approaches in assertive outreach – a process which involves forming new...

   Published August 4th 2009 by Routledge
10. Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses

    Past, Present and Future

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

    Series: The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses

    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 27th 2009 by Routledge