1st Edition
Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders
300 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Traditionally, people with psychotic symptoms have been treated with anti-psychotic or neuroleptic drugs. While this approach is beneficial to a number of people, there are many for whom it is problematic. Recent recognition of these problems has led to the development of effective complementary treatments of a specifically psychological nature. In Cognitive Behavioural Interventions with... Read more
1. Historical bakcground, Cognitive-behavioural interventions for psychotic symptoms, Intergrating with other therapeutic strategies, Index.
Biography
Professor Gillian Haddock (BSc, MClinPsychol, PhD), Head of the Division of Psychology & Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Peter D. Salde is Head of Clinical Psychology Department at the University of Liverpool.
'My hope is that texts such as the present volume will... become core reference texts in clinical psychology courses. This book will be invaluable starting resource for trainers, rehabilitation workers, and Health Service managers and planners.' - Behaviour Research & Therapy
'This book provides a thorough overview of the newer behavioural interventions with sufferers of schizophrenia, including family interventions as well as cognitive behavioural approaches to symptom reduction.' - Mental Health Nursing
