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This important new book offers techniques for carers to help their family member with schizophrenia on to a recovery trajectory.
List of contents
1. What is Psychosis? What is schizophrenia? David Kingdon; 2. Psychosis usually has a natural tendency towards recovery Tom Christodoulides; 3. Positive aspects of psychosis: enhanced spirituality and creativity Maggie Douglas-Bailey; 4. When can psychosis escalate and will medicines help? Douglas Turkington; 5. Making sense of psychosis Helen M. Spencer; 6. What if the psychosis was linked to trauma? Lucy H. Stevens; 7. The 5 pillars of caring for psychosis Latoyah Lebert; 8. Effective coping: carer and service user self-care Latoyah Lebert; 9. Caring about delusions and other new beliefs Douglas Turkington; 10. Hearing voices, being paranoid and depressed: my recovery with CBT David Couper and Latoyah Lebert; 11. Dealing with visions Rob Dudley and Rea Wilson; 12. Compassion focused approaches for clients, family and health care providers C. Heriot-Maitland, E. Longden, K. Elliott, S. Bell, P. Gilbert and N. P. Wright; 13. Improving self-care, attention, motivation and social functioning Dawn Velligan and Matt Brown; 14. Where can we learn more? Robert Reiser, Nazneen Rustom and Jeremy Pelton.
About the author
Douglas Turkington, M.D. is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Consultant Psychiatrist with Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. He has been researching the subject of CBT for schizophrenia and other psychoses for over thirty years. His interactive workshops and demonstration videos have been influential in training mental health professionals and family members internationally.Helen M. Spencer, B.A. currently works as a Clinical Studies Officer for the Clinical Research Network (CRN), NIHR Portfolio Research Delivery Team (Mental Health) at Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. She is an Associate Clinical Researcher at Newcastle University and also a Doctoral Researcher studying part-time for her Ph.D. in Psychology at Newcastle University. Helen has worked on numerous randomised controlled trials of CBT for schizophrenia and other psychoses and delivers annual workshops on the subject of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) in both the UK and Norway.
Summary
This important book describes the typical symptoms and problems of those suffering from psychotic disorders and offers techniques as to how a carer can listen, interact and communicate their support. Taking a recovery focused perspective, the book provides support and optimism for carers of relatives with schizophrenia and other psychoses.
