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List of contents
Foreword by Albert Ellis
General Introduction: Achieving Meaningful Communication with the Mentally Ill
Individual SessionsIntroduction: Assisting the Patient's Thought Process
Some Rational Emotive Behavioral or Cognitive Tools for Working with the Seriously Mentally Ill
Delusions
Hallucinations
Some Deviant Belief Systems
Anger
Depression
The Power of Images and Stories
Work and Goals
Group Workshops in a Mental Health CenterA Special Tool for Patient EducationCreating and Field Testing the First Interactive Videodisc Simulation for the Chronically Mentally Ill
Taking the Videodisc on the Road
Measuring Changes in Maladaptive Cognitions
Conclusion: Computerized Interactive Media as Future Treatment and Research Tools
Group Workshops in Residential Care SettingsIntroduction: "Deeper" Cognitive Interventions
Workshop: How Many Needs Do We Really Have?
Workshop: Perception
Workshop: After a Mental Illness
Workshop: Everybody's Different
Workshop: Ideas Are Hard to Change
Workshop: What is a Social Network and Where Can I Find Mine?
Workshop: Self-Confidence
Workshop: It's a Crazy World
Workshop: Wondering Why? Why? Why?
Workshop: Some Things Make Me Nervous
Workshop: What if People Can't Understand Me?
Workshop: What Really Counts?
Workshop: Patience
Workshop: Honesty
General Comments about the Workshops in the Residential Care Setting
References
About the author
BARBARA A. OLEVITCH is Clinical Assistant Professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health. She is a clinical psychologist specializing in the research and treatment of the chronically mentally ill. She is the author of Using Cognitive Approaches with the Seriously Mentally Ill: Dialogue Across the Barrier (Praeger, 1995).
