ABSTRACT

Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis provides clinicians with a comprehensive cognitive model that can be applied to all patients with schizophrenia and related disorders in order to aid the development of a formulation that will incorporate all relevant factors. It illustrates the process of assessment, formulation and intervention and highlights potential difficulties arising from work with patients and how they can be overcome.

Experienced clinicians write assuming no prior knowledge of the area, covering all of the topics of necessary importance including:

* an introduction to cognitive theory and therapy
* difficulties in engagement and the therapeutic relationship
* how best to utilise homework with people who experience psychosis
* relapse prevention and management.

Illustrated by excerpts from therapy sessions, this book digests scientific evidence and theory but moreover provides clinicians with essential practical advice about how to best aid people with psychoses.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part |1 pages

Part I Theory, assessment and formulation

chapter 1|13 pages

An overview of psychosis

chapter 4|15 pages

Cognitive assessment of psychotic patients

chapter 5|17 pages

Formulation of the case

part |1 pages

Part II Process of therapy and change strategies

chapter 6|20 pages

The principles and structure of therapy

chapter 8|18 pages

Cognitive techniques

chapter 9|15 pages

Behavioural techniques

chapter 10|14 pages

Schema change methods

chapter 11|13 pages

Negative symptoms

part |1 pages

Part III Implementation and maintaining process

chapter 12|13 pages

Problems associated with psychosis

chapter 13|12 pages

Relapse prevention and management

chapter 14|13 pages

Integration of homework into therapy