ABSTRACT
Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment (HIT) is a specific treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations which integrates techniques from CBT, systems therapy, psychoeducation, coping training, rehabilitation and medication. It emphasises active family involvement, crisis intervention when required and specialised motivational strategies. In clinical trials HIT has been proven to have longer lasting and wider ranging effects than other therapies, high patient satisfaction scores and a low drop-out rate.
In Hallucination-focused Integrative Therapy, Jack Jenner presents a full manual for using HIT with patients. Divided into five parts, the book offers a clear and straightforward explanation of each aspect of the treatment. Part One introduces auditory verbal hallucinations in their social and historical context. Part Two explains the need for an integrative approach to treating them and sets out the eleven-step diagnostic procedure. Part Three describes the treatment in full, including motivational strategies, the constituent modules and how to integrate them, flexible implementation of a tailor-made procedure and its overall effectiveness. It also demonstrates the use of HIT with specific patient groups, including those suffering from trauma, children and adolescents, those who are suicidal and those with learning difficulties. Part Four examines other hallucination-focused therapies. Finally, Part Five covers insight-oriented psychotherapies. The book also includes several appendices of supplementary material which enhance the content.
Illustrated throughout with case studies and clinical material, Hallucination-focused Integrative Therapy will be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers working with patients who experience auditory verbal hallucinations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |12 pages
Auditory verbal hallucinations in context
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
chapter |3 pages
Historical perspectives
part |74 pages
The need for hallucination-focused interventions
chapter |4 pages
Psychosocial interventions
chapter |68 pages
Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment
part |34 pages
HIT in specific target groups
chapter |32 pages
HIT and suicidal patients
part |12 pages
Other hallucination-focused therapies
chapter |5 pages
Cognitive behaviour therapy for psychoses (CBTp)
chapter |2 pages
The Empowerment Movement
chapter |3 pages
Voice Dialogue
part |8 pages
Insight-oriented psychotherapies not specifically aimed at voice hearing