| Description |
xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction, Background, and Rationale -- Personal Therapy and Evidence-Based Practice -- Evidence-Based Practice -- The Studies of PT -- Treatment Group Results -- Toward Individual Outcomes -- Essential Prerequisites for Personal Therapy -- Psychological and Material Support -- Medication Management -- The Basic Phase -- PT Credentials -- PT Sessions -- Getting Ready -- Joining -- The Treatment Plan -- Psychoeducation -- Resumption of Daily Tasks -- Internal Coping -- Basic Social Skills Training -- Transition from the Basic Phase to the Intermediate Phase -- The Intermediate Phase -- Enhancement of Clinical Stability -- Psychoeducation -- Increasing Responsibilities in the Home -- Adjustment to Disability -- Internal Coping -- Deep Breathing and Simple Relaxation -- Intermediate Social Skills -- Transition from the Intermediate to the Advanced Phase -- The Advanced Phase -- Psychoeducation -- Internal Coping -- Progressive Relaxation and Imagery -- Conflict Resolution and Criticism Management -- Social and Vocational Issues -- Post-PT Maintenance -- Toward a Psychosocial Treatment Algorithm -- Some Limitations of the Expert Consensus Guidelines for Services and Psychosocial Treatment -- A Proposed Psychosocial Treatment Algorithm -- A Statistical Primer for Clinicians -- The Process Rating Scale. |
| Summary |
"Highly relevant to agency professionals and private practitioners alike, this book belongs on the desks of clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and rehabilitation specialists, as well as graduate students and residents in these areas. It will serve as a text in graduate-level courses on severe mental illness, psychotic disorders, and evidence-based mental health practice."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia. (OCoLC)fst01106752
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Schizophrenia -- therapy
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Psychotherapy -- methods
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| ISBN |
157230782X (alk. paper) |
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9781572307827 (alk. paper) |
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