Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) [Hardcover]

Paul Chadwick (Author), Max J. Birchwood (Author), Peter Trower (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471938882 | ISBN-13: 978-0471938880 | Publication Date: May 1996 | Edition: 1

Internationally respected authors, actively working in this area, establish theoretical reasons for extending cognitive therapy to these symptoms. This includes a justification for looking at symptoms rather than syndromes, first-person accounts of delusions and hallucinations along with an analysis of why the cognitive approach is ideally suited to the study and treatment of these disabling disorders. Describes how to make a cognitive assessment of both hallucinations and delusions and which measures to use. Contains new research and methods of managing these severe psychoses.

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From the Back Cover

Psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and nurses are increasingly involved in treatments which include psychological therapy, and particularly cognitive therapy, for serious mental disorders. The aim of this book is to guide such professionals towards better practice by treating the individual symptoms of delusions, voices and paranoia, rather than by the categorisation of schizophrenia. The authors provide an introduction to their cognitive model and show how therapy depends crucially on the collaborative relationship with the client. While earlier approaches to these distressing symptoms depended on an overall model of schizophrenia which emphasised fundamental discontinuities with normal thought and psychological processes, the authors? approach is supported by substantial research that indicates that delusions, voices and paranoia lie on a continuum of differences in thought and behaviour, and do not arise from fundamentally different psychological processes. This book offers a practical, research-based and essentially hopeful approach to the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders and also an argument for the development of a person model for treatment, which is based on the person?s enduring psychological vulnerabilities.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471938882
• ISBN-13: 978-0471938880
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,047,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)