This popular manual presents an empirically tested format and ready-made curricula for skills training groups in a range of settings. Part I takes therapists and counselors step by step through assessing clients' existing skills, teaching new skills, and managing common treatment challenges. Part II comprises over 60 ready-to-photocopy skill sheets. Each sheet--essentially a complete lesson plan--explains the rationale for the skill at hand, breaks it down into smaller steps, suggests role-play scenarios, and highlights special considerations. Of special value for practitioners, the 8 1/2" x 11" format makes it easy to reproduce and use the practical materials in the book.
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"This book is an essential tool for psychiatric rehabilitation. As with the previous edition, these eminent and highly regarded authors present a step-by-step guide to developing extremely successful social skills training programs. The second edition addresses the significant problem of substance abuse by providing carefully planned, customized group procedures and clever handouts specifically designed to address social skills deficits in the dual diagnosis population. Another highlight of this edition is its comprehensive review of the many clinical trials that have established social skills training as a decidedly effective, evidence-based practice for improving a wide range of community outcomes for those with schizophrenia."--Dawn I. Velligan, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
"The second edition of this highly successful book is a very useful guide for all mental health professionals who work with persons with chronic schizophrenia. After stabilizing the acute episode with antipsychotic medications, the rehabilitation begins, and this book enables practitioners to optimize clients' functional outcomes. The new chapters about social skills training as an evidence-based practice and about working with clients who abuse drugs and alcohol are particularly relevant and useful. As a clinical supervisor of psychiatric trainees, I will strongly urge my supervisees and other members of the mental health treatment team to use this practical, step-by-step guide to facilitate the integration of biological and psychosocial management approaches."--Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
"The definitive text on the topic. This second edition will be extraordinarily valuable both for experienced clinicians with a background in social skills training and for those who are interested in expanding their skills by adapting this evidence-based practice. The strength of this volume is that it provides a scholarly discussion of social deficits in schizophrenia together with a highly practical, step-by-step approach for conducting social skills training."--Stephen R. Marder, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
"The second edition of this highly successful book is a very useful guide for all mental health professionals who work with persons with chronic schizophrenia. After stabilizing the acute episode with antipsychotic medications, the rehabilitation begins, and this book enables practitioners to optimize clients' functional outcomes. The new chapters about social skills training as an evidence-based practice and about working with clients who abuse drugs and alcohol are particularly relevant and useful. As a clinical supervisor of psychiatric trainees, I will strongly urge my supervisees and other members of the mental health treatment team to use this practical, step-by-step guide to facilitate the integration of biological and psychosocial management approaches."--Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
"The definitive text on the topic. This second edition will be extraordinarily valuable both for experienced clinicians with a background in social skills training and for those who are interested in expanding their skills by adapting this evidence-based practice. The strength of this volume is that it provides a scholarly discussion of social deficits in schizophrenia together with a highly practical, step-by-step approach for conducting social skills training."--Stephen R. Marder, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
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Alan S. Bellack, PhD, ABPP, Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Maryland Health Care System, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Kim T. Mueser, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; Susan Gingerich, MSW, independent consultant and trainer, Narberth, PA; and Julie Agresta, MSS, MEd, LSW, PhD candidate, private practice, Philadelphia, and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Alan S. Bellack, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC).
Kim T. Mueser, PhD, is Executive Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University. Dr. Mueser's clinical and research interests include psychiatric rehabilitation for persons with severe mental illnesses, intervention for co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, and the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. He has served on numerous editorial boards, has published many journal articles and book chapters, and has coauthored over 10 books. His book The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia (with Susan Gingerich) received the National Alliance on Mental Illness NYC Metro Ken Book Award.
Susan Gingerich, MSW, is a full-time trainer and consultant based in Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Julie Agresta, MSS, MEd, is a licensed social worker in private practice in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
Alan S. Bellack, PhD, ABPP, Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Maryland Health Care System, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Kim T. Mueser, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; Susan Gingerich, MSW, independent consultant and trainer, Narberth, PA; and Julie Agresta, MSS, MEd, LSW, PhD candidate, private practice, Philadelphia, and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
About the Authors
Alan S. Bellack, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC).
Kim T. Mueser, PhD, is Executive Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University. Dr. Mueser's clinical and research interests include psychiatric rehabilitation for persons with severe mental illnesses, intervention for co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, and the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. He has served on numerous editorial boards, has published many journal articles and book chapters, and has coauthored over 10 books. His book The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia (with Susan Gingerich) received the National Alliance on Mental Illness NYC Metro Ken Book Award.
Susan Gingerich, MSW, is a full-time trainer and consultant based in Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Julie Agresta, MSS, MEd, is a licensed social worker in private practice in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
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This book on social skills training is useful not only for schizophrenics but also for other clients whose treatment includes the need to use role play to teach various skills. I purchased it for use in a new Dual Dx program at our agency but immediately saw its use for training staff to do more role play in our CBT-based substance abuse tx program for all clients.
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This step by step guide is very clear and user friendly. It is comprehensive and by outlining the activities step by step, it's a recipe for success.
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This is the book the reader is seeking if they are developing, maintaining or teaching a day treatment program for chronically, severely mentally ill persons. While the title specifically mentions schizophrenia the target population for social skills training will also include 'consumers' who have other severe mental illness or social deprivation which has caused their regression. Thus it is appropriate for persons who are training 'consumers' who suffer from chronic depression, organic brain syndromes, anxiety disorders, moderate to severe dementia and other illnesses.
This book appears to be written with the realization that teachers in adult day programs for the mentally ill will not necessarily possess advanced degrees and their supervisors may have degrees in another area of expertise. It remains very readable, has very little psychobabble nor fluff. The format is one which provides quickly learned and well structured lessons for the consumers. More importantly for today's treatment climate, it is laid out to guide the reader toward batter ability to document lesson plans and individual progress notes in a way which is easy for supervisory site visitors to follow. This is a vital point for programs which are licensed by state departments of mental health. For readers who have 'consumers' with significant impediment to learning social skills because of anxieties or personality disorders I'd recommend the reader evaluate a text which can familiarize them with DBT. Some of these are: *Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice: Applications across Disorders and Settings, *Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety, *Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook).
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If asked to define schizophrenia or explain it, you would probably refer to hallucinations and delusions, the prototypical symptoms. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expressing unpleasant feelings, social skills training for schizophrenia, urinalysis contingency, clear feeling statement, opinion without arguing, less social impairment, skill outside the group, teaching this skill, clients with schizophrenia, discrimination modeling, other severe mental illnesses, firm voice tone, supplementary modeling, interpersonal partner, social perception skills, paralinguistic skills, expressing angry feelings, extreme impairment, last role play, next role play, social skills training groups, second role play, missing belongings, expressing positive feelings, start the role play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Gingerich, Leaving Stressful Situations, Unfamiliar Person, Four Basic Social Skills, Making Complaints, Social Skills Homework Record, Social Functioning Interview, Social Adaptive Functioning Evaluation, Social Skills Checklist, Checking Out Your Beliefs, Health-Related Concerns, Locating Your Missing Belongings, Making Apologies, Refusing Unwanted Sexual Advances, Social Skills Training Group Progress Note, Topic Set, Copyright Guilford Publications, Maryland Assessment of Social Competence New!
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If asked to define schizophrenia or explain it, you would probably refer to hallucinations and delusions, the prototypical symptoms. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expressing unpleasant feelings, social skills training for schizophrenia, urinalysis contingency, clear feeling statement, opinion without arguing, less social impairment, skill outside the group, teaching this skill, clients with schizophrenia, discrimination modeling, other severe mental illnesses, firm voice tone, supplementary modeling, interpersonal partner, social perception skills, paralinguistic skills, expressing angry feelings, extreme impairment, last role play, next role play, social skills training groups, second role play, missing belongings, expressing positive feelings, start the role play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Gingerich, Leaving Stressful Situations, Unfamiliar Person, Four Basic Social Skills, Making Complaints, Social Skills Homework Record, Social Functioning Interview, Social Adaptive Functioning Evaluation, Social Skills Checklist, Checking Out Your Beliefs, Health-Related Concerns, Locating Your Missing Belongings, Making Apologies, Refusing Unwanted Sexual Advances, Social Skills Training Group Progress Note, Topic Set, Copyright Guilford Publications, Maryland Assessment of Social Competence New!
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- Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Families by Ph.D. Kim Mueser in Front Matter, and page 172
- Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders 2 Ed by Kim T. Mueser in Front Matter, and page 173
- The Reading List by Linda Kay in Back Matter
- Crisp Group Training Video: Stress Management, Third Edition, Group Training Video Program by Crisp Publications on page 177
- Substance Abuse: Pharmacologic, Developmental and Clinical Perspectives (A Wiley medical publication) by Gerald Bennett on page 148
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- Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders 2 Ed by Kim T. Mueser in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders: A Handbook of Empirically Supported Interventions by Stefan G. Hofmann Phd on page 40
- The Essential Guide to Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Education: Resources for Today's Educators and Practitioners by Donna M. Costa on page 36
- Clinical Updates for Family Therapists: Research and Treatment Approaches for Issues Affecting Today's Families, Vol. 2 by American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy on page 108
- The Task Planner by William J. Reid in Back Matter
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