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A comprehensive treatment program for schizophrenia and chronic mental illness
- Authors:
- BELLACK A.S., MUESER T.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 22(3), 1986, pp.175-189.
- Publisher:
- Springer
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Making sense of voices: the mental health professional's guide to working with voice-hearers
- Authors:
- ROMME Marius, ESCHER Sandra
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 143p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Gives a detailed account of methods that can be used in work with people who hear voices, including a format for interviewing voice hearers. Includes guidance on how to analyse the voices and examines interventions and techniques which allow voice hearers to cope with their experiences.
Voices of reason, voices of insanity: studies of verbal hallucinations
- Authors:
- LEUDAR Ivan, THOMAS Philip
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 235p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the experience of auditory hallucinations, through six case histories of historical and modern individuals. Argues that what was once perceived as a sign of virtue is now seen as a sign of insanity. Covers issues such as philosophical concepts of the self, contemporary psychiatric views, therapeutic work with voice hearers, and media treatment of mental illness.
Integrating cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy for persons with schizophrenia into a psychiatric rehabilitation program: results of a three year trial
- Author:
- BRADSHAW William
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(5), October 2000, pp.491-500.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Emerging models of cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) offer promising new intervention strategies in the psychotherapy of schizophrenia. This study examines differences in outcomes of clients who received long-term day treatment programme (DTP) services compared to clients who received individual CBT that was included as part of their DTP treatment. Twenty-four clients were randomly assigned to DTP treatment or CBT/DTP treatment. Data on standardised measures of psychosocial functioning, symptomatology and rehospitalisation were collected over the course of three years of treatment. Results indicate significant improvement for the CBT/DTP group compared to the DTP group in the patterns of change over time for psychosocial functioning and symptomology. Discusses implications for service delivery to persons with schizophrenia and makes suggestions for future research.
Psychosocial interventions in the treatment of psychosis
- Authors:
- BAGULEY Ian, BAGULEY Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(9), May 1999, pp.314-317.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
In the third of a bi-monthly clinical update series, the authors describe the use and outcomes of psychosocial interventions to treat psychosis.
Psychopharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: what social workers need to know
- Author:
- BENTLEY Kia J.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 8(4), July 1998, pp.384-405.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article provides an overview of the efficacy of antipsychotic medications and a brief review of their common side effects and then details the current research and treatment practices with the so-called conventional and atypical antipsychotics on the market. The article concludes by discussing trends in psychopharmacological research in schizophrenia of special relevance to social work.
A pilot study of exposure control of chronic auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
- Authors:
- PERSAUD Rajendra, MARKS Isaac
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 167, July 1995, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many patients complain less of their auditory hallucinations per se than of lack of control of the experiences. There is reason to believe that a non-distraction approach could help patients gain more control over persistent auditory hallucinations and teach them that their experience is a form of thinking and has no external source. This study is a pilot of that idea.
Coming apart at the seams
- Author:
- SALMON Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.4.95, 1995, pp.10-11.
A father gives an account of how the Care Programme Approach (CPA) failed his schizophrenic son.
Strategic thinking
- Authors:
- GARDNER Bob, THOMPSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 5.1.94, 1994, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how people with schizophrenia can be encouraged to take an active part in the management of their problems.
Valuable insights
- Authors:
- REPPER Julie, BROOKER Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.6.93, 1993, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Clarifies some of the problems schizophrenia presents for individuals and their families, and identifies the role of the nurse in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.