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Psychosocial Interventions for People with Schizophrenia

A Practical Guide for Mental Health Workers

  • Textbook
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Neil Harris

    1. School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Steve Williams

    1. School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, UK

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  3. Tim Bradshaw

    1. Merseycare Mental Health Care NHS Trust, UK

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  • Draws on expertise of experienced clinical practitioners
    Provides an overview of schizophrenia as well as a clear, practical guide
    Written in a clear, accessible style, using uptodate examples
    Subject examined from a wide variety of perspectives; historical, social and political

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. What is Schizophrenia?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Nature of Schizophrenia

      • Steve Williams
      Pages 3-17

    3. Hearing Voices Past and Present: A User’s Perspective

      • Hywel Davies
      Pages 18-25

    4. Politics and Policies of Schizophrenia

      • Steve Williams
      Pages 26-36

  3. Clinical Skills

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. The Helping Relationship

      • Julie Repper
      Pages 39-52

    3. Case Management

      • Ian Wilson
      Pages 53-67

    4. Neuroleptic Drugs and Their Management

      • Neil Harris
      Pages 68-83

    5. Psychological Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Schizophrenia

      • Claire Baguley, Ian Baguley
      Pages 84-101

    6. Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions With Positive Psychotic Symptoms

      • Julie Everitt, Ronald Siddle
      Pages 102-116

    7. Identifying and Overcoming Negative Symptoms

      • Ronald Siddle, Julie Everitt
      Pages 117-129

    8. Relapse Prevention Intervention in Psychosis

      • Alice Knight
      Pages 130-142

    9. Working With Families

      • David Reader
      Pages 143-158

  4. Working and Living in the Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Working and Schizophrenia

      • Jenny Droughton, Steve Williams
      Pages 161-174

    3. Neighbourhood Networking — Working With the Community as a Source of Support: A Practical Guide

      • Douglas Inchbold
      Pages 175-186

  5. Special Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Dual Diagnosis — Substance Misuse and Schizophrenia

      • Mark Holland
      Pages 189-204

    3. Risk and Serious Mental Health Problems

      • Ged McCann, Mick McKeown
      Pages 205-220
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About this book

Mental health care for people experiencing schizophrenia has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. This book draws on the expertise of a group of experienced clinical practitioners to provide an up-to-date understanding of this condition, and a practical guide to implementing evidence-based psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia. Written in a clear and accessible format, this book
-covers the historical, social and political perspectives which give meaning to the current position of mental health care
-includes up-to-date interventions framed within the context of peoples lives
-describes how these interventions translate into specialist areas of practice
Using a variety of clinical examples, this text provides a clear overview of schizophrenia, and serves as a comprehensive, practical guide to the understanding, treatment and management of this mental condition.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, UK

    Neil Harris, Steve Williams

  • Merseycare Mental Health Care NHS Trust, UK

    Tim Bradshaw

About the editors

NEIL HARRIS has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist within Community Mental Health Teams, dedicated to people with serious mental illness since 1985.

STEVE WILLIAMS co-ordinates and leads the family intervention programme within the early psychosis service at Salford and Trafford.

TIM BRADSHAW currently works for COPE (Collaboration on Psychosocial Education) at the University of Manchester, where he is a programme director for the BSc (Hons) Psychosocial Interventions Course.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychosocial Interventions for People with Schizophrenia

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Workers

  • Editors: Neil Harris, Steve Williams, Tim Bradshaw

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-3759-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 296

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Nursing

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