Early detection and cognitive therapy for people at high risk of developing psychosis a treatment approach /

Main Author: French, Paul, 1963-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Morrison, Anthony P.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10114030
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • Rationale for and importance of early intervention
  • How to identify at-risk groups
  • Which prevention strategy to adopt
  • Cognitive therapy for prevention of psychosis
  • Why cognitive therapy?
  • An overview of therapy
  • Assessment, formulation and a theory of psychosis
  • Change strategies
  • Normalisation
  • Generating and evaluating alternative explanations
  • Safety behaviours
  • Metacognition
  • "I am different" and other core beliefs
  • Social isolation
  • Relapse prevention.