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Therapeutic communities for psychosis : philosophy, history and clinical practice / edited by John Gale, Alba Realpe & Enrico Pedriali ; foreword by R.D. Hinshelwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ISPS book series
- International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychoses--Treatment.
- Psychoses.
- Therapeutic communities.
- Psychotic Disorders--therapy.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Milieu Therapy.
- Residential Treatment.
- Schizophrenia--therapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychotic Disorders--therapy.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Milieu Therapy.
- Residential Treatment.
- Schizophrenia--therapy.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis offers a uniquely global insight into the renewed interest in the use of therapeutic communities for the treatment of psychosis, as complementary to pharmacological treatment. Within this edited volume contributors from around the world look at the range of treatment programmes on offer in therapeutic communities for those suffering from psychosis.
- Divided into three parts, the book covers: The historical and philosophical background of therapeutic communities and the treatment of psychosis in this context, Treatment settings and clinical models, Alternative therapies and extended applications. This book will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, targeting readers from a number of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychotherapy and group analysis.
- Contents:
- A view of the evolution of therapeutic communities for people suffering from psychosis / David Kennard
- The American contribution to therapeutic community for people with psychosis and a reflection on current milieu treatment in the United States / Julie Kipp
- The decline and rediscovery of the therapeutic community / Enrico Pedriali
- Exegesis, truth and tradition : a hermeneutic approach to psychosis / John Gale
- Applying Bion's concept of psychotic personality to staff and patients / Raman Kapur
- When philosophy meets practice : setting up a Philadelphia Association community household / Christina Moutsou
- Psychosis and the community of the question : training therapists in therapeutic community / Alistair Black
- The therapeutic community approach in forensic settings / Sarah Davenport
- The treatment of substance use and mental health problems in Bulgaria / Peter Vassilev, Teodora Groshkova, and Vassil Jenkov
- Medication as a tool in therapeutic and rehabilitative programmes in communities for people suffering from schizophrenic disorders / José Mannu and Federica Soscia
- Consent, accountability and the future of therapeutic communities in the light of accompanied self-rehabilitation : the chemical asylum and the right to be socially sanctioned / Alberto Fergusson in collaboration with Alba Realpe
- An exploration of the term autonomy : attitudes and philosophy for a modern concept in mental health / Raúl Gómez and Beatriz Sánchez España
- Holding structures in a crisis centre : an apllied psyhoanalytical model / Tamar Schonfield and Kannan Navaratnem
- Psychological care in therapeutic communities / Marcel Sassolas
- Madness, persecution and transference / Diego Nin Pratt
- A community treatment programme for people in Krakow suffering from schizophrenia / Andrzej Cechnicki and Anna Bielańska
- Surrealism, psychosis and the therapeutic community : a window onto the mental landscape / Beatriz Sánchez España, John Gale, and María Sánchez Suárez
- The multi-family structured therapeutic community : reflections on the experience of the therapeutic community, Tarsia, Italy / Andrea Naracci
- The Farm House, Farooqabad, Sheikhupura, Pakistan / Haroon Rashid Chaudhry, Saima Niaz, and Tahir Suleman
- Drama therapy in community treatment programme / Anna Beilańska and Andrzej Cechnicki
- Psychodrama and the psychotic member / Kleopatra Psarraki
- New visions in the long-term outpatient therapy of psychosis : the therapeutic community within the community / Andreas Von Wallenberg Pachaly
- Evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic community treatment of the psychoses / John Gale and Beatriz Sánchez España.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415440548
- 9780415440530
- 041544053X
- 9780415440547
- OCLC:
- 174094357
- Publisher Number:
- 99943844293
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