Chronic schizophrenia : Explorations in theory and treatment / edited by Lawrence Appleby, Jordan M. Scher, and John Cumming ; with a foreword by Karl Menninger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appleby, Lawrence, 1930- editor.

Scher, Jordan M., editor.

Cumming, John, 1917- editor.

Menninger, Karl, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schizophrenia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Glencoe, Ill. : Free Press, [1960]

Summary:

The central issue and the organizing feature of this book may be essentially framed as follows: What can be done about the treatment of patients in a given mental hospital with approximately one-half of its population classified as chronic schizophrenics and where there is a minimum of medical, psychological, and nursing personnel? Our plan, which is suggested by the ordering of this volume, was to have formal papers presented which both described some theoretical notions or viewpoint about schizophrenia and either a definite treatment procedure or the logical implications for a therapeutic method. There was also to be counter-discussion after these presentations. The broadest aim then was to conceptualize definitive practical treatments for the relatively large, public mental institution. The first section includes those papers dealing with the broad nature of the problem; the second section, still somewhat general, is more precise in its theoretical formulations and offers some clinical applications; the third division is highly specific in its clinical dealings and is generally concerned with empirical findings and pragmatic techniques. The final section is an attempt to critically examine and summarize the aforementioned sections.

Contents:

Our growing restlessness with problems of chronic schizophrenia / Nathaniel S. Apter

Some biological considerations of the problem of mental illness / Ludwig Von Bertalanffy

Concerning our advocacy of unitary concept of mental illness / Karl Menninger

Social psychological aspects of schizophrenia / S. Kirson Weinberg

The group dynamics of schizophrenia / Gregory Bateson

Communication: an approach to chronic schizophrenia / John Cumming

Biochemical aspects of schizophrenia and pharmacodynamic implications / Bruno Minz

The concept of the self in schizophrenia / Jordan M. Scher

Psychoanalytic remarks on the psychology and therapy of chronic schizophrenia / H.G. Van der Waals

The schizophrenic reaction and interpersonal field / Otto Will Jr

Theoretical vs. empirical treatment models: an exploratory investigation / Lawrence Appleby, Augusto Proano, Robert Perry

Rehabilitation of hospitalized chronic schizophrenic patients / George Brooks

Organization: a fundamental therapeutic function / Ian L.W. Clancey

The psychological experience of reality in schizophrenia: therapeutic implications / Austin M. DesLauriers

Evaluation of a treatment program for chronically ill schizophrenic patients: a six year program / E.F. Galioni

The unsettled and unsettling question of chronic schizophrenia / Martin Scheerer.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographies and bibliographical references.