Cognitive therapy for delusions, voices, and paranoia / Paul Chadwick, Max Birchwood, Peter Trower ; foreword by Aaron Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chadwick, Paul (Paul D.)

Contributor:

Birchwood, M. J.

Trower, Peter, 1938-

Series:

Wiley series in clinical psychology

The Wiley series in clinical psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delusions.

Hallucinations and illusions.

Paranoia.

Cognitive therapy.

Delusions--therapy.

Hallucinations--therapy.

Paranoid Disorders--therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Delusions--therapy.

Hallucinations--therapy.

Paranoid Disorders--therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy--methods.

Physical Description:

xviii, 210 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, [1996]

Summary:

Psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and nurses are increasingly involved in treatments which include psychological therapy, and particularly cognitive therapy, for serious mental disorders. The aim of this book is to guide such professionals towards better practice by treating the the individual symptoms of delusions, voices and paranoia, rather than by the categorisation of schizophrenia. The authors provide an introduction to their cognitive model and show how therapy depends crucially on the collaborative relationship with the client. While earlier approaches to these distressing symptoms depended on an overall model of schizophrenia which emphasised fundamental discontinuities with normal thought and psychological processes, the authors' approach is supported by substantial research that indicates that delusions, voices and paranoia lie on a continuum of differences in thought and behaviour, and do not arise from fundamentally different psychological processes. This book offers a practical, research-based and essentially hopeful approach to the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders and also an argument for the development of a person model for treatment, which is based on the person's enduring psychological vulnerabilities.

Contents:

A cognitive view of delusions and voices

The practice of therapy and the problem of engagement

Delusions: Assessment and formulation

Challenging delusions

Voices: Engagement and assessment

Disputing and testing beliefs about voices

Cognitive therapy for paranoia

Challenging cases and issues

From a symptom model to a person model

References

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Reprint: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chadwick, Paul (Paul D.). Cognitive therapy for delusions, voices, and paranoia.

ISBN:

9780471961734

0471938882

9780471938880

0471961736

OCLC:

34194622

Publisher Number:

99984764413