A Casebook of Family Interventions for PsychosisISBN: 978-0-470-02708-0
Paperback
396 pages
March 2009
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–Kim T. Mueser, Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, New Hampshire
"This is a special book prepared by many of the most outstanding
professionals in the field and will greatly enhance practical
knowledge on working with families for clinicians and managers.
Family work is not an "extra" and we all should be involved.
Readers will find here a wealth of information and inspiration as
well as excellent tools to apply the methods in their clinical
settings."
–Diane Froggatt, Secretary and Development Officer,
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
"This fine book, by taking a casebook approach, provides rich
insights into how family interventions translate theory into
practice. Few accounts, if any, give a clearer picture of what
family interventions for psychosis look and feel like."
–Professor George Szmukler, Psychiatry and Society,
Institute of Psychiatry, UK
"This excellent book reflects a maturing of the field of family
work for psychosis while also providing a powerful stimulus for
future development. Its detailed focus on research-informed
practice, combined with a critical reflective edge means that it
contains a wealth of invaluable ideas and suggestions about
developing and providing services for families, without being
simply another ‘how to’ text. I would strongly
recommend it to all who are concerned with improving services for
people with psychosis, and it should be required reading on
specialist family therapy and family interventions training
programmes."
–Dr Alex Reed, Family Therapist & Family Therapy
Trainer
"Reading this book gave me an overwhelming sense of relief. For
the last 25 years, I have been associated with families coping with
psychosis. I have watched them struggle to understand, to accept,
and to learn how to manage the bewildering array of difficult
circumstances created by psychosis in a loved family
member…This book shows us how to develop and utilize this
resource for the benefit of all concerned, and is an invaluable
resource for mental health clinicians, family carers and service
users alike."
–Dr. Margaret Leggatt, Founding Director
SANE-Australia