Outcome and Innovation in Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia

This book provides an overview of current innovative treatments (cognitive behavior therapy, family therapy, compliance therapy, and cognitive deficits remediation), and describes how the theoretical understanding of some of the psychological factors which maintain symptoms can lead to further advances. As well as evaluating cost effectiveness studies, the book describes the pathway to an exemplary economic analysis of psychological treatments. Innovation and Outcome in Psychological Treatments forSchizophrenia: The Way Ahead? (T. Wykes, et al.).

The Cognitive Origins of Schizophrenia and Prospects forIntervention (K. Nuechterlein & K. Subotnik).

The Measurement of Outcome in Schizophrenia (R. Drake, etal.).

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy of Schizophrenia (D. Kingdon & D.Turkington).

Depression and Suicidal Thinking in Psychosis: A Cognitive Approach(M. Birchwood & Z. Iqbal).

The Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (P.Garety, et al.).

Psychological Processes and Delusional Beliefs: Implications forthe Treatment of Paranoid States (R. Bentall & P.Kinderman).

The Effects of a Remediational Approach to Cognitive Therapy forSchizophrenia (W. Spaulding, et al.).

Coercion, Adherence or Collaboration?: Influences on Compliancewith Medication (M. McPhillips & T. Sensky).

Biobehavioural Therapy: Interactions Between Pharmacotherapy andBehavior Therapy in Schizophrenia (R. Liberman, et al.).

Working with Carers: Interventions for Relative and Staff Carers ofThose who have Psychosis (E. Kuipers).

Training and Dissemination: Research to Practice in InnovativePsychosocial Treatments for Schizophrenia (N. Tarrier, etal.).

Outcome and Costs of Psychological Therapies in Schizophrenia (H.Brenner & M. Pfammatter).

Economic Evaluation of Psychological Treatments for Schizophrenia(M. Knapp & A. Healey).

Index. "... a great asset ... will indeed find valuable facts.."(Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy, Vol.30 2002)

"...Each author's contribution illuminates the issue from aninteresting angle and in an unique way..." (Cognitive BehaviouralPsychotherapy)

Dame Hilary Margaret Wykes is an English academic, author and editor. She is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation at King's College London, Director of the NIHR Clinical Research Network: Mental Health, and President and Secretary of Schizophrenia International Research Society.

Nicholas Tarrier is Professor of Clinical Psychology, Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Research Director of the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust. He has held academic posts at universities in Brazil and Australia.He has a long-standing interest in the practice and evaluation of Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy and its application to a wide range of disorders.

Shôn Lewis is the editor of Outcome and Innovation in Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia, published by Wiley.

Psychological treatments for schizophrenia are increasingly popular with mental health practitioners and people with schizophrenia, and also with their families. But do they work? This book brings together some of the latest evidence for the benefits and effectiveness of these treatments over a range of problems which include cognitive deficits, delusions and hallucinations, family stress and burden, and social functioning. The editors and contributors are recognised authorities in this field. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and nurses will welcome this overview of some of the innovative treatments for schizophrenia which are also described and reported here: cognitive behaviour therapy, family therapy, compliance therapy, and cognitive deficits remediation. The theoretical discussion of these treatments and psychological factors which maintain symptoms can lead to further development of treatments and to a better understanding of schizophrenia. Judgements about effectiveness are complicated by the variability of outcome assessment measures. This book includes an argument for the development of a common core of assessment instruments with the addition of treatment specific instruments, to measure specific improvements and the influence on general clinical course. By showing the clinical effectiveness and economic costs/benefits of these treatments, and suggesting how these can be better measured, this volume makes a powerful contribution to the growth and practice of the psychological treatment of schizophrenia.