David G. Kingdon

A proven, effective treatment for patients with severe mental illness, CBT is illuminated in an insightful volume that boasts an abundance of learning exercises, worksheets, and checklists that offer an inside look at CBT methods in use, demonstrating how CBT helps practitioners develop important skills in treating challenging clinical problems.

Mastering cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for the common, yet difficult-to-treat aspects of severe mental illness has now been made easier with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness. A proven, effective treatment for patients with severe mental illness, CBT is illuminated in an insightful volume that boasts an abundance of learning exercises, worksheets, and checklists—plus video demonstrations on DVD that offer an inside look at CBT methods in use. This is the only book to present a comprehensive CBT approach that can be used across the broad range of severe Axis I disorders to prevent relapse, promote treatment adherence, reduce symptoms, and maintain treatment gains. The authors, all internationally recognized experts in using CBT for severe mental illness, provide a host of functional strategies for treating patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and treatment-refractory depression. Their easy-to-read guide covers specific symptoms in detail and promotes practitioners' skill building—including how to design useful interventions, provide effective psychoeducation, and engage patients in effective therapeutic relationships. The eighteen videos show CBT in action, demonstrating such scenarios as tracing origins of paranoia and formulating an antisuicide plan. Readers seeking to learn or improve their use of CBT for severe mental illness will • Master the key processes of engaging, assessing, normalizing, educating, and formulating• Learn methods to help patients reduce delusional thinking, cope with hallucinations, and target hopelessness, suicidality, low energy and interest, and poor self-esteem• Prevent relapse in bipolar disorder through such methods as monitoring symptoms and promoting good sleep• Address interpersonal problems common in patients with severe mental illness, showing how to build support and cope with dysfunctional or terminated relationships• Help patients become better organized in their thinking and reduce problems with maintaining concentration• Apply CBT procedures to improve negative symptoms in schizophrenia, such as attention deficit and anhedonia The book is an ideal companion to the authors' popular introductory text Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, building on its critically acclaimed methodology to offer guidelines for effective treatment. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness shows how CBT enhances pharmacotherapy and helps practitioners develop important skills in treating challenging clinical problems.

Drawing on the authors' decades of influential work in the field, this highly practical volume presents an evidence-based cognitive therapy approach for clients with schizophrenia. Guidelines are provided for collaborative assessment and case formulation that enable the clinician to build a strong therapeutic relationship, establish reasonable goals, and tailor treatment to each client's needs. Described in thorough, step-by-step detail are effective techniques for working with delusional beliefs, voices, visions, thought disorders, and negative symptoms; integrating cognitive therapy with other forms of treatment; reducing relapse risks; and enhancing client motivation. Special features include reproducible client handouts and assessment tools.

Denne boken som nå foreligger i norsk oversettelse er skrevet av to av verdens fremste eksperter på kognitiv terapi ved schizofreni. David Kingdon og Douglas Turkington i Storbritannia har i snart tjue år vært med på å utvikle dette feltet og samtidig drevet en utstrakt klinisk virksomhet. Det er det kliniske arbeidet som er bokens hovedfokus. "Kognitiv terapi er sunn fornuft systematisert innenfor et respektfullt samarbeid. Det er det systematiserte arbeidet sammen med pasienten som representerer et viktig skritt videre i psykoterapeutisk teori og praksis og spesielt i utvikling av den terapeutiske alliansen. Kunsten i fellesskap å sette opp mål som pasienten kan nå og virkelig klarer å nå, representerer noe av det mest utfordrende i det å være psykoterapeut ved psykotiske lidelser. Det setter store krav til terapeutens tålmodighet, medfølelse og innsikt i egne begrensinger" (Fra det norske forordet ved psykiater Reidar Kjær) Boken retter seg både mot utdanningsfeltet til helse- og sosialhøgskoleutdanningene, og psykiatere, psykologer, sykepleiere og øvrige helsearbeidere som arbeider med denne pasientgruppen. Boken er oversatt til norsk av Åsta Kravik. Psykiater Reidar Kjær har vært faglig konsulent på oversettelsen. "Outstanding! This book provides a cogent framework for understanding the experience of schizophrenia, engaging and working collaboratively with clients, and developing and implementing effective treatment plans." - Kim T. Mueser,PhD, forfatter av boken Integrert behandling av rusproblemer og psykiske lidelser. (Fra anmeldelsen av den engelske utgaven)