An Introduction to Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies for Psychosis
Brandon A. Gaudiano
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
Pharmacological treatments can be effective for reducing positive symptoms of psychosis. Nevertheless, additional interventions often are needed to address negative symptoms, functioning, ...
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Theoretical background and issues
Gordon Claridge
in Schizotypy: Implications for Illness and Health
This chapter presents a theoretical background to the title itself. It explores varieties of psychosis, the borderlands of psychosis, and dimensions of psychosis. It discusses whether ...
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Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders
Julie A. Schumacher and Michael B. Madson
in Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing: Tips and Strategies for Addressing Common Clinical Challenges
Psychiatric disorders are very common. Thus, even professionals who are not mental health providers are likely to grapple with the clinical challenges associated with psychiatric symptoms ...
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Charting the Course Ahead: Future Clinical and Research Directions in Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies for Psychosis
Brandon A. Gaudiano
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
This chapter summarizes the current state of affairs in mindfulness and acceptance therapies for psychosis. Initial research is promising and demonstrates safety and efficacy, but many ...
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Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis in Asians and Asian Americans
Keh-Ming Lin, Hai-Gwo Hwu, and Ming T. Tsuang
in Handbook of Adult Psychopathology in Asians: Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Chapter 5 explores schizophrenia and other psychosis in Asians and Asian Americans. It includes issues related to nosology and manifestations of psychosis (epidemiology, symptomatology, ...
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis: Applying Acceptance and Mindfulness in the Context of an Inpatient Hospitalization
Patricia Bach
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
This chapter provides an overview of the development of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for the treatment of clients presenting with symptoms of psychosis. Application of ...
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Mindfulness Meditation in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis
Katherine Newman Taylor and Nicola Abba
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
This chapter places mindfulness for psychosis in the context of current cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) theory and practice. Formulation-based CBT identifies reciprocally related ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Psychosis
Jan Dirk Blom, Marieke Niemantsverdriet, Anke Spuijbroek, and Sandra Kooji
in Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research
Attention deficit disorder psychosis is a little-known clinical phenomenon currently enjoying a modest revival of scientific attention. It is argued by some to not merely be a result of ...
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Psychopathology: Psychosis Assessment and High-Risk Paradigms
Eduardo Fonseca Pedrero, Diane C. Gooding, Martin Debbané, and José Muñiz
in The ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment
This chapter reviews the assessment of psychopathology, with a focus on psychosis and clinically related phenomena and conditions, such as prodromal phases and at-risk mental states of ...
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Psychosis and bipolar disorder
Bob G. Knight and Nancy A. Pachana
in Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults
Chapter 9 considers schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder in later life, the assessment of these conditions (clinical interview and differential diagnosis), and therapy with ...
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Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
Brandon A. Gaudiano (ed.)
Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis brings together the researchers and clinicians working at the cutting edge of acceptance/mindfulness therapies for ...
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Group CBT for Psychosis: A Guidebook for Clinicians
Tania Lecomte, Claude Leclerc, and Til Wykes
The purpose of this book is to make group CBT for psychosis more accessible to clinicians everywhere. CBT for psychosis is now recognized as an evidence-based intervention that should be ...
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Coping with paranoia: a first-person account developed during cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis
Karl Murphy and Ben Smith
in Persecutory Delusions: Assessment, Theory, and Treatment
This chapter discusses a first-person account of paranoia, developed during cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis, and aims to provide a forum through which the account itself ...
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Creativity and schizotypy
J. H. Brod
in Schizotypy: Implications for Illness and Health
This chapter discusses creativity and schizotypy. It explores the possibility that madness underlies creativity, how psychosis is linked to creativity, and evidence for this link, as well ...
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The Bipolar Spectrum
Marco Del Giudice
in Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach
The chapter discusses disorders in the bipolar spectrum. Bipolar disorders (BDs) and cyclothymic disorder are marked by mania, a state of abnormally high energy and activity coupled with ...
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The Impact of Marijuana on Mental Health
Christine L. Miller
in Contemporary Health Issues on Marijuana
The association between marijuana use and several mental health outcomes is examined, with particular reference to commonly held views on the lack of proof for a causal basis. Rather than ...
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Final remarks and future directions
Gordon Claridge
in Schizotypy: Implications for Illness and Health
This chapter presents final remarks and future directions for research. It explores the weaknesses of the arguments and models that the title has discussed, as well as brief outlines of the ...
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Positive Mood Dysfunction in Psychopathology
David Watson and Michael W. O’Hara
in Understanding the Emotional Disorders: A Symptom-Level Approach Based on the IDAS-II
This chapter explores the nature of positive emotional disturbance across various disorders. It reviews findings based on the positive affect scales of the Expanded Form of the Inventory of ...
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Columbus Day, 1994: A New World
Kay S. Browne
in Breaking the Silence: Personal and family accounts from mental health professionals
Chapter 6 discusses the contributor’s medical, psychiatric, and pediatric training, which left her unprepared for the events, several decades later, of her 19-year-old son’s psychosis and ...
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The Evolution of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis: The Path to Integrating Acceptance, Compassion, and Mindfulness
Douglas Turkington, Nicola Wright, and James Courtley
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
This chapter describes the evolution of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis, starting with the seminal work of Aaron T. Beck, who initially developed CBT for patients with ...
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