Personal Therapy for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: A Guide to Individualized Treatment
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157230782X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Further, the therapeutic techniques are sufficiently flexible to accommodate the varying needs, deficits, and preferences of patients with this infinitely complex and heterogeneous disorder. Developed out of years of experience in the treatment of schizophrenia, as well as painstaking psychosocial intervention research, personal therapy is an integrated approach to helping people learn how to manage their mental illness and reenter the community. It provides remarkably valuable clinical tools. "Spanning four decades, Gerard Hogarty's research into the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders has been remarkable both for its scientific elegance and its practical
Designed to help patients both achieve and maintain clinical stability, personal therapy combines psychoeducation; internal coping skills training; and enhancement of interpersonal, social, and vocational functioning. The volume describes how to integrate the approach with medical management and provides a practical, three-phase therapy manual, fully documented with findings from the author's influential research program. This book presents the first evidence-based psychotherapy with demonstrated effectiveness for persons with schizophren
"A Great Book for the Practioner" according to T. Scott. This is a tremendous book as it's written by a Social Worker who uses an over all biopsychosocial model. You do not see many social workers writing about therapeutic interventions who even consider biological components.Additionally, Hogarty has included two components to the therapeutic strategy. He does a a concise review of entitlements with the proviso that its difficult to provide therapy when . New Hope for Schizophrenia! Gerard Hogarty's new volume, Personal Therapy for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, is a groundbreaking work which presents an empirically-validated psychotherapeutic approach for schizophrenia based on a contemporary biopsychosocial understanding. Hogarty, a Professor of Psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has a long and dist