Psychosis as a personal crisis an experience-based approach

"Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness. In this...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Escher, Sandra (-), Romme, M. A. J.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hove, East Sussex : Routledge 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:ISPS book series.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798284506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Psychosis as a Personal Crisis; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Marius Romme and Sandra Escher; Part I: Changes in attitude; 2. Psychiatry at the crossroads: The limitations of contemporary psychiatry in validating subjective experiences: Brian Martindale; 3. Changing attitudes in clinical settings: From auditory hallucinations to hearing voices: Monika Hoffmann; 4. Voice hearers are people with problems, not patients with illnesses: Lucy Johnstone
  • 5. The process of recovery and the implications for working with psychosis: Ron Coleman and Karen Taylor6. Useful instruments for exploring hearing voices and paranoia: Sandra Escher; Part II: Relationship with trauma or other life experiences; 7. Childhood trauma and psychosis: Revisiting the evidence: Warren Larkin and John Read; 8. The relationship between trauma and paranoia: Managing paranoia: Peter Bullimore; 9. Personal links between traumatic experiences and distorted emotions in those who hear voices: Marius Romme; Part III: Recovery-oriented approaches
  • 10. Hearing voices in children: The message of the voices: Sandra Escher11. Open dialogues with patients with psychosis and their families: Jaakko Seikkula and Birgitta Alakare; 12. Hearing voices groups: Creating safe spaces to share taboo experiences: Jacqui Dillon and Eleanor Longden; 13. Relating to alternative realities: Rufus May; 14. Accepting and making sense of voices: A recovery-focused therapy plan: Marius Romme; 15. Talking with voices: Dirk Corstens, Rufus May and Eleanor Longden; 16. Understanding psychosis and cognitive therapy: David Kingdon
  • 17. A psychoanalytic framework for psychotic experiences: David Garfield and Gabriela Iagaru18. Using medication wisely in treating psychosis: John Watkins; Index