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Chapter 5.4 - Psychosocial Management of Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2024

By
David Kingdon
Edited by
David Kingdon ,
Paul Rowlands  and
George Stein
David Kingdon
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Paul Rowlands
Affiliation:
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust
George Stein
Affiliation:
Emeritus of the Princess Royal University Hospital
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Summary

Evidence-based interventions include psychological and social treatments and modes of service delivery such as early intervention for psychosis teams. Family work and individual cognitive behaviour therapy are the psychological approaches that have been best researched but remain limited in availability: assessment, engagement, case conceptualisation and specific work with hallucinations, delusions and negative symptoms have been adapted for clinical practice. The goal is self-determined recovery that will take into account key physical and mental health and social concerns (e.g. accommodation, employment and relationships).

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psychosisschizophreniaCBTfamily workpsychosocial interventionemploymentrecoveryevidence
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Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry , pp. 282 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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