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International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses: Past, Present and Future
Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2010 BMA Medical Book Awards!
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses brings together professionals from around the world to provide an extensive overview of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis.
Divided into three parts - past, present and future - the book begins by examining the history of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, with reference to Freud, Jung, Harry Stack Sullivan and Adolf Meyer, amongst others.
Part two then takes a geographical look at treatment and its evolution in different parts of the world including the UK, USA, Northern Europe and Eastern Asia.
Finally, part three covers the range of interventions, from pharmacological treatments to psychoanalytic psychotherapy to CBT, with the aim of helping to shape the future integration of treatment.
With contributions from leading figures in the field, this book will provide a varied examination of treatment, and spark much-needed debate about its future. As such it will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, in particular those involved in psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy.
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses brings together professionals from around the world to provide an extensive overview of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis.
Divided into three parts - past, present and future - the book begins by examining the history of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, with reference to Freud, Jung, Harry Stack Sullivan and Adolf Meyer, amongst others.
Part two then takes a geographical look at treatment and its evolution in different parts of the world including the UK, USA, Northern Europe and Eastern Asia.
Finally, part three covers the range of interventions, from pharmacological treatments to psychoanalytic psychotherapy to CBT, with the aim of helping to shape the future integration of treatment.
With contributions from leading figures in the field, this book will provide a varied examination of treatment, and spark much-needed debate about its future. As such it will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, in particular those involved in psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy.
- GenresPsychology
424 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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November 26, 2022
I did not learn a single thing about psychosis or therapies for it in the 150 pages I read. Many figures are brought up, and their accomplishments are mentioned, but their therapies are barely explained. These figures are just lauded as great men and women, who pushed against psychiatry and the biomedical model, by affirming experiential and relational frameworks. Great. I've learnt nothing about how to help people experiencing delusions, hallucinations, and psychotic breaks.
For those already in the field of psychotherapy, it's interesting to hear about this or that historical figure interacting with another figure (did you know Jung's analysand, student, and lover, Sabina Spielrein, went on to teach Jean Piaget?); however, there's scant information on why such interactions mattered.
I also find the uncritical celebration of psychoanalysis troubling. Psychoanalysis has done plenty of harm to schizophrenic and psychotic peoples, and it'd be more honest and meaningful to bring up these conflicts and issues, rather than to project them all (pun intended) onto psychiatry. No field is pure in its actions or intents, and spending 400 pages masturbating over your field's achievements does not impress the self-reflection psychoanalysis supposedly engenders.
For those already in the field of psychotherapy, it's interesting to hear about this or that historical figure interacting with another figure (did you know Jung's analysand, student, and lover, Sabina Spielrein, went on to teach Jean Piaget?); however, there's scant information on why such interactions mattered.
I also find the uncritical celebration of psychoanalysis troubling. Psychoanalysis has done plenty of harm to schizophrenic and psychotic peoples, and it'd be more honest and meaningful to bring up these conflicts and issues, rather than to project them all (pun intended) onto psychiatry. No field is pure in its actions or intents, and spending 400 pages masturbating over your field's achievements does not impress the self-reflection psychoanalysis supposedly engenders.
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