Decoding Delusions

Decoding Delusions
Author: Kate V. Hardy, Clin.Psych.D.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2023-06-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1615372954

Equal to the Madness

Equal to the Madness
Author: Zachary Wheeler
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2024-07-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1538159783

Equal to the Madness: Countertransference Intensive Psychotherapy for Psychosis is among the first books of its kind to offer a semistructured psychoanalytic treatment for schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. Grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, with a strong focus on Wilfred Bion’s seminal contributions to the treatment of psychotic states, this book presents a model for working with psychotic patients that emphasizes the key role of countertransference in understanding the patient and producing change. It addresses all the most important areas of treatment in one volume, presenting clinicians with comprehensive theory and technique for providing effective and thoughtful care to psychotic patients. Equal to the Madness was researched using an intuitive process of “distillation and matching,” a means of selecting and identifying the common elements in treatment from diverse psychoanalytic literature spanning more than one hundred years. It effectively condenses, synthesizes, and streamlines much of psychoanalytic thinking on psychosis into an easy-to-access treatment compendium. The result is an explicit, well-articulated approach to psychotherapy that is sufficiently organized to be useful as a treatment manual, giving clinicians a reliable framework for intervening with psychotic patients. Equal to the Madness is didactic and applied in addition to theoretical. It offers basic instruction to those who are just learning about the treatment of psychosis for the first time but is far-reaching enough to be helpful to more seasoned professionals. It provides clinicians with information related to assessment, intervention, and therapeutic strategies tailored specifically for psychotic patients. Rich case materials illustrating important concepts are included to reinforce learning. Equal to the Madness is a foundational resource for mental health care providers that delivers an instrumental learning experience.

The Psychosis Workbook

The Psychosis Workbook
Author: Laura Dewhirst
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1648483410

Evidence-based tools for a fully customizable recovery plan—choose what works for you. Your recovery from psychosis is a unique experience that encompasses many different emotions, including fear and frustration, confusion and hope, anger, and acceptance. Everyone experiences psychosis differently, and that’s why The Psychosis Workbook offers customizable treatment strategies you can use individually or in combination with each other to overcome the challenges associated with psychosis and move forward on your recovery journey. Combining proven-effective skills from cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive remediation therapy (CRT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this workbook provides a comprehensive set of tools to help you manage your symptoms, sustain your recovery, and achieve a better quality of life. With this accessible, step-by-step guide, you’ll learn: Why you experience certain symptoms What’s happening in your brain when symptoms occur How to cope with voices, paranoia, cognitive difficulties, and depression How to overcome a lack of motivation and stigma This validating workbook will help you treat yourself with compassion and respect, while empowering you with new knowledge and ready-to-use strategies to realize your potential and find meaning in your experiences.

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion
Author: Ema Sullivan-Bissett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2024-11-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 104013338X

Delusions play an important and fascinating role in philosophy and are a particularly fertile area of study in recent years, spanning philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, ethics, psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion explores the conceptual and philosophical issues in the study of delusion and is the first major reference source of its kind. Comprising 38 chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into six clear parts: The Nature of Delusion Delusion in Disorders Epistemology of Delusion Delusion’s Place in the Mind Delusion Formation Responsibility, Culture, and Society. Within these sections, key topics are discussed including delusions and wellbeing, delusions as they occur in wider mental disorder, the epistemic profile of delusions (evidence, justification, rationality), how delusions are formed, delusions and folk psychology (how they relate to belief, self-deception, imagination, and so on), and delusions in the wider social and cultural context. An outstanding resource for both students and researchers, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion is essential reading for those working on delusion in philosophy departments, and also suitable for those in related disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science.

Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Author: Charles G. Costello
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1993
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780471548751

Approaches the psychopathology of schizophrenia from the perspective of its symptoms rather than the global syndrome. Each chapter, by a recognized authority in the field, covers definition, measurement, frequency of occurrence, a review of clinical and experimental findings leading to current theories regarding the causes of the symptom, its functional relationship to other schizophrenic symptoms and implications for clinical practice.

Psychopathology and Religion

Psychopathology and Religion
Author: Damian Janus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-02-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1498578470

In this book, Damian Janus examines the connections between psychopathological phenomena and religion. Janus contends that there are certain factors—fear of death, desire for power and longevity, and need for predictability of life and longing for care—which reside within the framework of religion and mental disorders. These factors shapethe psychopathological image and contribute to the genesis of religiosity. He explores this contention in his analysis of various mental disorders (neuroses, personality disorders, dissociative disorders, psychoses, eating disorders) and symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, self-destructive behaviors), as well as more common psychological phenomena.This book is recommended for scholars of psychology, religion, and philosophy as well as psychotherapists.

Progress in Self Psychology, V. 3

Progress in Self Psychology, V. 3
Author: Arnold I. Goldberg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134878222

The third volume in the distinguished Progress in Self Psychology series brings together the most exciting issues in a rapidly expanding field. Frontiers in Self Psychology is highlighted by sections dealing with self psychology and infancy and self psychology and the psychoses. Clinical contributions include several case studies along with a reconsideration of dream interpretation. Theoretical contributions span issues of gender identity, boundary formation, and the biological foundation of self psychology.

Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis

Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis
Author: Salman Akhtar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1270
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000157393

The Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis is a unique and original contribution to the field of psychoanalysis. Emphasizing and underscoring the need for interdisciplinary discourse in understanding the dialectical relationship between mind and culture, this volume addresses a multiplicity of realms. These include anthropology, religion, philosophy, history, as well as evolutionary psychology, medicine, race, poverty, migration, and prejudice. Dimensions of social praxis such as education, health policy, and cyberpsychology are also addressed. The enrichment of our understanding of the fine arts (e.g. painting, sculpture, poetry) and performing arts (e.g. music, dance, cinema) by the application of psychoanalytic principles and the enhancement of psychoanalysis by bringing such arts to bear upon it also form areas of this book's concern. This magisterial volume brings distinguished psychoanalysts, philosophers, musicians, poets, businessmen, architects, and movie critics together to create a chorus of modern, anthropologically-informed and culturally sensitive psychoanalysis.