Family work for schizophrenia : a practical guide
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Family work for schizophrenia : a practical guide
Gaskell, c2002
2nd ed.
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Note
Bibliography: p136-p137
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The relapse rate of schizophrenia can be substantially reduced by working with the families of sufferers on the everyday problems generated by the illness. This book is a detailed practical guide to intervention. The approach to working with families has been used by hundreds of community staff and has proved helpful with a range of clients in addition to those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The techniques and strategies included in the guide are clearly described for use by clinical practitioners and are illustrated by case examples. The second edition retains the original sections, including the engaging the family, treading the fine line between working as a therapist and being a guest in the family's home, improving communication, teaching problem-solving and cultural issues. Material has been added on the evidence base for family work for schizophrenia and on the emotional responses of siblings. The guide has been further enriched with the authors' experience of working with families over the ten years since the first edition was published.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction to our approach
- Part II. Practical Issues in Family Work: 2. Engaging the family
- 3. Being a therapist, not a guest
- 4. Co-therapy
- 5. Offering education
- 6. Family sessions
- 7. Improving communication
- 8. Task setting
- 9. Dealing with emotional upset: general issues
- 10. How families affect professionals
- 11. Leaving
- Part III. Emotional Issues, Problems of Individuals and Groups: 12. Anger, conflict, rejection
- 13. Dealing with overinvolvement
- 14. Grief
- 15. The vulnerability of adult patients
- 16. Stigma
- 17. Absent family members
- 18. Helping marital families
- 19. Children in the household
- 20. Carers who are siblings or children
- 21. Employment
- 22. Cultural issues
- 23. Special problems complicating family work
- 24. Running a relatives' group I
- 25. Running a relatives' group II
- Part IV. Conclusion: 26. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1. Education booklet
- Appendix 2. Helpful aspects of therapy form.
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