CBT for Schizophrenia

Craig Steel is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK. With a doctorate from the University of London, he has been an active clinician and researcher for 15 years, specializing in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and its use as a tool of intervention in schizophrenia and other severe mental health conditions.

“All over, this book is very practical and to be recommended to therapists that want to get an insight into how problems associated with psychotic experiences can be efficiently treated psychologically.”  (Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1 January 2014)“While not a workbook that readers can use to guide CBT sessions with patients, it provides a nice overview of the evidence supporting the use of CBT and could be helpful for any clinicians working with these challenging patients.”  (Doody’s, 12 July 2013)

• About the Editor viiList of Contributors ixPreface xiAcknowledgements xiii1 CBT for Psychosis: An Introduction 1Craig Steel and Ben Smith2 Cognitive Therapy for Reducing Distress and Harmful Compliance with Command Hallucinations 13Max Birchwood and Alan Meaden3 CBT for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Psychosis 35Amy Hardy, Ben Smith, Jennifer Gottlieb, Kim Mueser and Craig Steel4 CBT for Individuals at High Risk of Developing Psychosis 57Nicola Smethurst, Paul French and Anthony P. Morrison5 CBT for Medication-Resistant Psychosis: Targeting the Negative Symptoms 87Neil A. Rector6 The Challenge of Anger, Aggression and Violence when Delivering CBT for Psychosis: Clinical and Service Considerations 109Gillian Haddock7 CBT for Relapse in Schizophrenia: A Treatment Protocol 127Andrew I. Gumley8 CBT to Address and Prevent Social Disability in Early and Emerging Psychosis 143David Fowler, Paul French, Jo Hodgekins, Rebecca Lower, Ruth Turner, Simon Burton and Jon Wilson9 Group Cognitive Behavioural Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia 169Jason Holden and Eric Granholm10 Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Acute Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with Psychosis 191Brandon A. Gaudiano11 Improving Sleep, Improving Delusions: CBT for Insomnia in Individuals with Persecutory Delusions 213Elissa Myers, Helen Startup and Daniel Freeman12 Compassion Focused Group Therapy for Recovery after Psychosis 235Christine Braehler, Janice Harper and Paul GilbertIndex 267