Substance Misuse in Psychosis

Hermine L. Graham is a consultant clinical psychologist, Head of the Combined Psychosis and Substance Use (COMPASS) Programme in Northern Birmingham, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow with the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. In a managerial and clinical research capacity she is developing and evaluating an integrated treatment and service model for people with severe mental health problems who use alcohol/drugs problematically. She has published articles within this area and provides national and international consultancy/advice on service and policy developments for this client group. Her clinical and research interests include the application of cognitive therapy for people with combined psychosis and substance use. A publication that reflects this is her paper, "The Role of Dysfunctional Beliefs in Individuals Who Experience Psychosis and Use Substances: Implications for Cognitive Therapy and Medication Adherence" (1998), Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26, 193-208. Alex Copello is a consultant clinical psychologist, Head of the Psychology Addiction Speciality within Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust, and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. He is a practising clinician and the lead professional for the Addiction Research and Development Programme for the Trust. In addition, he is one of the principal investigators on an MRC-funded UK multisite study evaluating alcohol treatment. He has been involved in developing a social network-based treatment that will be evaluated in this study. His research and clinical interests include the impact of addiction upon families; the evaluation of services for alcohol and drug users, both in primary care and specialist settings; and the use of qualitative research methods. He has also been involved in international cross-cultural research assessing the impact of addiction on families in Mexico and Australia. He publishes extensively in a number of scientific journals and has co-authored the book Living with Drink: Women Who Live with Problem Drinkers (1998). Max J. Birchwood is Director of the Early Intervention Service and Director of Research and Development for Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust, and Professor of Mental Health at the University of Birmingham, UK. His clinical and research interests have centred around the development of methods of promoting individuals' control over their psychotic symptoms, including the application of cognitive therapy to psychotic symptoms, as in acute psychosis, and the recognition and control of early warning signs of relapse. He has published widely in these areas and is a prominent figure within this field. His books include Psychological Management of Schizophrenia (1994), Cognitive Therapy for Hallucinations, Delusions and Paranoia (1996), Early Intervention in Psychosis (2000) and Schizophrenia (2001). He is currently involved in the development of community-based early intervention for people with psychosis across the UK and is patron to the National Schizophrenia Fellowship in the UK. Kim T. Mueser is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, USA. He is an active contributor to research and the development of clinical methods for the treatment of comorbid severe mental illness and substance use, has published numerous articles within this area, and provides research consultancy/advice to a number of services. His clinical and research interests include research on the treatment of persons with severe mental illness, and substance use disorders, family treatment and social skills training for severe mental illness, and other aspects of psychiatric rehabilitation. He has co-authored several books, including Social Skills Training for Psychiatric Patients (1989), Coping With Schizophrenia: A Guide for Families (1994).

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• About the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I Social and Psychological Perspectives of ProblemSubstance Use Among those with Psychosis. Introduction(Max J. Birchwood). Chapter 1 Substance Misuse in Psychosis: Contextual Issues(Jenny Maslin). Chapter 2 Temporal Order and Aetiology (MartinHambrecht and Heinz H¨afner). Chapter 3 Substance Misuse and Psychosis in Context: TheInfluences of Families and Social Networks (AlexCopello). Chapter 4 Sociological Aspects of Substance Misuse among Peoplewith Severe Mental Illness (Martin J. Commander). Chapter 5 A Cognitive Conceptualization of Concurrent Psychosisand Problem Drug and Alcohol Use (Hermine L.Graham). Part II Integrated Service Delivery Models. Introduction (Kim T. Mueser). Chapter 6 Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment in New Hampshire(USA) (Kim T. Mueser and Robert E. Drake). Chapter 7 The Combined Psychosis and Substance Use (COMPASS)Programme: An Integrated Shared-care Approach (Hermine L.Graham, Alex Copello, Max J. Birchwood, Jenny Maslin, DermotMcGovern, Jim Orford and George Georgiou). Chapter 8 An Integrated Treatment Approach to Substance use inan Early Psychosis Programme (Jean Addington). Chapter 9 An Inpatient-Based Service Model (Richard N.Rosenthal). Part III Treatments for Substance Misuse inPsychosis. Introduction (Alex Copello). Chapter 10 Assessment Considerations (Douglas L.Noordsy, Debra V. McQuade and Kim T. Mueser). Chapter 11 Cognitive-Behavioural Integrated Treatment Approachfor Psychosis and Problem Substance Use (Hermine L.Graham, Alex Copello, Max J. Birchwood, Jim Orford, DermotMcGovern, Jenny Maslin and George Georgiou). Chapter 12 Relapse Prevention for Patients with Bipolar andSubstance Use Disorders (Roger D. Weiss, Shelly F. Greenfieldand Grace O'Leary). Chapter 13 Family Intervention for Substance Misuse in Psychosis(Christine Barrowclough). Chapter 14 Start Over and Survive: A Brief Intervention forSubstance Misuse in Early Psychosis (David J. Kavanagh,Ross Young, Angela White, John B. Saunders, Natalie Shockley, JeffWallis and Anne Clair). Chapter 15 Pharmacological Management of Substance Misuse inPsychosis (Ed Day, George Georgiou and IlanaCrome). Part IV Special Populations. Introduction (Hermine L. Graham). Chapter 16 Cannabis and First-Episode Psychosis: The CAP Project(Jane Edwards, Mark Hinton, Kathryn Elkins and OlympiaAthanasopoulos). Chapter 17 Comorbid severe Mental Health Problems and SubstanceAbuse in Forensic Populations (Alison Beck, Tom Burns andTim Hunt). Chapter 18 Integrated Treatment Outcomes for Homeless Personswith Severe Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders(Susan A. Pickett-Schenk, Michael Banghart and Judith A.Cook). Chapter 19 Issues in Comorbidity and HIV/AIDS (LisaRazzano). Part V The Evolving Evidence Base. Chapter 20 Cochrane Review of Treatment Outcome Studies and itsImplications for Future Developments (Ann Ley and DavidJeffery). Epilogue: Future Directions. Concluding Remarks (Hermine L. Graham, Alex Copello, Max J.Birchwood and Kim T. Mueser). Index.