Schizophrenia

Product Description

This highly anticipated volume provides a concise, practical, and up-to-the-minute view of evidence-based treatment of schizophrenia.
Well-designed outcome studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of specific psychological interventions for schizophrenia for over 40 years. Despite this, schizophrenia is still misperceived by many people to be treatable only by medication.
This book reviews currently available treatments for schizophrenia and the evidence for their effectiveness.
Practical guidance on comprehensive treatment planning of the condition is provided, along with reviews of current theories of schizophrenia, long-term outcome studies and associated remission rates, different classes and types of assessment instruments relevant to psychiatric rehabilitation, and research on mechanisms of recovery. A number of important conceptual issues are interwoven within the discussion, including the relevance of different models for treatment of schizophrenia, and the importance of a recovery-oriented perspective.

From the Reviews

"The volume is part of a series in evidence-based practices in psychotherapy and is succinctly written to provide a workable treatment framework for practitioners. It will provide psychiatry residents and medical students with a clear introduction to psychosocial treatments of schizophrenia... Overall, 'Schizophrenia' strongly serves the purpose of broadening our understanding of effective treatment for schizophrenia and could easily serve as introductory reading in many training programs."
Jeffrey Stovall, M.D. in PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, July 2007 Vol. 58 No. 7

"...touches on all of the key findings and gives the reader a good understanding of the major lines of investigation... a very solid description of the multiple facets of diagnostic assessment in schizophrenia... a comprehensive discussion of various psychological treatment approaches for schizophrenia... Another strength...is its discussion of the treatment of comorbid psychiatric conditions that often accompany schizophrenia... a very useful resource for practicing mental health professionals as well as students... offers an excellent overview of various psychosocial approaches and the empirical evidence that points to the importance of multimodal treatment approaches to severe mental illness... written in language that is easily understandable... a great resource for those who are embarking on clinical work with schizophrenia patients."
Elaine F. Walker, Hanan D. Trotman in PsycCRITIQUES January 24, 2007 Vol. 52 (4)

"This outstanding work should stimulate a break through in case formulation leading to comprehensive biopsychosocial approaches known to improve outcomes of people with schizophrenia. A clinical manual of this scope is long overdue."
Richard H. Hunter, PhD, ABPP, Past Chair, APA/CAPP Task Force on Serious Mental Illness, Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc., and Department of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

This type of book is very overdue in the field. Silverstein, Spaulding, and Menditto have produced THE definitive book on schizophrenia, which will prove to be a wonderful resource for clinicians, consumers, researchers, and students. The comprehensiveness of this text is unparalleled in the field.
David Penn, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

"An authoritative, concise, and practical synthesis of the nature and treatment of schizophrenia. This outstanding, compact guide deserves a place on the bookshelf of every clinician who treats individuals with schizophrenia."
Kim Mueser, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine, at Dartmouth Medical School and the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center

"Schizophrenia as a group of mental illness remains among the least understood and most disabling of conditions facing medicine. Despite advances in pharmacotherapy profound deficits in psychological and social function often persist for decades. Silverstein, Spaulding and Menditto present the reader with a long needed practical and clearly referenced guide for clinicians concerning psychological treatments which can be genuinely helpful for persons with this condition. Detailed descriptions and honest appraisals of the efficacy are offered for interventions ranging for instance from psychotherapy to supported housing to the many varieties of skills training and beyond. This is likely to be an indispensable handbook for students, supervisors and new and seasoned professionals alike."
Paul Lysaker, Assistant Professor Dept of Psychiatry Indiana Univeristy School of Medicine and Staff Psychologist Roudebush VA Medical Center