Cognitive psychotherapy of psychotic and personality disorders: Handbook of theory and practice

Mental Health Nursing,  Sep 1999  by Price, Vincent

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Cognitive psychotherapy of psychotic and personality disorders: handbook of theory and practice

C Perry, PD McGorry (eds) Wiley

ISBN 0471 982210

Providing psychological help to people with a diagnosis of personality and psychotic disorders represents the biggest challenge to mental health service providers as we enter the new millennium. As such, the writers are to be congratulated for bringing out this book, which includes contributions from leading cognitive behavioural psychotherapists in this field from across the world.

There are chapters which deal with the application of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in a range of situations, including: working with information-- processing disorders in schizophrenia; utilising the approach with severely disturbed individuals; its application with hallucinations and delusions; coping-oriented therapy; the development of idiosyncratic formulations for people with delusional beliefs; and working in a preventative way in early psychosis. The section of the book which deals with personality disorder offers similar breadth and depth, although there are fewer chapters on this area.

This is a most impressive piece of work, which manages to portray the state of the art with regard to our present knowledge of the appLication of CBT to a range of these disorders.

Vincent Price

Senior lecturer in mental health

University of Northumbria at

Newcastle

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