Back to Life, Back to Normality: Volume 1
Cognitive Therapy, Recovery and Psychosis

A self-help guide for understanding and applying the basic concepts of cognitive therapy to psychosis.

Douglas Turkington (Author), David Kingdon (Author), Shanaya Rathod (Author), Sarah K. J. Wilcock (Author), Alison Brabban (Author), Paul Cromarty (Author), Robert Dudley (Author), Richard Gray (Author), Jeremy Pelton (Author), Ron Siddle (Author), Peter Weiden (Author)

9780521699563, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 March 2009

200 pages, 11 b/w illus. 15 tables
23.4 x 15.5 x 1 cm, 0.34 kg

"Presents useful psychoeducation about psychotic symptoms and also includes a helpful discussion about when 'normal' perceptions and beliefs become maladaptive and impairing....There is much to like about this book from the perspective of a CBTp therapist, and it has the potential to be a valuable resource for patients in therapy and their caregivers."
--PsycCritiques, APA Review of Books

• Written specifically with sufferers and carers in mind, to help them understand and apply the basic concepts of cognitive therapy for psychosis. • Illustrates what it is like to have common psychosis and how people's lives can be restored using therapy. • Increases understanding of how the psychosis started, and the factors that worsen symptoms or increase the likelihood of relapse. • Helps the sufferer learn how to control symptoms and delay or prevent relapse. • Includes features and exercises to help sufferers explore their own beliefs and feelings to reflect on the way they cope. • Helps carers know what to say and what to do. • Provides a resource for mental health professionals working with patients, to introduce the approach, support ongoing therapy and make the most efficient use of appointment time.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Introduction Douglas Turkington and Peter Weiden
1. Where do I begin? Jeremy Pelton
2. What is normal? David Kingdon
3. Understanding paranoia and unusual beliefs Paul Cromarty and Robert Dudley
4. Voices Douglas Turkington
5. Overcoming negative symptoms Ron Siddle
6. Tablets and injections Richard Gray
7. Why me? Why now? Understanding vulnerability from a cognitive perspective Alison Brabban
8. Helping carers help themselves using a cognitive approach Sarah K. J. Wilcock
9. Staying well and managing set backs Shanaya Rathod.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH]