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Clinicians working with family members of persons with psychosis need practical, hands-on information about different treatment models, strategies and case examples addressing common challenges and special populations, caregiver perspectives, and guidelines for developing family intervention services in routine practice settings.

Table of Contents

About the Editors ix

Contributors xi

Preface xv

I INTRODUCTION 1

1 Why Are Family Interventions Important? A Family Member Perspective 3
Martin Gregory

II FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS 21

2 Family Work in Early Psychosis 23
Gráinne Fadden and Jo Smith

3 A Model of Family Work in First-Episode Psychosis: Managing Self-Harm 47
Jean Addington, April Collins, Amanda McCleery and Sabrina Baker

4 Working with Families to Prevent Relapse in First-Episode Psychosis 67
Kingsley Crisp and John Gleeson

III INTERVENTIONS FOCUSING ON DRUG USE 91

5 Family Intervention for Complex Cases: Substance Use and Psychosis 93
Ian Lowens, Samantha E. Bowe and Christine Barrowclough

6 Family Motivational Intervention in Early Psychosis and Cannabis Misuse 117
Maarten Smeerdijk, Don Linszen, Tom Kuipers and René Keet

IV VARIETY OF ISSUES ARISING INWORKING WITH RELATIVES 139

7 A Case of Family Intervention with a ‘High EE’ Family 141
Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith and Elizabeth Kuipers

8 Coming to Terms with Mental Illness in the Family –Working Constructively through Its Grief 167
Virginia Lafond

9 Interventions with Siblings 185
Jo Smith, Gráinne Fadden and Michelle O’Shea

10 Family Intervention with Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Groups 211
Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith and Elizabeth Kuipers

V WORKING IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS 233

11 Multiple Family Groups in Early Psychosis: A Brief Psychoeducational and Therapeutic Intervention 235
David Glentworth

12 Meeting the Needs of Families on Inpatient Units 259
Chris Mansell and Gráinne Fadden

VI SERVICE RELATED ISSUES 285

13 Setting Up a Family Interventions (FI) Service – A UK Case Study 287
Frank Burbach and Roger Stanbridge

14 Overcoming Barriers to Staff Offering Family Interventions in the NHS 309
Gráinne Fadden

VII RELATIVES’ SUPPORTING EACH OTHER 337

15 The COOL Approach 339
Claudia Benzies, Gwen Butcher and Tom Linton

VIII CONCLUSION 355

16 Summary and Conclusions –Where Are We up to and Where Are We Going? 357
Fiona Lobban and Christine Barrowclough

Index 369

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2009
      ISBN13: 9780470027080, 978-0470027080
      ISBN10: 0470027088

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Clinicians working with family members of persons with psychosis need practical, hands-on information about different treatment models, strategies and case examples addressing common challenges and special populations, caregiver perspectives, and guidelines for developing family intervention services in routine practice settings.

      Table of Contents

      About the Editors ix

      Contributors xi

      Preface xv

      I INTRODUCTION 1

      1 Why Are Family Interventions Important? A Family Member Perspective 3
      Martin Gregory

      II FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS 21

      2 Family Work in Early Psychosis 23
      Gráinne Fadden and Jo Smith

      3 A Model of Family Work in First-Episode Psychosis: Managing Self-Harm 47
      Jean Addington, April Collins, Amanda McCleery and Sabrina Baker

      4 Working with Families to Prevent Relapse in First-Episode Psychosis 67
      Kingsley Crisp and John Gleeson

      III INTERVENTIONS FOCUSING ON DRUG USE 91

      5 Family Intervention for Complex Cases: Substance Use and Psychosis 93
      Ian Lowens, Samantha E. Bowe and Christine Barrowclough

      6 Family Motivational Intervention in Early Psychosis and Cannabis Misuse 117
      Maarten Smeerdijk, Don Linszen, Tom Kuipers and René Keet

      IV VARIETY OF ISSUES ARISING INWORKING WITH RELATIVES 139

      7 A Case of Family Intervention with a ‘High EE’ Family 141
      Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith and Elizabeth Kuipers

      8 Coming to Terms with Mental Illness in the Family –Working Constructively through Its Grief 167
      Virginia Lafond

      9 Interventions with Siblings 185
      Jo Smith, Gráinne Fadden and Michelle O’Shea

      10 Family Intervention with Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Groups 211
      Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith and Elizabeth Kuipers

      V WORKING IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS 233

      11 Multiple Family Groups in Early Psychosis: A Brief Psychoeducational and Therapeutic Intervention 235
      David Glentworth

      12 Meeting the Needs of Families on Inpatient Units 259
      Chris Mansell and Gráinne Fadden

      VI SERVICE RELATED ISSUES 285

      13 Setting Up a Family Interventions (FI) Service – A UK Case Study 287
      Frank Burbach and Roger Stanbridge

      14 Overcoming Barriers to Staff Offering Family Interventions in the NHS 309
      Gráinne Fadden

      VII RELATIVES’ SUPPORTING EACH OTHER 337

      15 The COOL Approach 339
      Claudia Benzies, Gwen Butcher and Tom Linton

      VIII CONCLUSION 355

      16 Summary and Conclusions –Where Are We up to and Where Are We Going? 357
      Fiona Lobban and Christine Barrowclough

      Index 369

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