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Book SynopsisThe psychotic disorder, Schizophrenia typically develops at adolescence. In response to this, governments around the world have given priority to "early intervention", that is the early diagnosis and treatment of young adults with psychotic symptoms. This work deals with this topic.
Table of ContentsABOUT THE AUTHORS ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
INTRODUCTION xi
SECTION ONE: WHAT IS THIS SCHIZOPHRENIA?
Chapter 1 Schizophrenia: What is it? 3
Chapter 2 Biological Disease or Psychological Problem? Who is Right? 13
Chapter 3 Why Young Men? What the Hell is Going On in Late Adolescence? 33
Chapter 4 Why Might Some People be Blocked? 51
Section Summary 60
SECTION TWO: PSYCHOSIS AND THE SELF
Chapter 5 The Crisis of the Adolescent Self 63
Chapter 6 The Mystery of the Self Why have it? What is it? 65
Chapter 7 The Potential and the Limit 73
Chapter 8 How is the Self Constructed? 77
Chapter 9 The Insecure Self (Le Neant) 79
Chapter 10 Alienated/Engulfed Self (Objectite') 83
Section Summary 90
SECTION THREE: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
Chapter 11 How We Asked People to Give Their Personal Accounts 93
Chapter 12 Results I: Anger and Catastrophes 104
Chapter 13 Further Results: Linking Conflict Interactions to Symptoms 111
Chapter 14 Peer and Romantic Conflicts 133
Section Summary 144
SECTION FOUR: WHAT CAN BE DONE? THERAPEUTIC IDEAS
Chapter 15 “Character-based” Training 151
Chapter 16 Overcoming Interpersonal Blocks to Self-construction 168
Chapter 17 Overcoming Symptoms 186
Section Summary 201
Concluding Remarks 202
Appendix The Self and Other Scale 203
References 205
Author Index 217
Subject Index 221
