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Return from Madness
Degen, Kathleen; Nasper, Ellen
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Description for Return from Madness
Hardback. The advent of novel antipsychotic medications has created a need for psychotherapy. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: MMH; MMJT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
By the mid-eighties, the provision of psychotherapy for people who could not get out of bed, bathe, get dressed, prepare meals, and manage their own money had diminished. Treatment centered on case management and rehabilitation. This virtual elimination of psychotherapy made sense economically as well as therapeutically: traditional psychotherapy had little success with people suffering from schizophrenia. However, the advent of novel antipsychotic medications has created a need for psychotherapy tailored to this population. Sudden reduction in pervasive, persistent delusions and hallucinations, and recovery of motivation, energy, volition, and the ability to experience pleasure from something other than cigarettes is ... Read more
By the mid-eighties, the provision of psychotherapy for people who could not get out of bed, bathe, get dressed, prepare meals, and manage their own money had diminished. Treatment centered on case management and rehabilitation. This virtual elimination of psychotherapy made sense economically as well as therapeutically: traditional psychotherapy had little success with people suffering from schizophrenia. However, the advent of novel antipsychotic medications has created a need for psychotherapy tailored to this population. Sudden reduction in pervasive, persistent delusions and hallucinations, and recovery of motivation, energy, volition, and the ability to experience pleasure from something other than cigarettes is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9781568216256
SKU
V9781568216256
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About Degen, Kathleen; Nasper, Ellen
Kathleen Degen, M.D., is director of the Tardive Dyskinesia Clinica and the Clozeril Program at the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center. She is also assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. Ellen Nasper, Ph.D., is director of intake at the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center and director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Project ... Read more
Reviews for Return from Madness
Argues in a very compelling manner for the importance of understanding the inner experience of patients who respond well to some of the newer neuroleptic drugs and are thus challenged to move beyond the disabilities of chronic mental illness. Using the format of group therapy for patients receiving clozapine, the authors illustrate the remarkable changes that may occur when this ... Read more