Working With the Person With Schizophrenia / / Michael Selzer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Selzer, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1989]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 1989
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The person with schizophrenia poses a formidable challenge even to the experienced clinician. Bizarre, unpredictable behavior, disordered thought patterns, peculiar, even unintelligible speech, and extreme distrust can drastically limit the clinician's ability to conduct therapy. It is often seemingly impossible to determine the cause of these behaviors: Are they a result of the disease, the side effects of drugs, or the patient's efforts to cope?In this brilliant and insightful book, Dr. Michael Selzer and his colleagues offer a radical new perspective on understanding and treating the schizophrenic person. What is often lacking, they argue, is a clear understanding of the patient's own experience of his world. Without a realistic appraisal of the patient's physiological and psychological vulnerabilities, the effect of various stresses on him, and his own unique adaptation to these circumstances, no effective drug or psychotherapeutic treatment intervention is possible.This thoughtful, intelligent, and acutely perceptive book is a major breakthrough for working with persons with schizophrenia. The authors have shown that therapy with the schizophrenic person is not only possible but highly rewarding.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Model for Understanding Schizophrenia -- 2. Understanding the Subjective Experience of the Person with Schizophrenia -- 3. From Understanding to Action: The Alliance and the Treatment Program -- 4. The Man with a Bug in His Brain: An Initial Interview -- 5. The Case of Sharon: A Hospital Stay Involving Noncompliance, Violence, and Staff Conflict -- 6. The Case of Maryann: Psychotherapy and Community Management, Rehabilitation, and Rehospitalization -- 7. The Case of Roger: Outpatient Psychotherapy—From Apathy to Community Involvement -- 8. Beyond Psychoeducation: Raising Family Consciousness About the Priorities of People with Schizophrenia -- Notes -- References and Suggested Readings -- Index