There have been exciting new developments in the treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses in recent decades. Clinical guidelines increasingly recommend that patients be offered evidence-based psychosocial treatments in addition to medications, as such interventions can produce greater improvements and may prevent relapses better compared with medications alone. In parallel with these recent advancements, an evolution in the way cognitive-behavioral therapies are being conceptualized and implemented has occurred due to the incorporation of novel strategies that promote psychological processes such as acceptance and mindfulness. While there are a variety of acceptance/mindfulness approaches being developed to address psychosis, there is not currently a dominant approach.
In Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis, Brandon Gaudiano brings together the researchers and clinicians working at the cutting edge of acceptance/mindfulness therapies for psychosis to compare and contrast emerging approaches and discuss them within the context of the more traditional cognitive-behavioral interventions. The book includes a section that focuses on six distinct treatment models that incorporate acceptance and mindfulness strategies for psychosis and a section that provides a synthesis and analysis of acceptance/mindfulness approaches to psychosis. It concludes with recommendations for moving the research forward in a constructive and responsible way. This volume will be an important resource for researchers and clinicians interested in gaining a deeper understanding of mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches and newer psychosocial treatments for severe mental illness. Foreword by Kim T. Mueser About the Editor Contributors Section I: Introduction and Background 1. An Introduction to Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies for Psychosis Brandon A. Gaudiano 2. The Evolution of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis: The Path to Integrate Acceptance, Compassion and Mindfulness Douglas Turkington, Nicola Wright, and James Courtley 3. Ecological Momentary Assessments in Psychosis: A Contextual Behavioral Approach to Studying Mindfulness and Acceptance Roger Vilardaga, Michael McDonell, Emily Leickly, and Richard Ries Section II: Specific Treatment Models 4. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis: Applying Acceptance and Mindfulness in the Context of an Inpatient Hospitalization Patricia Bach 5. Treating Depression in Psychosis: Self-Compassion as a Valued-Life Direction Ross G. White 6. Acceptance-based CBT for Command Hallucinations: Rationale, Implementation, Outcomes, and Reflections from the TORCH Project Fran Shawyer and John Farhall 7. Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis: Integrating a Mindfulness-Based Approach with Cognitive Therapy Mark Hayward, Lyn Ellet, and Clara Strauss 8. Mindfulness Meditation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis Katherine Newman Taylor and Nicola Abba Section III: Synthesis and Analysis 9. A Model of Psychosis for the Development of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapies: Preoccupation with Psychotic Experiences as a Treatment Target Neil Thomas 10. Disseminating and Implementing Acceptance and Mindfulness Based Approaches to Psychosis: Challenges and Opportunities Hamish McLeod 11. Charting the Course Ahead: Future Clinical and Research Directions in Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies for Psychosis Brandon A. Gaudiano Index About the Editor: Brandon A. Gaudiano, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the Psychosocial Research Program at Butler Hospital and also is Assistant Professor (research) in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Gaudiano has published over 65 peer-reviewed, scientific articles as well as 50 other publications on various topics including psychotherapy development and testing, evidence-based practices, psychotic and mood disorders, and mindfulness/acceptance. His research on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and other novel psychosocial interventions for psychosis has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Contributors: Nicola Abba, D Clin Psy Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Southampton, UK Patricia Bach, PhD University of Central Florida James Courtley, RMN NTW NHS Foundation Trust Lyn Ellett, PhD Department of Psychology Royal Holloway University of London John Farhall, PhD School of Psychological Science La Trobe University and NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia Brandon A. Gaudiano, PhD Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Psychosocial Research Program Butler Hospital Mark Hayward, DClinPsy, PhD Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and University of Sussex Emily Leickly, BA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington Katherine Newman Taylor, DClinPsych Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK Michael McDonell, PhD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington Hamish J. McLeod, PhD Institute of Health and Wellbeing University of Glasgow Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Departments of Occupational Therapy, Psychology, and Psychiatry Boston University Richard Ries, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington Frances Shawyer, PhD Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University, Australia and School of Psychological Science La Trobe University, Australia Clara Strauss, DPhil, DClinPsych Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and University of Sussex Neil Thomas, D.Clin.Psych. School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology and Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia Douglas Turkington, MD NTW NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University Roger Vilardaga, PhD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington Ross G. White, PhD, DClinPsy Institute of Health and Well-being University of Glasgow, UK Nicola Wright, PhD, CPsych Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada Beck Institute of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, USA
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