Synopses & Reviews
This book is dedicated to the memory of Michael J. Goldstein, one of the pioneers in psychosocial interventions in psychiatry. The structure of this book follows Goldstein's footsteps in this domain and is subdivided into family factors as well as intervention strategies for severe mental illness. Recent research on high expressed emotion (HEE) in schizophrenia (e.g., early psychosis) and borderline disorder, patients' perspectives of HEE as well as other variables predictive for relapse in recent-onset schizophrenia are covered in this book. Family treatment strategies in schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders and illness management programs as well as pharmacological treatment strategies are illustrated and current studies presented. The book brings together basic research and therapeutic applications stimulating further research on the complex interactional components that influence the course of psychiatric illness and on treatment designed to ameliorate the symptoms, stigma, and disability experienced by patients with severe mental illness.
Review
"... Alle, die sich therapeutisch oder wissenschaftlich für das Wohlergehen von Patienten mit schizophrenen Störungen und ihren Familien einsetzen, können von diesem Buch profitieren." Der Nervenarzt 9/2003
Synopsis
Annette Schaub This book is to honor Michael J. Goldstein Ph. D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, who passed away in 1997. Mike was known for his caring, humanistic, and hope-inspiring approach to helping patients and their relatives cope with severe psychiatric illnesses, and for the support, warmth, and open-mindedness he showed in his relationships with col leagues and visitors from all over the world. Mike's humor, his optimism that social science could be used to better the human condition, and his conviction that patients, relatives, and clinicians could work collaboratively to manage psychiatric illness and improve the lives of all involved, were an inspiration to everyone he touched. Furthermore, because of the nature of Mike's work, his research has had a tremendous influence on many who never knew him, and the clinical innovations he helped develop have improved the lives of countless patients and families, and will no doubt continue to help many in the future. While Mike's work lives on, we and many others will miss his friendship and uplifting spirit he engendered in all of us. On April 28, 1997, the faculty center at the University of California, Los Angeles organized a program in memory of Mike. After this meeting it was suggested that a symposium be dedicated to Mike at the next World conference. He had initiated, organized and supported many studies in clinical psychology and psychiatry, so it seemed fitting that one should be organized in his memory."
Table of Contents
Introduction (A. Schaub); Michael J. Goldstein's Impact on the Field of Psychosis (K. Hahlweg).- Expressed Emotion and Associated Research in Schizophrenia and in Borderline Personality: Early Psychosis, Schizophrenia and the Family (D. H. Linszen, P. M. Dingemans); Examining Patients' Perceptions of their Relatives' Expressed Emotion (M. C. Tompson, A. G. Weisman); Patient Psychopathology and Parental Expressed Emotion in Schizophrenia Revisited (P. M. Dingemans, D. H. Linszen, M. E. Lenior); Psychophysiological Evaluation of Verbal Interaction during Conversations between Psychotic Patients and their Relatives (A. Altorfer, M.-L. Käsermann); Predictors of Relapse in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia (K. L. Subotnik, K. H. Nuechterlein, J. Ventura); Borderline Personality Disorder and the Family (J. M. Hooley, G. M. Dominak).- Intervention Strategies in Schizophrenia, Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Principles and Results of Family Therapy in Schizophrenia (K. Hahlweg, G. Wiedemann); A Controlled Trial of Couple Therapy versus Antidepressant Medication for Depressed Patients with a Critical Partner (J. Leff); Family-Focused Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Comparison of One-Year Effects Using Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance and Random Regression (J. A. Richards, D. J. Miklowitz); Family Interventions for Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder (K. T. Mueser, L. Fox, C. Mercer); Illness Self-management Programs in Schizophrenia and Severe Affective Disorders (A. Schaub); Drug Treatment of Schizophrenia: State of the Art and the Potential of the Atypical Neuroleptics (H.-J. Möller)