Quimby Memorial Library: Topic Guide Template: Ebooks on Consciousness

Overview

Collected here are information and resources to assist you in researching the Discussion 2 assignment in this course.

The syllabus details this assignment as:

Research and choose an article that discusses possible treatment interventions for schizophrenia and/or psychosis that is in alignment with your developing theoretical stance. Upload or post a link to the article and your 3 key takeaways in your discussion post.

(Due Week 4)

For more information on this assignment consult your syllabus and/or your instructor.

Journals and Articles

Articles:

These exemplary articles may not match your precise focus or treatment approach, but they may be valuable for:

generating ideas for what you'd like to research and write about
getting acquainted with the language used to describe current research,
picking up some useful keywords for searching
and pointing to other useful texts via references and related reading

QML'S Academic Articles Database
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Psychosocial intervention for schizophrenia by Xiaoying Sun,Suping Yue; Mingjun Duan; Dezhong Yao; Cheng Luo
Publication Date: 2023

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness. The main treatment of schizophrenia is antipsychotic medications. Meanwhile, psychosocial treatment can be incorporated to improve the efficacy of treatment, including cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive remediation therapy, family therapy, psychoeducation, social skill training, and vocational rehabilitation. This study aimed to summarize the efficacy of various psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia through a literature review.
Understanding the Treatment Preferences of People Living with Schizophrenia in Australia; A Patient Value Mapping Study by Simon Fifer; Brittany Keen; Richard Newton; Andrea Puig; Marija McGeachie
Publication Date: 2022

Sixty-six Australian adults, living with schizophrenia completed a novel online survey with six sections: Demographic characteristics; Disease history; Quality-of-life; Patient support programs; Discrete Choice Experiment, and Best-Worst Scaling exercise. Participants indicated that they preferred to be involved in treatment decisions with their doctor. Recent hospitalization influenced the relative importance of treatment attributes, with effectiveness on hearing voices being the most important treatment attribute.
Psychopathology and treatment responsiveness of patients with first-episode schizophrenia by Eva Češková, Radovan Přikryl, Tomáš Kašpárek, &Marta Ondrušová
Publication Date: 2022

One hundred and four male patients hospitalized for the first time with the diagnosis of first-episode schizophrenia were comprehensively assessed on admission and discharge. Psychopathology, treatment response, and remission rates were evaluated (based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), severity of symptoms only).

Journals:

These journals, also available via QML's academic article database, offer great starting points for collected research on treatment of psychosis and schizophrenia and personality assessment. You can search within each journal for articles related to your specific research focus.

Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches
Publication Date: 2009 - Present

Addresses two steadily developing fields: psychological treatments of psychosis and psycho-social causes of psychosis (e.g. drug abuse, child abuse and neglect, urban living, poverty, rape, war trauma, discrimination, etc.). The journal’s audience are practitioners and researchers with an interest in psychosis. The journal’s unique focus and multi-disciplinary approach renders it attractive to: psychiatrists, social workers, psychotherapists and counsellors, and other allied professionals.
The Journal of Personality Assessment
Publication Date: 1936 - Present

seeks to publish articles on the methods and applications related to the psychological assessment of psychopathology, maladaptive personality, and normative personality processes. JPA strives to publish cutting edge research, which can occur in a number of contexts and settings, including clinical/consulting, counseling, neuropsychological, forensic, health, social/community, multicultural, developmental/educational, industrial/organizational, and screening of candidates for public safety positions. The journal is interested in receiving manuscripts that consider development and validation of new assessment processes and tests, as well as advance the clinical utility and ecological validity of personality assessment in clinical and nonclinical populations.

Ebooks

Ebooks:

Although the assignment calls for locating an article, academic ebooks can be a useful for:

finding articles, via references sections, that describe original research the ebook refers to
identifying useful keywords for searching
learning more about the scope of current research and the language by which it is discussed

QML's Ebooks Database
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Schizophrenia: Evolution and Synthesis by Steven M. Silverstein; Bita Moghaddam; Til Wykes
ISBN: 9780262019620

Publication Date: 2013

Leading researchers address conceptual and technical issues in schizophrenia and suggest novel strategies for advancing research and treatment.Despite major advances in methodology and thousands of published studies every year, treatment outcomes in schizophrenia have not improved over the last fifty years. Moreover, we still lack strategies for prevention and we do not yet understand how the interaction of genetic, developmental, and environmental factors contribute to the disorder. In this book, leading researchers consider conceptual and technical obstacles to progress in understanding schizophrenia and suggest novel strategies for advancing research and treatment.
Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation by Andrew Moskowitz (Editor); Martin J. Dorahy (Editor); Ingo Schäfer (Editor)
ISBN: 1119952859

Publication Date: 2019

The historical/conceptual section clarifies the meaning of the terms dissociation, trauma and psychosis, proposes dissociation as central to the historical concepts of schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder, and considers unique development perspectives on delusions and the onset of schizophrenia. The empirical section of the text compares and contrasts psychotic and dissociative disorders from a wide range of perspectives, including phenomenology, childhood trauma, and memory and cognitive disturbances, whilst the clinical section focuses on the assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment of these disorders, along with proposals for new and novel hybrid disorders.
Treating Psychosis by Nicola P. Wright; Douglas Turkington; Owen P. Kelly
ISBN: 9781608824076

Publication Date: 2014

Treating Psychosis is an evidence-based treatment guide for mental health professionals working with individuals affected by psychosis. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and mindfulness approaches, this book is invaluable in helping clinicians develop effective treatment for clients affected by psychosis. The guide provides session-by-session clinical interventions for use in individual or group treatment on an inpatient, outpatient, or community basis.
Treating People with Psychosis in Institutions by Belinda S. Mackie
ISBN: 9781782202240

Publication Date: 2016

This book focuses on the priority that psychoanalysis places on the individual, how the treatment is conceived theoretically and the ways it can be incorporated in the overall organisation of an institution. It brings together the histories of a number of psychoanalytically informed hospitals.
EMDR Therapy for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses by Paul William Miller
ISBN: 9780826123176

Publication Date: 2015

Dr. Paul Miller takes EMDR theory, research, and practice a major step forward with this book. The author explores the way both researchers and clinicians can successfully integrate EMDR theory and therapy into the current understanding and work with schizophrenia and other psychoses.

Topic Guide Template

Overview

Collected here are information and resources to assist you in researching the Discussion 2 assignment in this course.

Journals and Articles

Ebooks

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