Table of Contents Preface Foreword A. Theoretical Background and Treatment Approaches: An Overview 1 Theoretical Basis of Cognitive Behavioral Treatments 1.1 Systemic Vulnerability - Stress Models 1.2 Systemic Models in Clinical Application 2 Treatment Approaches and Empirical Results: An Overview 2.1 Psychoeducation and Family Therapy 2.2 Cognitive Behavior Therapy for (Persistent) Positive Symptoms 2.3 Social Competence Approaches 2.4 Cognitive Remediation B. IPT: Indication, Therapy, Assessment, Evaluation 3. Conditions for Carrying Out the Therapy Program: Implementation and Indication 3.1 Institutional Conditions 3.2 Patients 3.3 Group Makeup 3.4 Therapists 3.5 Differential Indication for Carrying Out the IPT 4 The Therapy Program and Its Five Subprograms - An Overview 4.1 General Structure and Integration into a Multimodal Treatment Concept 4.2 Cognitive Differentiation 4.3 Social Perception 4.4 Verbal Communication 4.5 Social Skills 4.6 Interpersonal Problem Solving 5. Implementation of the Five IPT Subprograms 5.1 General Considerations 5.2 Cognitive Differentiation 5.3 Social Perception 5.4 Verbal Communication 5.5 Social Skills 5.6 Interpersonal Problem Solving 5.7 Group Processes Considerations 6 Assessment and Therapy Planning 6.1 Problem Analysis 6.2 Assessment Instruments 6.3 Self- and Expert Rating System 7 Description and Discussion of Empirical Results C. Further Development of the IPT 8. Introduction 8.1 Cognitive Subprograms: The INT - Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy 8.2 Social Skills Subprograms: The WAF* - Vocational, Residential, and Recreational Skills Appendix: Therapy Materials and Questionnaires (Worksheets) Bibliography

Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: From Evidence to Treatment provides a firm grounding in the theory and research of normal social cognition, builds on this base to describe how social cognition appears to be dysfunctional in schizophrenia, and explains how this dysfunction might be ameliorated.

This book contains concrete and step by step information with many practical examples. It is in line with the most actual international empirical findings about schizophrenia and contains the most updated therapy approach being available currently. The techniques and exercises (partly computer-based) are described in detail. Case examples point out specific therapeutic situations and teach the therapist how to cope with complicated group and individual demands. Assessment for patient selection, differential indication and therapy control within a multi-dimensional treatment and rehabilitation system are discussed. INT was evaluated successfully in an international randomised multi-centre study. In the meantime it is implemented in many clinical settings in German speaking countries. Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy (INT) is a cognitive remediation therapy approach. INT is the first treatment manual comprising all MATRICS areas (Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia). The NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health, USA) initiated this MATRICS initiative. MATRICS defines 11 neurocognitive and social cognitive areas of functioning being relevant for patients with schizophrenia. The improvement of these areas in a group therapy is the main goal of INT. INT is based on IPT (Integrated Psychological Therapy, Roder et al 2010). It is a resource and a recovery oriented intervention to enhance also therapy motivation and self-esteem and to reduce negative symptoms. Therapy focuses especially on group processes and the exercises augment transfer and generalisation to daily life. As a meta goal INT intends to amend life quality and the reintegration of the patients in the community. The presented manual offers the clinicians a practically orientated guide for carrying out INT.

Research shows that neuro- and social cognition have a decisive influence on functional outcome in people with schizophrenia. In this publication, world-renowned experts summarize the latest research on approaches to assessing and treating cognition in schizophrenia. The book is organized to take the reader through the steps from definitions and assessment of cognition to research on the relevance of cognition in everyday life, to chapters which focus on treatments for cognitive disorders. The reader will learn about the NIMH MATRICS initiative which has provided clinicians and researchers with the tools to define and assess neuro- and social cognitive functioning in people with schizophrenia. Then the treatments for neuro and social cognitive deficits are discussed in several chapters which give an overview of cognitive remediation approaches, accompanied by concrete treatment examples. The reader will also learn about the latest results of pharmacological interventions for cognitive deficits. A final chapter focuses on the importance of addressing motivational deficits when treating cognition, and offers treatment approaches to enhance motivation. This publication is essential reading for clinicians and researchers in the fields of psychiatry, psychology as well as students and other professions working with people who have schizophrenia.

Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Schizophrenia provides a uniquely multicultural and supremely patient-centered perspective on schizophrenia's core symptoms, its psychosocial effects, and its psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic management.

Stemming from a series of outcome and process studies, this book presents an evidence-based, integrative group therapy treatment model that includes elements from psychodynamic, interpersonal, psychoeducational, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to address the needs of people suffering from psychosis. Designed to help patients deal with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, interpersonal problems, mood changes, and the stigma of having a serious mental illness, the book chronicles the evolution of the integrative approach from research in inpatient and outpatient settings to theoretical and clinical issues that were derived from the empirical studies. Chapters also include information and vignettes to assist the reader in conducting therapy groups for patients suffering from psychosis, including schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders. Shown to be a safe and supportive adjunct to medications that is useful in both inpatient and outpatient settings, readers will find value in this unique, empirically driven model for groups that are long-term, short-term, and time-limited.