Anthony P. Morrison

Det er en bok som retter seg mot mennesker som sliter med psykosesymptomer, men er også svært nyttig lesestoff for fagfolk. Plages du av stemmer eller bilder som andre ikke ser eller hører? Tror du at andre mennesker prøver å skade deg eller kontrollere deg? Føler du at det er noe merkelig som pågår rundt deg som du ikke kan forklare, eller at det skjer ting med deg som har en spesiell mening? Er du redd for at andre kan lese tankene dine eller at spesielle tanker blir plantet i deg? Denne boken gir deg en steg-for-steg hjelp til å forstå dine problemer, den hjelper deg til positive forandringer og bidrar til bedring. Du får hjelp til å forstå hvorfor og hvordan slike problemer utvikler seg, og hva som vedlikeholder dem. Gjennom spørsmål og oppgaveark får du hjelp til å identifisere og se mønsteret i erfaringene dine. Du lærer hvordan du kan forandre tanker, følelser og atferd. Boken er skrevet av internasjonalt anerkjente fagpersoner innenfor psykosefeltet og kognitiv terapi. Den er oversatt fra engelsk av Bjørn Inge Follevaag og faglig tilrettelagt av psykologspesialist Marit Grande, TIPS Sør-Øst, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Ullevål og psykiater Lars Linderoth, Rehabiliteringspoliklinikken, Bærum DPS.

Are you troubled by hearing voices or seeing visions that others do not? Do you believe that other people are trying to harm you or control you? Do you feel that something odd is going on that you can’t explain or that things are happening around you with a special meaning? Do you worry that other people can read your mind or that thoughts are being put in your head? Think You’re Crazy? Think Again provides an effective step-by-step aid to understanding your problems, making positive changes and promoting recovery. Written by experts in the field, this book will help you to:understand how your problems developed and what keeps them goinguse questionnaires and monitoring sheets to identify and track changes in the links between your experiences, how you make sense of these and how you feel and behavelearn how to change thoughts, feelings and behaviour for the betterpractice skills between sessions using worksheetsBased on clinically proven techniques and filled with examples of how cognitive therapy can help people with distressing psychotic experiences, Think You’re Crazy? Think Again will be a valuable resource for people with psychosis.

Are you troubled by hearing voices or seeing visions that others do not? Do you believe that other people are trying to harm you or control you? Do you feel that something odd is going on that you can’t explain or that things are happening around you with a special meaning? Do you worry that other people can read your mind or that thoughts are being put in your head? Think You’re Crazy? Think Again provides an effective step-by-step aid to understanding your problems, making positive changes and promoting recovery. Written by experts in the field, this book will help you to:understand how your problems developed and what keeps them goinguse questionnaires and monitoring sheets to identify and track changes in the links between your experiences, how you make sense of these and how you feel and behavelearn how to change thoughts, feelings and behaviour for the betterpractice skills between sessions using worksheetsBased on clinically proven techniques and filled with examples of how cognitive therapy can help people with distressing psychotic experiences, Think You’re Crazy? Think Again will be a valuable resource for people with psychosis.

"Can schizophrenia be prevented? French and Morrison, major investigators in the landmark study demonstrating that schizophrenia can be prevented, provide specific details about the adaptation of standard cognitive therapy to the treatment of individuals at high risk of developing this disorder. In a clear readable style, they guide the reader through the identification of high-risk individuals, crucial cognitive behavioral strategies and, above all, relapse prevention. This book is a must for clinicians dealing with high-risk adolescents and young adults." —Aaron T. Beck, M. D., University Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania "French and Morrison's theoretical framework is coherent and well articulated and brings to bear cognitive and interpersonal factors that we know to be active in established psychosis. The therapy they describe has been validated in a well controlled randomised trial showing that psychosis can be prevented, or at least delayed, in a substantial majority of those at risk of transition to psychosis." —Professor Max Birchwood, Director, Early Intervention Service, Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust and University of Birmingham This book will be of use to all qualified and trainee practitioners, such as clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists and nurses. It will also appeal to students, lecturers and researchers.