Think You're Crazy? Think Again: A Resource Book for Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis

by Anthony P. Morrison, Julia Renton, Paul French

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 understand how your problems developed and what keeps them going use 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 behave learn how to change thoughts, feelings and behaviour for the better practice 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.

Genres: Psychology

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[mo.problemo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was shocked to learn some of the statistics provided.
- 25% of people with no history of using mental health services have thoughts about someone persecuting them (this would mean about 15 million people in the UK and about 74 million in the USA)
- 10% have thoughts that there is a conspiracy against them (about 6 million people in the UK and 30 million people in the USA)
Considering that 1 in 4 people have suffered from some sort of psychosis it is very likely that someone you know and care about is having a hard time. This book can help you cope and also help you to help them.
I personally found it very helpful, easy to read and optimistic. Loved the case studies and worked examples which made it very easy to follow.