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Persecutory Delusions: Assessment, Theory, and Treatment

Editat de Daniel Freeman, Richard Bentall, Philippa Garety
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iul 2008

Gestionarea pacientului care prezintă convingeri nefondate despre intenții ostile ale celor din jur reprezintă una dintre cele mai mari provocări în psihiatria contemporană. Persecutory Delusions abordează această dificultate clinică nu doar ca pe un simptom izolat al psihozei, ci ca pe un fenomen complex situat la capătul sever al unui spectru de paranoia prezent în populația generală. Găsim în această lucrare o sinteză riguroasă a ultimului deceniu de cercetare, fiind prima dată când datele despre evaluarea și tratamentul ideilor delirante de persecuție sunt sistematizate într-un singur volum de referință.

Structura cărții reflectă o abordare multidisciplinară: experți în neuroimagistică și neuroștiințe colaborează cu specialiști în psihologie socială pentru a explica mecanismele din spatele acestor convingeri. Descoperim aici o analiză detaliată a intervențiilor, de la cele farmacologice la terapiile cognitive și familiale, oferind clinicianului un spectru larg de opțiuni terapeutice. Față de alte lucrări ale lui Daniel Freeman, precum Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts, 2nd Edition sau How to Keep Calm and Carry On, care sunt ghiduri practice adresate publicului larg pentru gestionarea anxietății, volumul de față este o lucrare academică și clinică profundă, ancorată în date empirice.

Ca alternativă la Delusional Disorder de Alistair Munro pentru rezidenți, această carte are avantajul unei perspective cognitive moderne, depășind simpla clasificare diagnostică în favoarea înțelegerii proceselor psihologice. În timp ce Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs de Lisa Bortolotti explorează natura filosofică a raționalității, Persecutory Delusions rămâne ferm ancorată în practica clinică și în necesitatea de a oferi soluții bazate pe dovezi pentru suferința pacienților.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199206315
ISBN-10: 0199206317
Pagini: 450
Ilustrații: 20 black & white line figures
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această lucrare este esențială pentru psihiatri, psihologi clinicieni și cercetători care doresc să înțeleagă paranoia dincolo de criteriile DSM. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă integrată asupra modului în care neuroștiințele și psihologia cognitivă pot modela tratamente mai eficiente. Este o resursă rară care combină rigoarea științifică cu experiențele subiective ale pacienților, oferind instrumente concrete pentru evaluarea și managementul deluziilor complexe.


Despre autor

Daniel Freeman este profesor de psihologie clinică la Universitatea Oxford și un cercetător de renume mondial în domeniul paranoiei. Alături de Richard Bentall și Philippa Garety, a pus bazele înțelegerii moderne a psihozei prin modele cognitive. Opera sa se concentrează pe utilizarea tehnologiei și a psihoterapiei pentru a ajuta pacienții să depășească gândurile suspicioase. Contribuțiile editorilor în acest volum reflectă zeci de ani de studii clinice și publicații de referință care au redefinit standardele de tratament în psihologia clinică și psihiatrie.


Descriere

Persecutory delusions, the unfounded beliefs that others intend harm to the individual, are a major psychiatric problem. They are a common feature of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder and bipolar disorder, often lead to admission to psychiatric hospital, and are a cause of considerable distress to patients and carers. However, increasingly it is recognised that persecutory delusions reflect the severe end of a spectrum of paranoia, which also encompasses beliefs and worries about threats from others that are common in the general population. In the last ten years an increasing number of researchers and clinicians have focussed on explaining paranoid experience in both clinical and non-clinical populations, with fascinating results. This recent research is presented for the first time as a book. In this landmark publication, the three major authorities in the field bring together the current knowledge about the assessment, understanding, and treatment of persecutory delusions. Leading experts in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, social psychiatry, neuroimaging, and neuroscience explain their perspectives on paranoia. Pharmacological, cognitive, and family interventions are comprehensively reviewed, and personal accounts of paranoia are included.

Recenzii

'Persecutory Delusions is an outstanding book that provides a unique update on the assessment, biological and psychological processes, and treatment of this important clinical phenomenon. Freeman, Bentall, and Garety, all seasoned clinicians who have also made valuable contributions to theories of delusions, have assembled world experts on this topic for the first time in this welcomed volume. The state-of-the-art summary of research, theory, and clinical practice related to persecutory delusions make this book a critical resource for anyone seeking to understand or treat psychosis.'
' Delusions have long been known to psychiatry - but have largely been considered a subset of 'psychosis'. However, over the last decade a range of scientists, psychologists, phenomenologists, pharmacologists, and imagers have been studying delusions in their own right, and social epidemiologists and geneticists have been looking for their causes in clinical populations and wider society. This book is the first to pull together these different perspectives under one cover. For scientists and practitioners who study and treat psychosis this is a remarkable resource. This will be a "go to" reference book for developing a comprehensive understanding of delusions.'

Notă biografică

Daniel Freeman is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and a consultant clinical psychologist in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. He publishes prolifically in the leading international journals, makes regular keynote addresses at international conferences, and is an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. He studied natural sciences at Cambridge University, specialising in experimental psychology, and has completed doctorates in psychology and clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. He is the lead author of Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts, the first self-help book for people affected by suspicious thoughts, and has recently written a popular science book on paranoia, Paranoia: The 21st Century FearRichard Bentall attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor as an undergraduate (1975-9) before taking a Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the same institution (awarded 1983). Moved to the University of Liverpool to obtain a qualification in clinical psychology (1984) before later achieving a part-time MA in philosophy applied to health care from University of Wales, Swansea (1989). Returned to Liverpool to work as a lecturer (1986) after a brief stint working for the National Health Service as a forensic clinical psychologist (1984-1986). Was appointed professor at Liverpool (1994) before moving to the University of Manchester (1999) and then returning to the University of Bangor (2007). Research interests include psychological processes involved in psychotic symptoms (e.g. hallucinations and delusions) and the psychological treatment of severe mental illness.Philippa Garety studied Philosophy and Psychology (Natural Sciences) at Cambridge University in the 1970s, then undertook clinical psychology training at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, followed by a PhD. Since then she has combined clinical practice in the NHS with research. Her main focus of research has been the investigation of cognitive processes in psychosis, particularly reasoning and affective processes in delusions, together with the development of psychological treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She is interested in translating the findings of theoretical and empirical research into improvements in treatments and service provision. Her current post is as Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London and Head of Psychology for the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.