Group CBT for Psychosis

Tania Lecomte, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal and a registered clinical psychologist. Dr. Lecomte has helped develop and validate assessment tools as well as several group interventions for individuals with severe mental illness. Dr. Lecomte has received several national research grants and awards over the years and has published more than 80 articles and co-edited two books on psychiatric rehabilitation (in French). Claude Leclerc, RN, PhD, is a mental health nurse specialist, Professor of mental health nursing at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and Invited Professor at the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interests are mostly centered around mental state evaluation, design and validation of rehabilitation intervention oriented toward recovery for individuals presenting a first episode of psychosis, and cognitive behavioural techniques for psychosis. Til Wykes is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation and Vice Dean of Psychology and Systems Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London. She has been involved in research on rehabilitation for many years, both in the development of services and the evaluation of innovative psychological treatments. She is also the director of the Centre for Recovery in Severe Psychosis (CRiSP).

Introduction
Chapter 1: History of group therapies for people with psychosis
Chapter 2: Basic cognitive behavioral model used in group CBT for psychosis
Chapter 3: What have studies taught us about CBT for psychosis?
Chapter 4: Essential elements of group therapy
Chapter 5: The role of the therapist in group CBT for psychosis
Chapter 6: Getting started
Chapter 7: Stress- How it affects me (the first six sessions)
Chapter 8: Testing hypotheses and looking for alternatives (sessions 7 to 12)
Chapter 9: Drugs, alcohol and how I feel (sessions 13 to 18)
Chapter 10: Coping and Competence (sessions 19 to 24)
Chapter 11: Measuring change
Chapter 12: Obstacles to group CBT for psychosis
Chapter 13: Therapist competence - what skills are needed to conduct group CBTp?
Chapter 14: CBT groups for psychosis with other targets
Chapter 15: Conclusion

APPENDIX
1 - The group CBTp Workbook
2 - Example of a diploma for the graduation
3 - List of sessions used in brief inpatient group CBTp
4 - Participation Scale
5 - Self Esteem Rating Scale - Short Form
6 - First Episode Social Functioning Scale - Self-Report
7 - QuickLL

References
About the Authors
Index