Description
This important new book offers techniques for carers to help their family member with schizophrenia on to a recovery trajectory.
About the Author
Douglas Turkington, M.D. is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Consultant Psychiatrist with Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. He has been researching the subject of CBT for schizophrenia and other psychoses for over thirty years. His interactive workshops and demonstration videos have been influential in training mental health professionals and family members internationally. Helen M. Spencer, B.A. currently works as a Clinical Studies Officer for the Clinical Research Network (CRN), NIHR Portfolio Research Delivery Team (Mental Health) at Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. She is an Associate Clinical Researcher at Newcastle University and also a Doctoral Researcher studying part-time for her Ph.D. in Psychology at Newcastle University. Helen has worked on numerous randomised controlled trials of CBT for schizophrenia and other psychoses and delivers annual workshops on the subject of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) in both the UK and Norway.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107564831
Author Douglas Turkington
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 7mm