Changing Outcomes in Psychosis: Collaborative Cases from Users, Carers and Practitioners

Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Changing Outcomes in Psychosis: Collaborative Cases from Users, Carers and Practitioners

Editor(s): Richard Velleman, Eric Davis, Gina Smith, Michael Drage

Published Online: 7 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405126410

Online ISBN: 9780470696101

DOI: 10.1002/9780470696101

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This book presents a series of cases of psychosocial interventions with schizophrenia and other serious mental health difficulties.



  • Co-authored by a range of professionals in different roles, as well as carers and service users.


  • Captures the benefits of a true alliance between the service user and their clinical worker.


  • Details the skills and knowledge needed for interventions in a range of settings, including outreach work and family work, treatment on acute wards, as well as organisational change.


  • Introductions and conclusions to each case examine the implications for practice and policy.

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Frontmatter (pages i–xix)

    2. Chapter 1

      Psychosocial Developments: Towards a Model of Recovery (pages 1–21)

      Eric Davis, Richard Velleman, Gina Smith and Michael Drage

    3. Chapter 2

      Shared Caring for a First Episode of Psychosis: An Opportunity to Promote Hope and Recovery (pages 22–40)

      Mandy Reed and Caroline Stevens

    4. Chapter 3

      Integrating Family and Individual Approaches with People who Experience Bipolar Disorder (pages 41–60)

      Annie Higgs and Roger Thompson

    5. Chapter 4

      Positive Risk-Taking within Family Intervention (pages 61–79)

      Gina Smith, Alison Drage, Emily Drage, James Drage and Michael Drage

    6. Chapter 5

      Assertive Outreach and Family Work (pages 80–97)

      Frank Burbach, John Carter, Jane Carter and Matthew Carter

    7. Chapter 6

      Relapse Prevention in Bipolar Disorder with Staff who are Also Service Users (pages 98–116)

      Eric Davis, Guy Undrill and Lauren Samuels

    8. Chapter 7

      Women's Experiences of Psychosis: Recognition of Gendered Difference (pages 117–134)

      Vicky Macdougall, Karen Luckett and Megan Jones

    9. Chapter 8

      Advance Agreements, Advance Directives and Pre-Emptive Care-Planning (pages 135–153)

      Steve Brooks, Jo Denney and John Mikeson

    10. Chapter 9

      Recovery from Voice-Hearing Through Groupwork (pages 154–171)

      Keith Coupland and Tim Cuss

    11. Chapter 10

      Recovery through Sports in First-Episode Psychosis (pages 172–193)

      Sean Adams, Lydia Bishop and Jane Bellinger

    12. Chapter 11

      Employment, Mental Health and PSI: Occupation is Everyone's Job (pages 194–210)

      Sarah-joy Boldison, Rosie Davies, Hilary Hawkes, Christiane Pacé and Ruth Sayers

    13. Chapter 12

      Using Effective Management Strategies to Facilitate the Delivery of PSI (pages 211–227)

      Debbie Furniss and Eric Davis

    14. Chapter 13

      Carer‒Practitioner Collaboration in Research and Evaluation (pages 228–240)

      Willm Mistral, Michael Drage, Gina Smith, Siobhan Floyd and Nicola Cocks

    15. Chapter 14

      Changing Practice (pages 241–255)

      Gina Smith, Michael Drage, Eric Davis and Richard Velleman

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      Author Index (pages 256–260)

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      Subject Index (page 261)

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