Editorial On caring
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The tradition in many schools of psychotherapy has been the exclusion of peopleexperiencing psychosis or the suspension of psychotherapy when psychosis emerges. In thispaper it is argued that those who experience psychosis have a need for psychotherapeuticassistance. Health professionals involved in the care of people with psychosis ought tointeract in a psychotherapeutic manner and develop psychotherapeutic skills. The purposesand some selected techniques of psychotherapy along the supportive-exploratory continuumare reviewed and pragmatic considerations when selecting psychotherapeutic interventionsare discussed. Keywordspsychotherapy, psychosis, schizophrenia, interventions, cognitive behavioural therapy,narrative therapy, family therapy Contact: Richard Lakeman, Team Leader, Townsville Homeless Outreach Psychiatry Service, c/o Townsville IntegratedMental Health Services, PO Box 1596, Thuringowa Central, Townsville, Queensland 4817 [email protected]: Lakeman, R. (2006). Adapting psychotherapy to psychosis. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health 5(1) www.auseinet.com/journal/vol5iss1/lakeman.pdfPublished by: Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) – www.auseinet.com/journalReceived 16 March 2005; Revised 18 May 2006; Accepted 22 May 2006 Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2006ISSN: 1446-7984 Building resilience in young people through meaningful participation Kylie G. Oliver, Philippa Collin, Jane Burns and Jonathan Nicholas 1. School of Psychology, James Cook University, Singapore International Campus, Singapore2. The Inspire Foundation, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3. VicHealth Public Health Research Fellow, Gustav Nossal Institute, The University of Melbourne,Australia
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