Psychosocial Approaches to Negative Symptoms in Psychosis

Psychosocial Approaches to Negative Symptoms in Psychosis provides cutting edge information about psychotherapeutic intervention and assessment of negative symptoms. Negative symptoms are known to be the most debilitating aspect of psychotic disorders and are difficult to treat. Psychopharmacological interventions have been shown to have little impact on symptoms and at times may even exacerbate them. As a result, the development and use of psychological intervention has long been seen as a potential method for treating these difficult symptoms. However, to date, there has been no comprehensive book that focuses on negative symptoms from a psychosocial perspective. The book fills this gap through introducing the reader to key empirically-supported and emerging psycho-social and behavioral treatments, including social skills training, exercise interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, amongst others. Included in the book are also lived experience and critical perspectives, as well as various approaches to assessment. Psychosocial Approaches to Negative Symptoms in Psychosis will be a valuable resource for both clinicians working in mental health settings and researchers seeking to study negative symptoms.

Tania Lincoln is the director of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Therapy at the University of Hamburg. Marie Brown is team leader at Lenox Hill Hospital OnTrack Early Psychosis Program and president of the US Chapter of the International Society for the Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS-US). David Kimhy is associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where he serves as director of the Experimental Psychopathology Laboratory and program leader for New Interventions in Schizophrenia.

- PART I: BACKGROUND - 1: Negative Symptoms in Psychosis: An Introduction to the Construct - Richard Glisker - 2: Interpersonal Risk Factors for Negative Symptoms - Marcel Riehle - 3: Contemporary Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Implications for Psychosocial Treatments - Indrit Bègue, Stefan Kaiser and Matthias Kirschner - 4: Black Sun: A First-Person Account of "Negative Symptoms" - Anonymous - 5: My Personal Experience of Negative Symptoms - Lumi Winterson - 6: Negative Symptoms: Meaning-Centered and Lived Perspectives - Marie Brown, Shannon Pagdon and Nev Jones - PART II: ASSESSMENT - 7: Negative Symptom Assessment: Clinical Ratings and Behavioral Methods - Ann M. Kring, Lauren P. Weittenhiller and Ashby B. Cogan - 8: Subjective Approaches to the Assessment of Negative Symptoms - Sonia Dollfus and Camille Delouche - 9: Use of Digital Technologies in the Assessment of Negative Symptoms - David Kimhy and Luz H. Ospina - 10: "Precision Therapy": Using Functional Analysis to Guide Individualized Assessment and Intervention - Tania Lincoln - PART III: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS - 11: Cognitive behavioral treatment for negative symptoms - Mark van der Gaag - 12: Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Negative Symptoms - Ellen Inverso and Paul Grant - 13: Working with Families and Multidisciplinary Teams to Improve Expressivity and Motivation - Hilary Mairs - 14: The Benefits of Physical Exercise on Negative Symptoms - Luz H. Ospina, Amanda Lister and David Kimhy - 15: Use of Digital and Mobile Technologies in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms - Lauren Luther, Ruth L. Firmin and Benjamin Buck - 16: Motivation and Cognitive Enhancement Therapies for Negative Symptoms - Alice Saperstein, Lauren Gonzales and Alice Medalia - 17: Social Skills Training for Negative Symptoms - Kim T. Mueser, Daniel Fulford and Jessica Mow - 18: The Positive Emotions Program for Schizophrenia (PEPS) as An Affective Intervention for Negative Symptoms - Alexandra Nguyen and Jérôme Favrod - 19: Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (MERIT): A Metacognitive Approach to Negative Symptoms in Psychosis - Paul H. Lysaker, Kelsey Huling and Helena García-Mieres - 20: Mindfulness and Negative Symptoms - Kerem Böge and Pamela Jacobsen - 21: Negative Symptoms in Clinical High Risk Populations: Psychological and Social Approaches for Clinicians and Researchers - Trevor F. Williams, Danielle N. Pratt, Sydney H. James and Vijay A. Mittal