Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis

<p><em>Family and Multi-Family Work with Psychosis</em> provides a practical step-by-step guide for professionals treating psychosis using family work. </p><p>The authors draw on over ten years of experience working with family and multi-family groups where there are members with a psychotic disturbance. They provide helpful guidance on vital issues including setting up initial group meetings crisis intervention plans group structure problem solving and communication in the group. Subjects covered include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the stress-vulnerability model</li> <p> </p> <li>the group structure and framework</li> <p> </p> <li>family-work in early psychosis</li> <p> </p> <li>working with families of people suffering from psychosis and substance misuse</li> <p> </p> <li>what can the family do to be of help and support?<br> </li> </ul><p>This accessible jargon-free guide will be of great interest to anyone interested in investigating the potential for using family work to treat those with psychosis. </p>