Recovering from a First Episode of Psychosis

<p>Despite years of research debate and changes in mental health policy there is still a lack of consensus as to what recovery from psychosis actually means how it should be measured and how it may ultimately be achieved. In <em>Recovering from a First Episode of Psychosis: An Integrated Approach to Early Intervention</em> it is argued that recovery from a first episode of psychosis (FEP) is comprised of three core elements: symptomatic social and personal. Moreover all three types of recovery need to be the target of early intervention for psychosis programmes (EIP) which provide evidence-based integrated bio-psychosocial interventions delivered in the context of a value base offering hope empowerment and a youth-focused approach. <p/>Over the 12 chapters in the book the authors all experienced clinicians and researchers from multi-professional backgrounds demonstrate that long-term <em>recovery</em> needs to replace short term <em>remission</em> as the key target of early psychosis services and that to achieve this we need a change in the way we deliver EIP: one that takes account of the different stages of psychosis and the 'bespoke' targeting of integrated medical psychological and social treatments during the 'critical period'.<br><strong>　</strong><br>Illustrated with a wealth of clinical examples<em> </em>this book will be of great interest to clinical psychologists psychiatrists psychiatric nurses and other associated mental health professionals.</p>