A Psychological Treatment to Facilitate Recovery in Early Psychosis

Despite the effectiveness of medication in reducing
symptoms in people who have experienced a first
episode of psychosis, persistent functional
impairments are common, and are associated with an
increased risk for relapse and a poor long-term
prognosis. Adjunctive psychosocial interventions
are needed to address these functional impairments
and to assist with improving illness self-management
and psychological adjustment.

The Graduated Recovery Intervention Program (GRIP)
is a novel cognitive-behavioral therapy program
designed to facilitate symptomatic and functional
recovery in people who have experienced an initial
episode of psychotic illness. Above all else, GRIP
aims to help people to develop increased self-
efficacy and hope, and to move forward by setting
and achieving personally meaningful goals.

In this book, the treatment development process of
GRIP is described. An overview of the treatment
approach, including specific treatment phases and
prescribed interventions, is provided. Finally,
data from an open feasibility trial of this
intervention are presented.

Autorentext
Evan J. Waldheter, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow in psychology at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School and the MIT Mental Health Service. David L. Penn, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Klappentext
Despite the effectiveness of medication in reducing symptoms in people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis, persistent functional impairments are common, and are associated with an increased risk for relapse and a poor long-term prognosis. Adjunctive psychosocial interventions are needed to address these functional impairments and to assist with improving illness self-management and psychological adjustment. The Graduated Recovery Intervention Program (GRIP) is a novel cognitive-behavioral therapy program designed to facilitate symptomatic and functional recovery in people who have experienced an initial episode of psychotic illness. Above all else, GRIP aims to help people to develop increased self- efficacy and hope, and to move forward by setting and achieving personally meaningful goals. In this book, the treatment development process of GRIP is described. An overview of the treatment approach, including specific treatment phases and prescribed interventions, is provided. Finally, data from an open feasibility trial of this intervention are presented.