Paul French & Anthony P. Morrison 
Early Detection and Cognitive Therapy for People at High Risk of Developing Psychosis [PDF ebook] 
A Treatment Approach

List of Figures and Appendices vii
About the Authors ix
Foreword by Max Birchwood xi
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgements xvii
Part I: Background 1
1 The Importance of Early Recognition 3
2 How to Identify At-Risk Groups 9
3 Which Prevention Strategy to Adopt 23
Part II: Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Psychosis 27
4 Why Cognitive Therapy? 29
5 Engagement 37
6 Theory, Assessment and Formulation 45
Part III: Change Strategies 55
7 Normalisation 57
8 Generating and Evaluating Alternative Explanations 65
9 Safety Behaviours 75
10 Metacognitive Beliefs 87
11 ‘I Am Different’ and Other Core Beliefs 93
12 Social Isolation 101
13 Relapse Prevention 111
14 Conclusions 117
Appendices 121
References 135
Index 143

Paul French is co-ordinator of a specialist clinical team
based at Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust
offering cognitive interventions for people who are considered at
high risk of developing psychosis. He has worked in mental health
since 1989 and has always been interested in the provision of
services for people with psychosis having worked in a variety of
inpatient and community settings. More recently, he has developed a
research interest in working with people at high risk of developing
psychosis.Hehas published a number of articles relating to early
psychosis and particularly the provision of psychological
interventions in early psychosis.
Anthony P. Morrison is a reader in psychology at the
University of Manchester and is also programme co-ordinator for a
specialist programme of care for people with early psychosis in
Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust. He has
published a number of articles on cognitive therapy for psychosis
and experimental studies of cognitive processes in psychosis. He
has been involved in a number of treatment trials for cognitive
therapy for psychosis and has a special interest in the cognitive
theory of and therapy for hearing voices. More recently, he has
developed a research interest in working with people at high risk
of developing psychosis and the links between trauma and psychosis.
He was awarded the May Davidson Award 2002 for his contributions to
clinical psychology.