Schizophrenia stuff. 

I don't believe in the concept of 'schizophrenia', but I am using the term as a kind of shorthand to refer to a body of research literature and clinical practice within which the term is bandied about. The idea of schizophrenia itself has been the subject of a number of convincing critiques, especially by Mary Boyle (1990) in 'Schizophrenia: A scientific delusion' and by Theodore Sarbin (1990) in the Brown Library (also listed below). 

The list below contains a few newspaper articles and a small number of academic pieces concerning the idea of 'schizophrenia' and I have tried especially to include material which emphasises the social, cognitive and any other aspects which have been addressed from a social-psychological point of view  

As usual, the inclusion of the material in here does not necessarily mean I believe in it. A good deal of the material, for example seems to take the concept of schizophrenia for granted. However, I am developing this part of the site as a resource containing material that offers some insight into those aspects of the syndrome and its treatment that are not obsessively locked into the medical model.. 

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Bradshaw, W. (1998) Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Case Study, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Journal, 12, (1) 13-25.

Burbach, F.R. and Stanbridge, R.I. (1998) A family intervention in psychosis service integrating the systemic and family management approaches Journal of Family Therapy, 20, 311-325.

Chadwick, P. & Birchwood, M. (1996) Cognitive therapy for voices, In Haddock, G & Slade, P.D. (Eds) Cognitive Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders, London: Routledge, ps. 71-85.

Fisher, D.B. (2003) People are more important than pills in recovery from mental disorder, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 43, (2): 65-68.

Freeman, D. & Garety, P. (2000) Comments on the content of persecutory delusions: Does the definition need clarification?, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 407-414.

Freeman, D., Pugh, K.& Garety, P. (2008) Jumping to conclusions and paranoid ideation in the general population, Schizophrenia Research, 102: 254–260.

Grotstein, J.S. (1996) Orphans of the 'Real: I. Some Modern and Postmodern Perspectives on the Neurobiological and Psychosocial Dimensions of Psychosis and Other Primitive Mental Disorders, In Allen, J.G. & Collins, D.T. (Eds.) Contemporary Treatment of Psychosis: Healing Relationships in the Decade of the Brain, New Jersey, Jason Aronson, ps.1-25.

Halperin, S., Nathan, P., Drummond, P. & Castle, P. (2000) A cognitive behavioural group based intervention for social anxiety in schizophrenia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, 809-813.

Henderson, M. (2001) Genome for the people: Corporate feudalism is hampering research says an eminent geneticist, The Times, 22/10/2001.

Jackson, H., McGorry, P., Henry, L., Edwards, J., Hulbert, C., Harrington, S., Dudgeon, P., Francey, S., Maude, D., Cocks, J. & Power, P. (2001) Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE): A one year follow up, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 57-70.

Jacobs, D.H. (1995) Psychiatric drugging: Forty years of pseudo-science, self interest and indifference to harm, Journal of Mind and Behaviour, 16, (4), 421-470.

James, A. (2000) Society: Spying on the psychiatrists: Profile: Insider who has challenged the treatment of mental illness, The Guardian, 20/9/2000.

Karon, B.P. (2001) The Fear of Understanding Schizophrenia and Iatrogenic Myths, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 31, (1): 15-20.

Keen, T.M. (1999) Schizophrenia: Orthodoxies and heresies: A review of alternative possibilities, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 4, 415-424.

Kobayashi, T. & Kato, S. (2000) Hallucination of soliloquy: Speaking component and hearing component of auditory hallucinations, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 54, 531-536.

Kuipers, E. (2008) Pathways to psychological treatments for psychosis, Psychiatry,7, (11): 447-450.

Lysaker, P.H. & Lysaker, J.T. (2006) Psychotherapy and schizophrenia: An analysis of the requirements of an individual psychotherapy for persons with profoundly disorganised selves, Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 19: 171–189,

Margison, F. (2005) Integrating approaches to psychotherapy in psychosis, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39: 972–981.

McCann, E. (2001) Recent developments in psycho-social interventions for people with psychosis, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 22, 99–107.

Martin, J.A. (2001) Brief report: Social cognition and subclinical paranoid ideation British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 261–265.

Millham, A. & Easton, S. (1998) Prevalence of auditory hallucinations in nurses in mental health,  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 5, 95–99.

Moore, A., Sellwood, W. & Stirling, J. (2000)  Compliance and psychological reactance in schizophrenia, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 287-295

Moritz,S. & Larøi, F. (2008) Differences and similarities in the sensory and cognitive signatures of voice-hearing, intrusions and thoughts, Schizophrenia Research, 102: 96–107

Morrison, A.P., Wells, A. & Nothard, S. (2000) Cognitive factors in predisposition to auditory and visual hallucinations, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 67-78

Norris, G. & Laube, R. (2000) Cognitive–behavioural assessment and treatment of maladaptive help-seeking behaviour in a patient with schizophrenia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry  34,  688–691

Paley, G. & Shapiro, D.A. (2002) Lessons from psychotherapy research for psychological interventions for people with schizophrenia, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 75: 5–17.

Pam, A. (1994) The new schizophrenia: Diagnosis and dynamics of the homeless mentally ill, Journal of Mind and Behaviour, 15, (3), 199-222. 

Petit-Zeman, S. (2001) Society: Social Care: Soul Friend: Sophie Petit-Zeman on a 'crisis house' for mental health patients that's become a radical alternative to hospital care, The Guardian, 25/10/2001

Randal, P., Simpson, A.I.F. & Laidlaw, T. (2003) Can recovery-focused multimodal psychotherapy facilitate symptom and function improvement in people with treatment-resistant psychotic illness? A comparison study, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37: 720–727

Romme, M. & Escher, S. (1996) Empowering people who hear voices, In Haddock, G & Slade, P.D. (Eds) Cognitive Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders, London: Routledge, ps. 137-150.

Sarbin, T. (1990) Toward the obsolescence of the schizophrenia hypothesis, Journal of Mind and Behaviour, 11, (3 & 4), 259-284.

Sayer, J., Ritter, S. & Gournay, K. (2000) Beliefs about voices and their effects on coping strategies, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31, (5), 1199-1205.

Startup, M. (1999) Schizotypy, dissociative experiences and childhood abuse : Relationships among self-report measures, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 333-344.

Stuttaford, T, (2001) Bike repair aids schizophrenia, The Times, 18/10/2001

Svensson, B., Hansson, L., & Nyman, K. (2000) Stability of outcome in a comprehensive, cognitive therapy based treatment programme for long-term mentally ill patients. A 2-year follow-up study, Journal of Mental Health, 9, 1, 51–61

Turkington, D. & Kingdon, D. (1996) Using a normalising rationale in the treatment of schizophrenic patients, In Haddock, G & Slade, P.D. (Eds) Cognitive Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders, London: Routledge, ps. 71-85.