Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia

Name: Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780815376255
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By Revella Levin

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Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia explores innovative psychodynamic approaches to treating schizophrenia without medication. Revella Levin illustrates how therapists can resolve emotional conflicts in patients, leading to improved outcomes and avoiding neurological damage and obesity tied to antipsychotic drugs. Practical methods in this book demonstrate how psychotherapy alone can address the complexities of schizophrenia, and the insights may also benefit treatment of depressive disorders.
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This book is ideal for psychotherapists, mental health professionals, and students interested in alternative treatments for schizophrenia. It will also appeal to those researching drug-free approaches and psychodynamic methods.

This book offers a close examination of how to treat schizophrenic patients using psychotherapy rather than drugs, applying derivatives of psychodynamic principles in treating patients.

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Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia offers a close examination of treating schizophrenic patients using psychotherapy rather than drugs, applying derivatives of psychodynamic principles in treating patients. The author provides real examples throughout, illustrating how therapists can resolve patients’ emotional conflicts with better outcomes than by resorting to drugs.

She presents methods that allow patients to avoid the neurological damage and obesity that can often result from the use of antipsychotic drugs. The practical techniques and advice this book offers enable therapists to resolve the chaos of schizophrenia using psychotherapy alone.

Theoretically, this book can also be useful for work with depressives.

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Dr Levin is praised as an experienced and effective psychotherapist who advocates for drug-free treatment of schizophrenia. Bertram Karon, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, endorses the book as a valuable sharing of proven knowledge and experience in patient care.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815376255

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 April 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 498g

Pages: 260

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About the Author

Revella Levin, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist based in New York.