Cultural Adaptation of CBT for Serious Mental Illness

A Guide for Training and Practice

Shanaya Rathod, David Kingdon, Narsimha Pinninti, Douglas Turkington, Peter Phiri

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781118976197
  9781118976203
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781118976166
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Clinical Psychology
• Index: Psychology

• A comprehensive guide designed to enable CBT practitioners to effectively engage people from diverse cultural backgrounds by applying culturally-sensitive therapeutic techniques
• Adapts core CBT techniques including reattribution, normalization, explanation development, formulating, reality testing, inference chaining and resetting expectations
• High profile author team includes specialists in culturally-sensitive CBT along with world-renowned pioneers in the application of CBT to serious mental illness
• Contains the most up-to-date research on CBT in ethnic minority groups available

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• 3 Philosophical Orientation and Ethical and Service Considerations
• 4 The Therapeutic Relationship and Technical Adjustments
• 5 General Theoretical Modifications in Orienting Clients to Therapy
• 6 Individualized Case Formulation
• 7 Individualized Treatment Planning
• 8 Psychosis
• 9 Depression
• 10 Bipolar Affective Disorder
• 11 Recovery, Relapse Prevention, and Finishing Therapy
• 12 Policy and Training Implications
• Appendix 1: Social Factors
• Appendix 2: Aida – Longitudinal Formulation
• Appendix 3: Setting Goals to Improve Quality of Life
• Appendix 4: Voices Diary
• Appendix 5: What Do Voices Say?
• Appendix 6: Working on Coping Strategies: Pleasant Events Schedule
• Appendix 7: Preventing a Relapse or Breakdown
• Appendix 8: Circle of Support
• Appendix 9: Relapse Prevention Plans
• Index
• End User License Agreement