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Psychological Services for Psychosis
We have three Clinical Psychologists working with people with psychosis.
We provide psychological assessment and treatment. The treatment we provide is
evidence-based. Our orientation is cognitive-behavioural.
Specifically we provide:
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- Delusion modification
- CBT for voices
- CBT for mood disturbances in psychotic clients
- Coping skills enhancement
- Relapse prevention
- Motivational interviewing for treatment compliance and negative symptoms
- Family education
- Cognitive work on stigma, self esteem, and other problems associated
with having a psychiatric disability
Criteria for referral:
- Client suffers from am psychotic illness (inpatients and outpatients)
- Client has had an adequate trial of antipsychotic medication.
- Client suffers from distress as a result of their illness.
This includes symptom-related distress but also more general distress
- Client is prepared to see a psychologist
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