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Coaching Intervention for Psychosis

A Lifestyle Redesigning Approach

By: Kwok-fai Leung,Iris Hiu Hung Chan,Nicole Ka Man Lau,Eric Yu-hai Chen

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Coaching Intervention for Psychosis

A Lifestyle Redesigning Approach

By: Kwok-fai Leung,Iris Hiu Hung Chan,Nicole Ka Man Lau,Eric Yu-hai Chen

Despite recent advances in pharmacotherapy, psychosocial casework, and early interventions, improving the treatment of psychotic disorders is still a major challenge for mental health professionals. The coaching approach discussed in this book specifically addresses that difficulty. It is a recovery-oriented approach that attempts to help mental health patients function better in everyday life. The book starts with a short introduction to psychotic disorders, the principles of psychosocial intervention, and the challenges inherent in such interventions. It then provides a systematic review of the lifestyle redesigning approach, i.e., the coaching approach in the context of an early psychosis intervention program in Hong Kong (the Jockey Club Early Psychosis Program). There is also a step-by-step guide to conducting group intervention sessions using the coaching approach. Intended for mental health professionals working with psychosis patients, Coaching Intervention for Psychosis: A Lifestyle Redesigning Approach provides useful instructions for basic training. It is also invaluable to patients and caregivers who wish to understand and facilitate the intervention procedures.

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147

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Hong Kong University Press

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ISBN 10

9888390910

ISBN 13

9789888390915

Psychoactive Drug Abuse in Hong Kong

Life Satisfaction and Drug Use

By: Yuet Wah Cheung,Nicole Wai-ting Cheung

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Psychoactive Drug Abuse in Hong Kong

Life Satisfaction and Drug Use

By: Yuet Wah Cheung,Nicole Wai-ting Cheung

This book studies young people’s use of psychoactive drugs and its social and psychological correlates in Hong Kong. Specifically, it focuses on how life satisfaction may affect drug use among a sample of psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong. The book addresses the dearth of research on the role of young people’s life satisfaction in their drug abuse and engagement in other risk behaviors in Hong Kong. It also examines how changes in the drug scene from heroin addiction to psychoactive party drug use since the late 1990s has necessitated a deeper exploration of the subculture of young people, which shapes their attitudes and behaviors regarding how they structure their lives and how they perceive the risks of drug use, in the context of the global trend of normalization of recreational drug use. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of a unique set of longitudinal data that reveals the factors influencing drug use among young psychoactive drug users, academic implications of the findings for social science theory and research on young people’s drug use, and practical implications of the findings for prevention and intervention services for young people in Hong Kong and other Asian societies.

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9811061548

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9789811061547