{"title":"The achievable dream of a humane psychiatry: A tribute to John S. Strauss","authors":"P. McGorry","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1136174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1136174","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT John S. Strauss is a unique culture carrier for humane and optimistic mental health care. Swimming against the tide of hard reductionism of recent decades and transcending the earlier reductionism of psychoanalysis, his life and work illustrate the value of an integrative approach. Respect for and faith in evidence-based psychosocial are essential features of a mature psychiatry and enhance and complement the neuroscientific perspective. John S. Strauss has kept this flame alive in the U.S. and has inspired so many others worldwide to embrace this essential dimension of mental health care. The task of integration of the diverse perspectives in mental health continues but thanks to John S. Strauss, we know it is an achievable dream.","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"41 11 1","pages":"12 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82848561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on the legacy of John S. Strauss","authors":"T. Krupa","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1136184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1136184","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT For those committed to ensuring that people with lived experience of mental illness are provided with the rightful opportunities to meet their full potential and to live a quality life with meaning, the inspiration, achievements, and guidance of recognized leaders is important. This brief essay describes how the legacy of one such leader, John S. Strauss, is passed on to influence a future generation of leaders and advocates.","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"25 1","pages":"31 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74992501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"John S. Strauss and schizophrenia: Early discovery, lasting impact","authors":"W. Carpenter","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1136171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1136171","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Early in his career, John S. Strauss conducted a remarkable series of studies that challenged contemporary views of schizophrenia. He challenged the disease entity view, deconstructed the clinical syndrome into separate domains of psychopathology, made a compelling case for viewing psychopathology on a continuum that extended into normal behavior, showed that areas of dysfunction had their own developmental trajectories and were not accounted for by psychotic symptoms. He provided evidence that narrow definitions of schizophrenia, based on special symptoms such as Schneiderian symptoms of first rank, did not capture Kraepelin's concept of dementia praecox and that these symptoms lacked prognostic validity and were not unique to persons with a schizophrenia diagnosis. These studies, hotly debated at that time, have been validated and are now common knowledge. Strauss' concepts are represented in today's emphasis on symptom dimensions, the explicit recognition of clinical syndromes with porous diagnostic boundaries, and the prevalence of psychotic-like experience in non-ill persons. His 1974 assertion that schizophrenia was a poor target for research and that etiological, pathophysiological, and therapeutic discovery required syndrome deconstruction is finally becoming the dominant paradigm—for example, the NIMH Research Domains Criteria [RDoC] initiative.","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"10 1","pages":"11 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75211164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: In honor of John S. Strauss, MD","authors":"L. Davidson","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1136155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1136155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"47 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75283751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I did it my way”","authors":"D. Roe","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1136178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1136178","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this Festschrift for John S. Strauss, a number of his profound contributions and their impact over time are highlighted, while reflecting upon his journey of discovery through my own personal journey, beginning as a PhD student of his in the 1990s.","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"534 1","pages":"23 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78161756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sorting it out: Eliciting consumer priorities for recovery in supportive housing.","authors":"Mimi Choy-Brown, Deborah Padgett, Bikki Smith, Emmy Tiderington","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2016.1197862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1197862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to understand participant priorities in their personal recovery journey and their perspectives of recovery domains.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A card sort data gathering technique was employed to elicit priorities in recovery from consumers in supportive housing programs serving formerly homeless adults with severe mental illnesses in New York City. Participants (N=38) were asked to sort 12 cards printed with recovery domains in order of importance and describe the meaning attached to each domain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mental health (95%), physical health (89%), and housing (92%) were the domains most frequently included and prioritized in the top three rankings. Family (76%) and partner (74%) were also frequently included and endorsed as most important second only to mental health. Housing was prioritized yet rated most important less often (58%). Work, school, hobbies, program, friends and neighborhood were less frequently endorsed. 'Card sort talk' revealed critical understanding of participants' priorities and their reasons for endorsing other domains less frequently.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Most important to participants was regaining functional independence through improved mental and physical health and access to housing. With underlying principles of efficiency and empowerment, card sort is a promising engagement technique for providers to elicit consumer priorities in their own recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"19 3","pages":"223-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15487768.2016.1197862","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34766358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Friedman-Yakoobian, Kim T Mueser, Anthony J Giuliano, Donald Goff, Larry J Seidman
{"title":"Family-Directed Cognitive Adaptation Pilot: Teaching Cognitive Adaptation to Families of Individuals with Schizophrenia.","authors":"Friedman-Yakoobian, Kim T Mueser, Anthony J Giuliano, Donald Goff, Larry J Seidman","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2015.1125401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2015.1125401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive deficits are a major determinant of functional outcome in schizophrenia. A promising treatment involves teaching individuals to use cognitive adaptation strategies to minimize the functional impact of cognitive difficulties. We developed Family Directed Cognitive Adaptation (FCA) to train caregivers to help their relatives with schizophrenia use cognitive adaptations to improve living skills. The goal of this open pilot trial was to examine the feasibility of FCA. Ten adults with schizophrenia, each with at least one relative, participated in FCA and were evaluated at baseline, post-treatment, and 6-month follow-up. Domains assessed included adaptive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, school/work involvement, hospitalizations, family burden, and treatment satisfaction. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with FCA, and all families completed the 16-session intervention. Relatives reported reduced burden at termination and follow-up. No participants were hospitalized during the treatment or follow-up period, and rates of work/school involvement increased from 30% at baseline to 50% at the end of treatment and follow-up. Individuals improved in negative symptoms and adaptive functioning over the course of treatment, but these gains were not maintained. This pilot provides preliminary support for the acceptability and feasibility of FCA, and points to the need to address the maintenance of treatment gains after termination.</p>","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"19 1","pages":"62-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15487768.2015.1125401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35578633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Association between Personality and Individual Differences and Stigma toward People with Mental Disorders","authors":"Andrew C. H. Szeto, T. O’Neill, K. Dobson","doi":"10.1080/15487768.2015.1089799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2015.1089799","url":null,"abstract":"Although research examining the stigma of mental disorders is burgeoning, there has been little research exploring the personality and individual differences that may be associated with mental disorders stigma. The current study examined the relation between stigma toward mental disorders and social-psychological individual difference variables (intergroup anxiety, empathic concern, perspective taking, and modern prejudice toward people with mental disorders). As well, the Big Five and Honesty-Humility personality traits were examined at factor- and facet-levels to replicate and extend previous research that has examined their relations with stigma. The social-psychological individual difference variables were significantly correlated with mental disorders stigma. More interestingly, regression models indicated that intergroup anxiety, empathic concern, and modern prejudice accounted for more variance in the prediction of stigma than Big Five factors and facets. Additionally, results indicate the utility of examining factor- and facet levels, rather than only the factor level. These results highlight the need to further examine individual characteristics and personality in stigma research. To conclude, the current findings are discussed in the context of interventions aimed at reducing the stigma of mental disorders.","PeriodicalId":72174,"journal":{"name":"American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation","volume":"15 1","pages":"303 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72902464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}