This is the first treatment manuals combining a treatment programme with a smartphone app, developed specifically for adolescents at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis. In an effort to prevent schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, research has increasingly focused on identifying individuals in the CHR state at an early stage in order to treat CHR symptoms promptly. These symptoms typically emerge during adolescence and young adulthood a particularly sensitive developmental stage and are often accompanied by significant functional impairment. Despite the potential benefits of specialised interventions for young people exhibiting CHR symptoms, there is still a lack of evidence-based treatment programmes designed for this vulnerable patient group.

This book presents an integrated psychotherapeutic programme for adolescents at CHR for psychosis. The programme combines individual therapy with a smartphone app to support patients between sessions. The therapeutic modules target CHR symptoms and common comorbidities and focus on improving quality of life, self-efficacy, and daily functioning. The treatment is based on treatment strategies used with CHR adults and for adolescents with first episodes of psychosis. The modules follow the guidance of the European Association for Psychiatry on early intervention in CHR states of psychosis.

The therapy programme Robin takes a comprehensive and integrative approach, combining evidence-based techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy, solution-focused therapy and systemic psychotherapy. Its modular structure enables it to be tailored to the individual needs of each patient, providing a highly personalised therapeutic process.

With a foreword by Patrick McGorry, Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne

Describes an age-appropriate treatment program for patients at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Presents an individually tailored and personalized approach Includes the smartphone application Robin Z as an add-on treatment tool to support patients between sessions Additional multimedia content accessible in browser or via SN More Media App

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Lic. phil. Nina Traber-Walker is a clinical psychologist. She has worked as a therapist in the outpatient care unit of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Psychiatric University Hospital of the University of Zurich (CAPS) for 15 years.. She currently works as a senior psychologist in the emergency team and is doing her PhD in the field of early psychosis intervention.

Dr. med. Maurizia Franscini has worked as a psychiatrist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Psychiatric University Hospital of the University of Zurich (CAPS) for 25 years, and is head of the outpatient care service at the clinic. She established a specialised early recognition and intervention service in the clinic over the last decades.

Both authors are part of the management team of the Early Intervention Service for Psychosis in Zurich for children and adolescents. They are also involved in several national and international clinical trials in the field of early recognition and intervention in psychosis.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Smartphone App Robin Z.- Case studies.- Start into therapeutic work.- Psychoeducation.- Symptom management.- Hypothetical arguing.- Cognitive Remediation.- Relaxation exercises.- Resource management.- Medication,. Maintaining stability.