New Family Interventions and Associated Research in Psychiatric Disorders : Gedenkschrift in Honor of Michael J. Goldstein

Mike's humor, his optimism that social science could be used to better the human condition, and his conviction that patients, relatives, and clinicians could work collaboratively to manage psychiatric illness and improve the lives of all involved, were an inspiration to everyone he touched.

This book is dedicated to the memory of Michael J. Goldstein, one of the pioneers in psychosocial intervention in psychiatry. The structure of this book follows Goldstein footsteps in this domain and is subdivided into family factors as well as intervention strategies for severe mental illness. Recent research on high expressed emotion (HEE) in schizophrenia (e.g., early psychosis) and borderline disorder, patients'' perspectives of HEE as well as other variables predictive for relapse in recent-onset schizophrenia are covered in this book. Family treatment strategies in schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders and illness management programs as well as pharmacological treatment strategies are illustrate and current studies presented.