Welcome to ISPS

ISPS is an international organization promoting psychotherapy and psychological treatments for persons with psychosis. We are committed to advancing education, training and knowledge of mental health professionals in the treatment and prevention of psychotic mental disorders. We seek to achieve the best possible outcomes for service users by engaging in meaningful partnership with health professionals, service users, families and carers.

The ISPS Charter of Good Practice in Psychological Therapies for People Experiencing Psychosis

Latest News

Talking Therapies for Schizophrenia and the Journal Science

An article on talking therapies for 'schizophrenia' was recently published in Science, one of the world's leading scientific journals.

The article, by journalist Michael Balter, is a result of discussions with a number of clinicians - including ISPS members - and a summary of evidence from CBT and psychodynamic researches. The article had to be very much based on evidence from controlled trials for this particular journal.

The article is excellent publicity for some of the approaches that ISPS supports and it is made humanly meaningful by quoting the experiences of individual patients. Full text article now available

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Coming events

7th annual conference of ISPS Hellas

GreeceSaturday, 10 May 2014 - Sunday, 11 May 2014 one week earlier than previously announced due to Municipal Elections
Athens

“Preventing Psychosis in Groups and Families”

Greek and Foreign invited speakers

contact: Dr Anastassios Koukis info@ispshellas.gr , a_koukis@otenet.gr or ispshellas@gmail.com

www.ispshellas.gr

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Families and Carers

ISPS e-mail discussion group for families and carers

ISPS International maintains an e-mail discussion group for ISPS members who are carers / have a family member who has experienced psychosis. The members of the group offer each other support, discuss and debate issues relevant to their experiences, and liaise with the ISPS Executive Committee.

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Survivors of psychosis

Suggested reading from the members of the ISPS survivors e-mail group

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis by Marius Romme and Sandra Escher

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415673303/

The Seduction of Madness by Edward Podvoll

http://www.amazon.com/The-Seduction-Madness-Revolutionary-Compassionate/dp/0060921188

Rethinking Madness by Paris Williams

http://www.rethinkingmadness.com/

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Discussion Groups

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ISPS Journal

The ISPS Journal Psychosis accepts personal and institutional subscriptions. All Individual Members of ISPS and members of regional ISPS groups receive quarterly issues of the journal as a membership benefit.

The ISPS Journal has recently been accepted by Web of Science