This book presents an evidence-based, integrative group therapy treatment model that includes elements from psychodynamic, interpersonal, psychoeducational, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to address the needs of people suffering from psychosis.

Nick Kanas, MD, is Professor Emeritus (Psychiatry) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He has conducted clinical and research work on group therapy at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital, UCSF, and other national and international settings. He has been leading therapy groups for psychotic patients since 1975, and his first book on the subject was Group Therapy for Schizophrenic Patients.

Chapter 1. Nature of Psychotic Conditions; Chapter 2. Historical and Clinical Issues; Chapter 3. Research Issues; Chapter 4. Clinical Issues of the Integrative Model: The Basics; Chapter 5. Clinical Issues of the Integrative Model: Special Topics; Chapter 6. Evaluation of the Integrative Model; Chapter 7. Integrative Groups for Non-Psychotic Bipolar Patients; Chapter 8. Conclusions.