Relationship between social anxiety and social phobia with paranoia in clinical and non-clinical samples, and, The understanding of suicide in young men with first episode psychosis

• Main Author: Gajwani, Ruchika
• Published: University of Birmingham 2013
• Subjects: 150; BF Psychology
• Online Access: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.577863

Volume I includes three research papers. Paper one is a critical literature review of the relationship between social anxiety and social phobia with paranoia in clinical and nonclinical samples. Paper two presents an empirical study about the understanding of suicide in young men with first episode psychosis using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The final paper is an executive summary of the empirical paper. Volume II includes five clinical practice reports. The first report presents the assessment, behavioural and systemic formulations of a 4-year-old girl (query autism spectrum disorder) with behavioural difficulties. The second report is a clinical audit and qualitative evaluation of staff experiences of a specialist autism spectrum disorder team. The third report is a single-case experimental design investigating the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention for anxiety with a 47-year-old gentleman with a mild learning disability. The fourth report presents a case study describing a cognitive behavioural intervention with a 31-year-old man experiencing significant distress and anxiety, along with intrusions (hallucinations and delusions). The fifth report is an abstract describing assessment, formulation, and intervention using cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) with a 37 year old lady with a diagnosis of breast cancer.