ABSTRACT: Individuals with first episode psychosis (FEP) use cannabis at high rates. A family-based intervention grounded in motivational interviewing (MI) appears promising. Focus groups ( N = 3) were conducted with family members ( n = 8) of individuals with FEP. Questions were developed based on theory of planned behavior (TPB) to identify factors contributing to intentions to utilize MI to...
Psychology today stands at a threshold. After a century of remarkable discoveries, it remains marked by fragmentation: cognition is studied apart from emotion, behavior apart from intention, and clinical methods apart from the cultural and ecological worlds in which persons live. What is often missing is a science that treats the human being as an indivisible whole. This paper introduces...
Mindfulness meditation training has been found to be helpful across a range of mental and physical health conditions. Research testing mindfulness-based interventions in the psychiatric rehabilitation context has been rare, however—possibly due to concerns about the potential for exacerbation of psychotic symptoms during meditation practice. Fifteen individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia...