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One video still from each "Life is Drag" video portrait (performance documentation).
lifeisdrag.com
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I create bodies of work that explore subjects such as gender, artifice, and spectacle. Utilizing processes ranging from directorial to curatorial to anthropological, I showcase exuberantly irrepressible personalities who revel in challenging clichés associated with constructs such "masculinity" and "femininity". A sampling of subjects include Girls Girls Girls (the world's first and only all-female Mötley Crüe tribute band), Tazzie Colomb (the world's longest competing female bodybuilder), and LACTIC Incorporated (an avant-garde clothing brand that takes the detritus of corporate life and reinterprets it into one-of-a-kind structural garments that challenge the polarization of gender).
With this current and ongoing project "Life is Drag", I am documenting the most innovative and singular performers of the currently exploding international alt-drag and neo-burlesque scenes. I am 3 years into this project, and so far have created 250+ portraits. These are created in my studio as well as during residencies - in New York City (The Cell Theater, Bushwig), Pittsburgh (The Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Blue Moon Bar, Bloomfield Garden Club), and New England (3S Artspace).
This project began in early 2019 in my studio in Brooklyn, when I collaborated with a local visual artist by the name of Untitled Queen - a deeply beloved, highly respected, and uniquely visionary performer and conduit within the NYC drag scene who uses drag as a part and extension of her artistic process. I then worked with selected performers from Ohio and Kentucky in conjunction with a mid-career retrospective in my hometown of Cincinnati in the spring of 2019, and in January and February of 2020, I worked with 20+ New England-based drag artists as part of a residency and exhibition at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
From the autumn of 2020 until the summer of 2021, I was an artist in residence at The Cell Theatre in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, where I expanded the project in the midst of the pandemic to also include neo-burlesque performers and performance artists whose work deals specifically with gender performativity. Most recently was a residency in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio - which included creating video portraits of performers from the drag haus ODD Presents, members of the neo-burlesque troop Smoke & Queers, and other alt-drag and burlesque artists from the tri-state area. This residency also included an exhibition featuring this ever-growing archive, as well as multiple live performance events.
My long-term goal is to continue to do a series of such residencies nationally and internationally, which will allow me to create a comprehensive archive of video portraits of drag, burlesque and performance artists from a wide range of locations, backgrounds, cultures, and ages. Each portrait includes video of the artist performing (lip-synching, singing, telling stories, reciting monologues, dancing, etc.) in addition to interview documentation, and will live online as well as in galleries and unexpected places in between. "Life is Drag" has so far been exhibited at such venues as the the Carnegie Museum of Art and Bunker Projects (PA), Satellite Art Club, Bushwig and The Cell (NYC), 3S Artspace (NH), and the Weston Art Gallery (OH).
I believe this project is innovative and important in that it is treating and respecting "drag" (defined as broadly and inclusively as possible) as a proper art form – recognizing it as an extremely vital and valid style of performance art, and every bit as deserving of the deference reserved for more traditional classical art forms like painting and sculpture. Drag is painting and sculpture and performance all at once - and quite often also activism, education, protest, therapy, resistance, catharsis, comedy, tragedy, enlightenment, inspiration - or some combination of the above - to those who practice it, and also to those who experience it as an observer. This project is about celebrating this experimental and expansive form of art and its wide range of practitioners and manifestations. It is about creating a record - an archive - of these brilliant but ephemeral performances, from dive bars to art galleries, city streets to grand theater stages. It is about trying to properly document and share these wildly diverse acts and profound stories that will surely open minds and capture hearts.
STATEMENT MAGAZINE
March - April 2010
Photography I DOC MARLON PECJO
Hair I DINO LAZARO on Maiara & MARK BAQUIRAN on Walisson
Make Up I ALLEN ROSALES
Styling I REY SANTOS
Models I MAIARA GARCIA of Reco Models & WALISSON RAMOS of Ideal People
Julie
Digital Photography Artist Statement
I am a rather contemplative, curious person, who loves humor and terror with equal devotion. I have always been deeply intrigued by the secrets of things, by the hidden stories and meanings behind everything I see, whatever those stories and meanings may be. I am an avid reader who wants to be drawn into stories, or at least given the chance to discover a story. Perhaps this is why, once I found that many of the types of stories I would like to read did not yet exist, I started writing in order to make up my own. I am an aspiring artist who has studied in a couple of high school level art courses and who has a painting shown in the school anniversary celebration display at my school. Perhaps this is why, once I found that much of the artwork I like most tells stories like books do, I started making my own artwork to tell my stories. I have been taking pictures and studying the artistic aspects of photography for years, but it was only recently that I learned the technical skills with a camera that I needed in order to pursue this passion seriously. Now, I am focusing on bringing my love of art, my love of stories, and my love of the unusual together with my photography.
When I take any picture, I mean it to tell you a story the moment you look at it. Sometimes, I take several photos that work together to tell a story, expanding my vision and allowing my viewers to go on a journey with me. It doesn’t have to be the same journey; the images are only signs along a path, and if you choose to follow some signs rather than others or end up in a destination entirely different from the one I reached, that is extremely gratifying to me. If you choose to follow every sign letter for letter, that is just as gratifying. I would never want to tell you where your mind wants to go or what you want to think, as that leaves no room for humor, fun, or discovery on anyone’s part. I try to put most of my focus on taking clear photos with strong composition, framing, and lighting that set a mood and tell a story. I also believe in the use of Photoshop to fix small technicalities that interfere with the story I wish to tell. Sometimes, Photoshop even becomes an additional storytelling tool with which I can take the images I have created and bring them to a level of fantasy that I could never find, or even create, in the physical world. In this way, I can make something beyond my wildest dreams into a visible reality that my viewers can share and explore as I do.
In my “realistic” self-portrait, I wanted to display as many symbolic/subtle hints about my personality and my story as were possible. In the image, I chose to be surrounded by books because they can be so diverse and say so much about the one who reads them. The titles on the spines of the books, the way they are stacked, and the piles’ sheer height speak volumes for themselves. The raven was added in to hint at Edgar Allan Poe, one of the greatest inspirations for both my writing and my art. The classic-looking vase with the red feather in it represents the emergence of new creativity and ideas from old traditions. The shell is nature and solitude, the unlit candle is potential, the lace is simplicity and elegance, and the blank notebook is the rest of my life. How these symbols come together and what I am telling you with them is for you to find for yourself. My “alter-ego” self-portrait is actually several self-portraits arranged through the magic of Photoshop in a way that tells a story. One of me, dressed like a coach or team manager of some sort and holding a clipboard, is taking a roll call of all of the various facets of my personality. In the meantime, all the parts of me are interacting, going about their daily business, goofing off, showing off, or even, horror of all horrors, actually paying attention. Many of these portions of me are hinted at in the symbols of my self-portrait. In fact, you can think of the alter-ego self-portrait as an event occurring within my mind as I was setting up my self-portrait. The parts of me that the coach is viewing are, from left to right: independence, tradition, prissiness and femininity, happiness, anger and fear, drama, intelligence and introversion, responsibility, and dependence on others. Yes, I realize that I am a mess. I hope it stays that way for a very long time.
Small cream bead hanging earrings with vintage Czechoslovakian Madeira crystal. Beaded statement tiny dangles - minimalist and stylish evening jewelry. Hypoallergenic.
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The earrings are suitable as for casual wear, as for special occasion.
The back side is closed by beads in order to prevent foil peeling of in time.
Earrings measures are:
Earrings width - 1.8cm (0.71 inch)
Total length - 4cm (1.6 inch)
The hooks are made from hypoallergenic gold-plated surgical steel.
Statement by Ms Eunice M.T. Luambia, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
This morning, checking my latest bank statement, I opened the file to remove a page but pulled open the bottom ring and not one of the centre rings. That ring closed on my finger, where you see the piece of wood in this re-enactment.
Were I a more dedicated photographer, I would have got my 'phone, lying on the table beside me, and snapped the moment. However, my only thought was to open the file and extract my finger – it was very painful 😟
One video still from each "Life is Drag" video portrait (performance documentation).
lifeisdrag.com
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I create bodies of work that explore subjects such as gender, artifice, and spectacle. Utilizing processes ranging from directorial to curatorial to anthropological, I showcase exuberantly irrepressible personalities who revel in challenging clichés associated with constructs such "masculinity" and "femininity". A sampling of subjects include Girls Girls Girls (the world's first and only all-female Mötley Crüe tribute band), Tazzie Colomb (the world's longest competing female bodybuilder), and LACTIC Incorporated (an avant-garde clothing brand that takes the detritus of corporate life and reinterprets it into one-of-a-kind structural garments that challenge the polarization of gender).
With this current and ongoing project "Life is Drag", I am documenting the most innovative and singular performers of the currently exploding international alt-drag and neo-burlesque scenes. I am 3 years into this project, and so far have created 250+ portraits. These are created in my studio as well as during residencies - in New York City (The Cell Theater, Bushwig), Pittsburgh (The Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Blue Moon Bar, Bloomfield Garden Club), and New England (3S Artspace).
This project began in early 2019 in my studio in Brooklyn, when I collaborated with a local visual artist by the name of Untitled Queen - a deeply beloved, highly respected, and uniquely visionary performer and conduit within the NYC drag scene who uses drag as a part and extension of her artistic process. I then worked with selected performers from Ohio and Kentucky in conjunction with a mid-career retrospective in my hometown of Cincinnati in the spring of 2019, and in January and February of 2020, I worked with 20+ New England-based drag artists as part of a residency and exhibition at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
From the autumn of 2020 until the summer of 2021, I was an artist in residence at The Cell Theatre in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, where I expanded the project in the midst of the pandemic to also include neo-burlesque performers and performance artists whose work deals specifically with gender performativity. Most recently was a residency in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio - which included creating video portraits of performers from the drag haus ODD Presents, members of the neo-burlesque troop Smoke & Queers, and other alt-drag and burlesque artists from the tri-state area. This residency also included an exhibition featuring this ever-growing archive, as well as multiple live performance events.
My long-term goal is to continue to do a series of such residencies nationally and internationally, which will allow me to create a comprehensive archive of video portraits of drag, burlesque and performance artists from a wide range of locations, backgrounds, cultures, and ages. Each portrait includes video of the artist performing (lip-synching, singing, telling stories, reciting monologues, dancing, etc.) in addition to interview documentation, and will live online as well as in galleries and unexpected places in between. "Life is Drag" has so far been exhibited at such venues as the the Carnegie Museum of Art and Bunker Projects (PA), Satellite Art Club, Bushwig and The Cell (NYC), 3S Artspace (NH), and the Weston Art Gallery (OH).
I believe this project is innovative and important in that it is treating and respecting "drag" (defined as broadly and inclusively as possible) as a proper art form – recognizing it as an extremely vital and valid style of performance art, and every bit as deserving of the deference reserved for more traditional classical art forms like painting and sculpture. Drag is painting and sculpture and performance all at once - and quite often also activism, education, protest, therapy, resistance, catharsis, comedy, tragedy, enlightenment, inspiration - or some combination of the above - to those who practice it, and also to those who experience it as an observer. This project is about celebrating this experimental and expansive form of art and its wide range of practitioners and manifestations. It is about creating a record - an archive - of these brilliant but ephemeral performances, from dive bars to art galleries, city streets to grand theater stages. It is about trying to properly document and share these wildly diverse acts and profound stories that will surely open minds and capture hearts.
No doubt the minute I stick a for sale sign on my house pink tubs and avocado appliances will be the big ticket rage again!
My walls are that construction that always makes me smile. It was during that period when they used 2' x 8' drywall instead of wood lath and hand plastered over that. Not sure at what point some guy said why not make this stuff 4' x 8' , tape the joints and do away with the hand plaster.
Press Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore: State Visit of the Governor-General of New Zealand Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine Mateparae, 6 to 8 July 2015
The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae will make a State Visit to Singapore from 6 to 8 July 2015 at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam. Governor-General Mataparae will be accompanied by his wife Lady Janine Mateparae and officials from the New Zealand Government House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
An official welcome ceremony will be held for Governor-General Mateparae on 7 July, following which he will have separate meetings with President Tan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. President Tan and Mrs Tan will host a State Banquet in honour of Governor-General Mateparae and Lady Janine that evening.
During the course of Governor-General Mateparae’s visit to Singapore, he will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on a tour of the Treelodge@Punggol, HDB’s first Eco-Precinct. Deputy Prime Minister Teo will host Governor-General Mateparae to lunch after the tour. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen will also host Governor-General Mateparae to lunch to reaffirm the close and long-standing defence ties between Singapore and New Zealand. Governor-General Mateparae will be accompanied by Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong to the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) to view ongoing collaboration between Singapore and New Zealand at the Neurodevelopment Research Centre under A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences.
Governor-General Mateparae and Lady Janine will attend an orchid-naming and tree-planting ceremony at the Singapore Botanic Gardens on 7 July.
Governor-General Mateparae’s visit underscores the excellent ties between Singapore and New Zealand as both countries commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year. There is close cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, defence, and the people-to-people sectors.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
5 JULY 2015
Notice of Availability and Public Hearing for the
Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan (RMDP) and the Spineflower Conservation Plan (SCP) Environmental Impact Statement/environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/5/newhall/docs/Newhall_NOA_Mtg.pdf
Notice of Availability and Public Hearing
for the
Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan (RMDP)
and the Spineflower Conservation Plan (SCP)
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as Lead Agency under the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) as Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act, have prepared a Draft EIS/EIR for consideration of The Newhall Land and Farming Company’s (Applicant’s) request for federal and state permits, agreements, and authorizations to implement the Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan (RMDP) and the Spineflower Conservation Plan (SCP). The RMDP (a conservation, mitigation, and permitting plan for sensitive biological resources within the previously approved Newhall Ranch Specific Plan area) would be relied upon to obtain federal and state permits to implement infrastructure improvements required to facilitate build-out of the approved Specific Plan and is intended to direct both resource management and development on the Specific Plan site. The SCP is a conservation and management plan to permanently protect and manage a system of preserves designed to maximize the long-term persistence of the San Fernando Valley spineflower (Chorizanthe parryi ssp. fernandina; spineflower), a federal candidate and a state-listed endangered plant species; to authorize the take of spineflower located outside designated preserves; and to address known spineflower within the Applicant’s land holdings located within the Specific Plan area and two adjacent areas, the Valencia Commerce Center and Entrada planning areas.
The Newhall Ranch Specific Plan was approved by Los Angeles County in May 2003 to guide development of a new community composed of a broad range of residential, mixed-use, and nonresidential land uses within villages on the Specific Plan site, located in a portion of the Santa Clara River Valley in north western Los Angeles County, between the city of Santa Clarita and the Los Angeles County/Ventura County jurisdictional boundary line. Subsequent development plans, subdivision maps, and federal and state permitting, consultations, and agreements were anticipated to be required to facilitate build-out of the Specific Plan. This joint EIS/EIR has been prepared at the direction of the USACE and DFG to analyze the direct, indirect, secondary, and cumulative impacts of the proposed RMDP/SCP, including impacts associated with project-specific infrastructure improvements and maintenance activities in or adjacent to the Santa Clara River and its tributaries located within the approved Specific Plan site.
USACE Public Hearing
The USACE and DFG will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will take place at Rancho Pico Middle School, located at 26250 West Valencia Boulevard, Stevenson Ranch, California 91381.
The public hearing will provide the public an opportunity to become more familiar with the Project and the alternatives under consideration. The public hearing is an opportunity for interested parties to provide oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR. The comments presented at the hearing will be recorded and entered into the public record.
Public Review Period
The public review period for the Draft EIS/EIR begins on April 27, 2009, and ends on June 26, 2009.
The Draft EIS/EIR concludes that the Project would have significant and unavoidable impacts to the environment in specific areas, including, among other environmental categories, biological resources, air quality, noise, agricultural resources, land use, visual resources, and solid waste. These environmental effects, and others, are described in further detail in the Draft EIS/EIR. Written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR must be postmarked or received by fax or e-mail no later than June 26, 2009. Send written comments to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ventura Field Office
Attn: Aaron O. Allen
2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 110
Ventura, CA 93001
Fax: (805) 585-2154
E-mail: Aaron.O.Allen@usace.army.mil
California Department of Fish and Game
Newhall Ranch EIS/EIR Project Comments
c/o Dennis Bedford
4949 Viewridge Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
Informational Line: 866-395-7426
Fax: (858) 467-4299
E-mail:
newhallranch@dfg.ca.gov
Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR will be made available for public revi
ew in the offices of the Lead Agencies at the addresses shown
above. A copy of the Draft EIS/EIR will also be available for public review at the following locations:
• Valencia Library, 23743 West Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California 91355
• Sylmar Library, 14561 Polk Street, Sylmar, California 91342
• Ventura H.P. Wright Library, 57 Day Road, Ventura, California 93003
• Castaic Library, 27971 Sloan Canyon Road, Castaic, California 91384
• Department of Fish and Game’s Los Alamitos Office, 4665 Lampson Avenue, Los Alamitos, California 90702
Additionally, the Draft EIS/EIR, information regarding the Project’s environmental review process, Project documents, and contact/mailing information, can be found at the following website: www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/5/newhall
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Six Flags Magic Mountain, Fright Fest 2000.10.30
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Monitoring your bank statement is the best way of knowing if someone is attempting to use your money.
Bill Posters, Gary Glitter, Paul Gadd - i don't care what his name is, as long as he will be prosecuted
Content description: Artist statement on a black background in white text by Olive Pierce where she describes her intention behind documenting Cambridge City Council meetings as well as her analysis of the meetings.
Local identifier: 045_01_01_001
Type of resource: still image
Genre/form: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Date: 1972-02
Physical description: 1 photograph : print, black and white ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Digital origin: reformatted digital
General notes: Black and white fiber print, mounted and over matted on a 27.94 x 35.56 cm mat. Original print was digitized in 2016 as a TIFF image.
Date notes: Date taken from item
Acquisition notes: Donated by Olive Pierce in August 2014.
Description standard: dcrmg
Subject headings:
Cambridge (Mass.)
Cambridge (Mass.). City Council
Local government -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Pierce, Olive
Host collection: Olive Pierce Photographs, 1963-2014
Physical location: Cambridge Public Library
Rights: Copyright Olive Pierce
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Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Olive Pierce Photographs, 1963-2014, 045, [Box#, Folder title], Cambridge Room, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections.
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Ricardo L. Calderon, Assistant Secretary for Staffs Bureaus on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Environment and Natural Resources of Phillipines delivery speech during 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit in Yogyakarta on April 23, 2018 in Indonesia.
Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/CIFOR
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Shot this going to a flea market. SE stands for the municipal of "Segeberg" in Germany. The letter and numbers to complete the awesomeness are vanity.
Needless to say that it wasn't a hot chick, but an old hag that left the car.
Panasonic DMC-GF3 on Schneider Kreuznach Curtagon 2.8/35, 1/400 sec., ISO160, f2.8
Svensker er fine og så har de så søt dialekt. Dette er uten tvil det feteste stille statementet som er i Oslo i dag. På en rivingstomt i nhærheten av Blitz.
Statement by Ms. Homeira Karimi Vahed, Organization for Defending Sardasht Victims (ODVCW) at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
read each of the statements and select the one which discribes how you feel / discribe
psychosocial therapies are part of the standard management of schizophrenic illnesses, but have not been subjected to systematic evaluation and are therefore not included in this guideline. This does not imply that they are not essential components of good practice.
The remainder of this section describes the evidence for the effectiveness of Education Programmes, Family Interventions, and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in the management of schizophrenia. Section 3 provides recommendations for the application of these interventions in clinical practice, according to the phase of the illness.
Education programmes
Education Programmes are directed at either patients or carers/family members and have several aims. Improvement in knowledge of schizophrenia and its course and in compliance with treatment has been shown. There is also evidence of greater satisfaction with services provided. Some programmes go beyond the provision of information and take an educational approach to skills training or problem solving.
Education Programmes for patients may be undertaken in individual or in group settings. Simple information-giving is less effective than interactive sessions. The focus includes giving information about the course and management of the illness, including the importance of compliance with medication and the management of stress.
Providing carers and family members with information on the likely course of the illness, the treatments available, the importance of compliance and the services available is an essential element of good practice It may be undertaken as part of a Family Intervention programme
Specific techniques, e.g. use of homework or video, have not been shown to improve the assimilation of information, but a group setting has advantages
Family interventions
The aims of 'Family Intervention' include reduction of frequency of relapse into illness and reduction of hospital admissions, reduction in the burden of care on families and carers, and improvement in compliance with medication.
Some Family Intervention Programmes have targeted families where there are high levels of criticism, hostility and over-involvement. 'High expressed emotion' is a measure of these features and programmes which reduce this or reduce the amount of 'face to face' contact between the patient and family members have been shown to reduce the frequency of relapse. However, the measurement of expressed emotion is a research technique which is not practical for everyday use. Family Intervention Programmes which are not derived from this theoretical background have been shown to be effective.
Most intervention strategies contain more than one technique. Separating and defining the effects of the components of an intervention strategy is not possible at present as few studies examine the effect of a single technique and only a general description of interventions used in research studies is usually given. However, a number of practice guides have been published which give detailed descriptions of the techniques employed in some studies. Family Intervention has been shown to be effective with some variation in the components of the programme, but family sessions to address the problems identified in the analysis may not be effective if the patient is not included. Social skills training and vocational rehabilitation were included in some studies. These are not covered as separate interventions in the guideline.
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis is a modification of standard cognitive behavioural therapy. The aim is to modify symptoms (e.g. delusions, hallucinations) or the consequences of the symptoms which may be cognitive, emotional, physiological or behavioural. The treatment programme is intensive (involving about 20 hours of individual treatment) and based on an individually tailored formulation which provides an explanation of the development, maintenance and exacerbation of symptoms and of pre-morbid mood, interpersonal and behavioural difficulties.
There is now good evidence that treatment resistant symptoms (delusions, hallucinations) can be substantially reduced in a significant proportion of those who complete therapy. It is not yet clear who is most likely to benefit from treatment and many patients may be unwilling to participate. The treatment is well tolerated. However, reduction of symptoms has not been shown to lead to significant social or lifestyle improvements.
A combination of the following techniques has been shown to be most effective in lessening symptoms of psychosis resistant to other forms of treatment:
◦enhancement of cognitive behavioural coping strategies5
◦developing a rationale to explain symptoms28◦realistic goal setting
◦modification of delusional beliefs29◦modification of dysfunctional assumptions.
A number of these techniques are a refinement of normal good practice using a systematic approach.
'Early Intervention Studies' have aimed to identify prodromal symptoms or the 'signature' preceding relapse. The approach is not a form of cognitive therapy, but early intervention with medication or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy may be facilitated
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