Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia, Third Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide

About Alan S. BellackDaniel FulfordJulie AgrestaKim T. MueserSusan Gingerich

Kim T. Mueser PhD is Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University (BU) and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is also affiliated with the BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation where he served as Executive Director from 2011 to 2016. Dr. Mueser has served as an editorial board member or editor of numerous peer-reviewed journals. He is a recipient of the Michael S. Neale Award from Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) of the American Psychological Association and the Armin Loeb Research Award from the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. He has coauthored over 400 peer-reviewed journal articles 20 books and 100 book chapters. Alan S. Bellack PhD ABPP until his retirement in 2013 was Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC). In recognition of his lifetime research on psychosocial aspects of schizophrenia he received the Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Award from the American Psychological Foundation among other awards. Dr. Bellack is coauthor or coeditor of more than 190 journal articles 30 books and 46 book chapters in the areas of schizophrenia depression social skills training and substance abuse. Susan Gingerich MSW is a social worker based in Philadelphia. Ms. Gingerich has worked with individuals with schizophrenia and their family members since the 1980s. She currently serves as Training Coordinator and a trainer for the NAVIGATE program for first-episode psychosis which integrates social skills training with other treatment components. She received the Larry J. Seidman Award for Leadership from the Psychosis-Risk and Early Psychosis Program Network (PEPPNET). Ms. Gingerich is the coauthor of several books and multiple articles related to her research interests which include social skills training illness management and recovery technology-based support for preventing relapses family education and support and training community mental health centers in evidence-based practices. Julie Agresta MEd LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Blue Bell Pennsylvania. Since the 1990s she has provided consultation services to community-based programs and agencies serving adults and children with mental health disorders and developmental disabilities. Ms. Agresta also provides therapy to children adolescents and adults. She is President of the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work. Daniel Fulford PhD is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. Dr. Fulfords clinical and research interests include motivational and social impairments in serious mental illness; he often uses ambulatory methods including the development and testing of digital therapeutics in his work. He has been named a Face of the Future by the Society for Research in Psychopathology and was co-recipient of a Visionary Grant from the American Psychological Foundation. Dr. Fulford has published his work in top journals and serves as Associate Editor for several journals including the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.