Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 835 g
Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 835 g
ISBN: 978-0-7020-2716-1
Verlag: Elsevier LTD, Oxford
- Full of practical advice, user-friendly, clearly accessible and well-designed
- Reflects user-input, including a chapter written by a user of mental health services describing their experiences of mental illness
- Leading contributors from practice
- Early intervention
- Supervision
- Implementation and practice development issues
- Meaningful activity and recovery
- Engaging and working with carers
- Relapse prevention
Zielgruppe
All professional mental health workers, including nurses, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists
Trainee and practitioners in mental health practice working with people with serious mental health problems
Students on Thorn programmes and mental health practitioner courses involved with serious mental illness
Students taking courses in family therapy
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Contributors. Introduction. Section 1 - Promoting Understanding of the Manifestations of Serious Mental Illness. 1. Serious Mental Illness: A View from Within. 2. Inside Caring in Mental Health (Lyn Shore). 3. Social Inclusion (Rachel Perkins and Liz Sayce). 4. Stress Vulnerability Model of Serious Mental Illness (Geoff Brennan). 5. An Introduction to and Rationale for Psychosocial Interventions (Helen Healy, David Reader andKenny Midence). Section 2 - Engaging, Assessing and Formulating Care. 6. Building Relationships: Lessons to be Learnt (Catherine Gamble). 7. Severe Mental Illness: Symptoms, Signs and Diagnosis (Tom KJ Craig). 8. Assessments: a Rationalr for Choosing and Using (Catherine Gamble and Geoff Brennan). 9. Consolidating the Assessment Process (Catherine Gamble, Jayne Fox and Paddy Conroy). 10. Assessing Risk (Nigel Wellman). section 3 - Interventions. 11. Dealing with Voices and Strange Thoughts (Jem Mills). 12. Dealing with Blankness and Deadness (Jem Mills, Sue Kerr and sally Goldspink). 13. Working with Families and Informal Carers (Catherine Gamble and Geoff Brennan). 14. Co-existent Substance Use and Pschiatric Disorders (Jood Gibbins and Cheryl Kipping). 15. Working with People with Serious Metal Illness who are Angry (Paul Rogers and Andrew Vidgen). 16. Working with People with Serious Mental Illness at Risk of Offending (Paul Rogers and Andrew Vidgen). 17. Managing Medication (Jacqueline Sin and Cliff Roberts). 18. Cultural Issues (Avie Luthra and Dinesh Bhugra). Section 4 - Considerations for Effective Practice. 19. Ethical Considerations (Paula Morrison). 20. The Tip of the Iceberg (sharon Dennis). 21. Clinical support (Geoff Brennan and Catherine Gamble). Index.