Care of people with mental health conditions Books

Book SynopsisIt's time to reclaim our mental health!Trade Review‘An inquisitive and nuanced look at a topic that we talk so much about and yet still don’t really have much of a holistic grasp on’ -- ‘gal dem’‘A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health’ -- ‘Dazed’'Really brilliant...this is by far the best introduction to mad politics I've ever read.' -- Robert Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University'In these urgent times, activists are often seeking guidance on radical approaches to mental health. Mad World offers a welcome and refreshing guide to a progressive politics of mental health – an indispensable resource for activists today' -- Hel Spandler, Editor, 'Asylum: the radical mental health magazine''Wow! An honest, urgent and lovingly researched invitation to rethink our assumptions about madness. 'Mad World' is an invaluable toolkit, not just for dismantling oppressive health structures, but for building the systems of care we desperately need. This book is a gift and that gift is hope.' -- Aisha Mirza, founder of Misery mental health collective'An urgent introduction to a new radical politics of mental health which embraces the messy, unruly nature of our collective vulnerability and interdependence. Frazer-Carroll exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing. Mad World teaches us how to transform the ways we understand madness, illness, and disability to build a better world.' -- Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of 'Health Communism'‘Frazer-Carroll takes on the politics of mental health with accessibility, compassion and curiosity. She calls for critical, progressive thinking and radical change to systems that have been tools of oppression for far too long’ -- ‘Ms. Magazine’‘Frazer-Carroll takes aim at the individualisation of mental health, arguing for radical, political change’ -- ‘Huck’‘This incredibly thought-provoking debut shows the need for new, deeper, and more radical mental health conversations. This book doesn’t just think outside the box, it rips the box wide open' -- Rhys Thomas, Woo‘An accessible and in-depth tool for thinking radically and politically about mental health in the 21st century’ -- Adele Walton, journalist and Dazed book columnist‘An incredibly well-written and clear-thinking introduction to the issues at stake in the mad movement. It offers a contemporary and forward-thinking analysis of how mental well-being is both damaged and politicised in capitalist society’ -- ‘National Survivor User Network’Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Asylums 2. 'Knowing' Mental Health Today 3. Mental Health in a Maddening World 4. Why Work is Sickening 5. Disability / Possibility 6. Diagnosing Diagnosis 7. On Disavowal and Disorder 8. Art for Mental Health 9. Law and Disorder 10. Other Possibilities Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEssential reading for Best Interests Assessor students and practitioners, this fully-updated handbook gives practical advice on the legal aspects, values and practice elements of the role. It takes account of the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019 and the new context for practice in the Approved Mental Capacity Professional role.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Context for Practice 2. The BIA Role in Practice 3. The Multi-Professional BIA Role 4. Working with Others Part 2: Assessment, Challenges and Dilemmas 5. Making Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Decisions 6. Evidence-informed Practice 7. Ethical dilemmas in BIA practice 8. BIA Recording Part 3: Developing Good Practice 9. BIA Continuing Professional Development 10. BIA Futures

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Book SynopsisAre you looking to develop your expertise in child and adolescent mental health?This fully revised and updated new edition will help you to:1)understand the current social, policy and ideological context of child and adolescent mental health2) develop an understanding of child and adolescent development and mental health conditions3)identify appropriatemental health promotion strategies and mental health interventions4) assess appropriate group work and communication strategies5) improve knowledge and practice of children and adolescent safeguarding, rights and cultureWritten by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate and experienced experts, the book strikes the balance between introducing important and seminal theories and showing how these can be applied to real world practice. Packed with examples and activities to get you thinking and learning, it is an essential introduction for anyone interested in or working to improve child and adolescent mental health.

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Book SynopsisHearing voices, seeing visions and similar out-of-the-ordinary experiences have long intrigued and mystified humankind. The dominant scientific and medical understandings of these phenomena tend to problematise them. This ground-breaking book builds on the work of the Hearing Voices Movement and of the researchers Marius Romme and Sandra Escher in challenging this perception. The book is a collection of chapters by voice hearers, mental health professionals and researchers describing a myriad of therapeutic and creative approaches and strategies that people find helpful in relating to voices when they find them distressing. It is based on insights, understandings and knowledge derived from the first-hand experience of voice hearers and from mental health practice and research that show that the person's relationship with the voices and what the voices say are key to understanding and living with them; that voices are not in themselves a problem and can even be helpful; that there is a strong connection between voices and unwanted emotions; that life-long medication is not the inevitable and only treatment and, most importantly perhaps, that voice hearers can live well with their voices (even if it is sometimes hard work). The book is presented in three parts: Part one, 'Hearing our voices', includes voice hearers' perspectives as to what has helped them to recover from breakdown so that they are able to live full lives, including Hearing Voices Groups and peer support. Part two, 'Emerging social and therapeutic approaches to working with voices', explores different mainstream non-medical and psychotherapeutic approaches that help voice hearers to make sense of and live well with their voices. Part three, 'Creative approaches to working with voices', describes using creative arts, such as dance, drama and poetry, to help voice hearers relate to their voices in positive ways.Table of ContentsForeword - Marius Romme and Sandra Escher; Introduction - Isla Parker, Joachim Schnackenberg and Mark Hopfenbeck; Part one: Hearing our voices; 1. The Maastricht Approach: social and personal perspectives on hearing voices - Dirk Corstens; 2. Hearing voices: why the words we use matter - Akiko Hart; 3. Hearing voices groups - Peter Bullimore; 4. Facilitating hearing voices groups - Sasha Priddy and Charlotte Howard; 5. Painting has helped me to cope with my voices - Reshma Valliappan; 6. Voices: victim to victor - Ron Coleman; 7. The things they say - Aimee Wilson; 8. Journey to recovery - Clifford O'Connor; 9. Hearing voices in grief - Jacqueline Hayes; 10. Spirituality, religion and voices - Christopher C.H. Cook; 11. Voice hearing and cannabis: a harm-reduction approach - Rufus May and Kate Quinn; 12. Black voices and the deafness of whiteness - Colin King; Part two - Emerging social and therapeutic approaches to working with voices; 13. Voices, values and values-based practice: engaging with what matters in voice hearing - David Crepaz-Keay and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford; 14. An invitation to dialogue: what we can all learn from Open Dialogue and Hearing Voices Networks - Olga Runciman and Iseult Twamley; 15. Medication and voices: reflections from a relational perspective - Dirk Corstens and Joachim Schnackenberg; 16. Voice hearers at work - Caroline Moughton; 17. Navigating university as a voice hearer - Deborah Altman; 18. Experience focused counselling (Making sense of voices) - Joachim K. Schnackenberg, Oana-Mihaela Iusco and Senait Debesay; 19. Voice Dialogue - Ruth Lafferty and Rob Allison; 20. Experience focused counselling with children and young people who hear voices - Senait Debesay; 21. Understanding voices while living with dementia - David Storm and Ron Coleman; 22. How cognitive behaviour therapy can help people who are distressed by hearing voices - Mark Hayward; 23. Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy and distressing voices - Aaron Brinen; 24. AVATAR therapy: a digital therapy to help people with distressing voices - Mar Rus-Calafell and Tom Craig; 25. Relating therapy for voices: learning how to respond assertively in difficult relationships - Mark Hayward, Sheila Evenden and Angie Culham; 26. Meaning-making in voice hearing - Nicola Barclay, Guy Dodgson, and Anna Luce; 27. Responding to trauma dialogically: an introduction to peer-supported Open Dialogue - Mark Hopfenbeck; 29. A psychodynamic understanding of voice hearing - Christine Cox; 29. Compassion-focused therapy and the courage of compassionate relating to voices - Charles Heriot-Maitland; 30. Working with voices using the narrative genogram - Lykourgos Karatzaferis; 31. Mindfulness and hearing voices - Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer; Part three - Creative approaches to working with voices; 32. Creative ways to engage with voices - Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer; 33. Dramatherapy for people who hear voices - Louise Combes; 34. Dance movement psychotherapy and voice hearing: looking outward and inward - Mary Coaten; 35. Awesome metalcore therapy: using heavy metal music in therapeutic work with voices - Kate Quinn and Daniel Baines; 36. A safe space: sound therapy and hearing voices - Jane Ford; 37. How writing memoirs and poetry may help voice hearers - Isla Parker; 38. Music therapy in multi-disciplinary treatment - Stella Compton Dickinson; Conclusion - Isla Parker, Joachim Schnackenberg and Mark Hopfenbeck; Afterword - Gail A. Hornstein

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Book SynopsisWith a growing number of students entering college with an existing mental health diagnosis, College Mental Health 101 offers hope and clear direction to those struggling with mental illness. There is an undeniable mental health crisis on campuses these days. More students are anxious, depressed, drinking, and self-harming than ever before. The statistics are startling: 50% of mental health issues begin by age 14, 75% by age 24, while suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults. And yet even while more students are struggling, more students than ever are breaking through stigma, seeking help, and sharing openly in person and social media about their challenges. College Mental Health 101 offers more answers, relief, resources, and research backed information for families, students, and staff already at college or beginning the application process. With simple charts and facts, informal self-assessments, quick tips for students and those who support them, the book i

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable guide offering insight and support to carers of people with depressionLooking after a person with depression can often leave carers emotionally and physically exhausted. This short, straightforward and easily understandable guide offers valuable advice on how carers can:- better understand the nature of depression and how it affects both patient and carer- have a clearer understanding of the treatment options for the patient, including medication and therapy- lessen the impact of the illness on the carer''s life- find the help and support they need- maintain their own well-being whilst supporting the patient through to recovery and beyondAlthough aimed at the carer, this is a guide that is equally valuable to the patient themselves and to their wider family and friends in promoting a better understanding of the experience of depression.Trade ReviewTony Frais, who has been treated himself for severe depression, has written a book specifically aimed at the carers of people who have depression. He aims it to be a bridge between very short patient leaflet and long self-help books... The unique points are the sections on the impact on carers and the focus on carers looking after themselves... The narrative is interspersed with quotes from carers, giving a personalised aspect. - PulseWritten in a style and language that is informative and supportive... Tony Frais is very clear on the challenges carers of those with depression face and leads the reader through both patient and carer journeys...This guide is the right length, written in appropriate language and will be a great support for those who care. - National Institue for Health Research - Service Users in Research BulletinI wish I'd read this 20 years ago; having suffered myself with severe depression for many years and now being a carer of a someone with depression, it would have been so helpful to have a resource like this... I found the information in the guide interesting, useful and easy to follow. Because of Tony's experience, this booklet is well thought out and helps the reader to understand the steps involved for both carers and patient. - The Leeds Teaching Hospitals - Patient/Carer Community Newsletter

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable resource for clinicians, researchers and mental health practitioners who are interested in implementing a cost-effective and proven suicide prevention program, with the newly developed intervention 'Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program' (CLASP).Trade ReviewThis book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing the Coping Long-Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP) for clinicians.I finished reading this book with a sense that I had a comprehensive understanding of this program, when to apply it, and how. * Keri A. Frantell, The Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity *The CLASP: A Clinician's Guide to a Multi-Modal Intervention for Suicide Prevention is an essential resource for therapists. Driven by scientific research, the treatment model targets key factors for suicide prevention with practical, effective strategies. Beautifully written and filled with detailed examples, this outstanding manual provides crucial tools for clinical care with compassion and competence. Kathryn H. Gordon, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and Author of The Suicidal Thoughts WorkbookEvidence-based treatments are sorely needed as we aim for zero suicides. Developed through rigorous research, CLASP combines frequent caring contacts with targeted therapy to offer a unique treatment option for clinicians. It can be provided through a variety of platforms and is an ideal approach for today's healthcare settings. Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD, LMSW, Senior Scientist, Henry Ford Health SystemThis guide for clinicians presents a much-needed evidence-based brief intervention to prevent suicidal behavior. The guide is well-written and easy to follow using a plain language (non-jargony) step-by-step approach to conducting CLASP. The authors are an accomplished team of clinicians with many years of experience working with suicidal patients and their vast experience is in evidence throughout the guide. Barbara Stanley, PhD, Professor of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and Director, Suicide Prevention Training Implementation & Evaluation Center for Practice Innovations, New York State Psychiatric Institute

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Book SynopsisIn 1961, when Franco Basaglia arrived outside the grim walls of the Gorizia asylum, on the Italian border with Yugoslavia, it was a place of horror, a Bedlam for the mentally sick and excluded, redolent of Basaglia's own wartime experience inside a fascist gaol. Patients were frequently restrained for long periods, and therapy was largely a matter of electric and insulin shocks. The corridors stank, and for many of the interned the doors were locked for life. This was a concentration camp, not a hospital.Basaglia, the new Director, was expected to practise all the skills of oppression in which he had been schooled, but he would have none of this. The place had to be closed down by opening it up from the inside, bringing freedom and democracy to the patients, the nurses and the psychiatrists working in that 'total institution'.Inspired by the writings of authors such as Primo Levi, R. D. Laing, Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon, and the practices of experimental therapeutic communities in the UK, Basaglia's seminal work as a psychiatrist and campaigner in Gorizia, Parma and Trieste fed into and substantially contributed to the national and international movement of 1968. In 1978 a law was passed (the 'Basaglia law') which sanctioned the closure of the entire Italian asylum system.The first comprehensive study of this revolutionary approach to mental health care, The Man Who Closed the Asylums is a gripping account of one of the most influential movements in twentiethcentury psychiatry, which helped to transform the way we see mental illness. Basaglia's work saved countless people from a miserable existence, and his legacy persists, as an object lesson in the struggle against the brutality and ignorance that the establishment peddles to the public as common sense.Trade ReviewPeopled by a cast of extraordinary characters - patients, colleagues, friends and enemies - revolving around the charismatic and now legendary psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, John Foot's sympathetic account de-mythologises the reform by uncovering little-known precedents, distancing Basaglia from anti-psychiatry and situating his work within Italian radical politics of the late 1960s. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in psychiatric reform. -- Howard Caygill, author of On ResistanceThe anti-asylum movement in 1960s and '70s Italy forms one of the most fascinating episodes in western psychiatry. John Foot's richly documented and revealing study of this movement and its pioneer figure, the charismatic radical psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, adds immeasurably to our understanding of the troubled history of mental health care in modern times. -- Barbara Taylor, author of The Last AsylumA brilliant historical reconstruction of the work and ideas of one of the world's leading exponents of critical psychiatry. -- David Forgacs, author of Italy’s MarginsA portrait of imperfect people who had the passion and pragmatism to put an end to a brutal and broken system. -- Sarah Wise * Financial Times *In Italy, the literature on Basaglia tends towards either idealisation or demonisation-he's considered either a secular saint or a dangerous radical. John Foot gives a much more rounded, and fair, portrait of a complicated, committed man. -- Tobias Jones * Guardian *However strong the spirit of 1968, it will not eradicate the institutional impulse from human societies. -- Peter J. Leithart * First Things *An excellent book -- Melissa Reynolds * Frugal Creativity *Brings this diversity, richness and complexity to life in an exemplary fashion, illuminating all its different manifestations and contradictions... A triumph of committed scholarship -- Paul Gordon * TLS *An important work by John Foot . should put to rest the badly-informed, lazy narrative that still prevails to the effect that Franco Basaglia was an idealist - an 'anti-psychiatrist' - who, at a stroke, disempowered doctors to certify someone as insane with disastrous results. -- Adrian C. Laing * Amazon *John Foot stresses throughout his exemplary account [that] myth and reality aren't easily separated in Basaglia's story... Foot restores a critical distance that makes it possible to present Basaglia's achievements as part of a wider story. In Italy, it took more than one man to close the asylums. -- Mike Jay * London Review of Books *Table of Contentspart IGorizia, 1961-681 Gorizia: A Revolution at the Edge of Europe2 Anti-psychiatry, Critical Psychiatry, Movements and Working Utopias 3 Reading Gorizia: Sources and Narratives4 Basaglia and the British: A Missing Translation?5 Building the Team: The First Équipe in Gorizia, 1961-696 Manicomio = Lager: History and Politics of an Analogy7 Gorizia: The Therapeutic Community8 Il Picchio: The Voice of the Patients and the 'Archive of the Revolution'9 Anti-psychiatry, Italian Style10 One of the Wonders of the World: The General Meeting11 The Genesis of The Negated Institution12 Th e Negated Institution: The 'Bible' of 196813 Gorizia and 1968, Gorizia as 196814 The Incident15 I giardini di Abele and Morire di classe:Gorizia on Television and the Role of Photography16 The End of an Era: Basaglia Leaves Goriziapart IIBeyond Gorizia: The Long March17 Perugia: The 'Perfect' Example, 1965-7818 Parma: The Gas-Meter Reader and the Total Institution19 Reggio Emilia: Out into the Territory, 1969-7520 Gorizia: The Second Équipe, 1969-7221 Arezzo: The Gorizian Diaspora22 Trieste: The End of the Asylum, 1971-7923 The 180 Law: History, Myth and Reality

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Book SynopsisIt has never been more essential to support our mental health at work. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need to start talking about it. Penguin Business Expert James Routledge has worked with CEOs, HR directors, managers and people at all levels on successful mental-health strategies. In this book, he shares his stories, learnings and guidance. Learn how to:- Talk comfortably about mental health- Create a more open and inclusive community in your workplace- Implement unique changes that are authentic to you and your businessFilled with honest and relatable stories, ''conversation starters'' and exclusive case studies from a diverse range of businesses and their people, Mental Health at Work will support anyone with their mental health in the workplace journey.

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Book SynopsisPolly Williamson sustained a life-altering 'traumatic brain injury' in a dramatic incident with a young horse. This is her account of the damage to both her body and mind and the extraordinary challenge she faced to regain a sense of her identity so that she could return home to her children. Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal.

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Book SynopsisThis guide to statistics for busy mental health professionals describes and applies concepts without mathematics, and includes examples from standard clinical practice. Fully revised and updated in a new edition and covering observational bias, randomization, clinical trials, the overuse of p-values, understanding effect sizes, meta-analysis.Table of Contents1. Why data never speak for themselves; 2. Why you cannot believe your eyes; 3. Levels of evidence; 4. Bias; 5. Randomization; 6. Clinical trials: improving on clinical experience; 7. The p-value: uses and misuses; 8. Forget p-values: the importance of effect sizes; 9. Understanding placebo; 10. Understanding confidence intervals; 11. Observational studies; 12. The alchemy of meta-analysis; 13. Bayesian statistics: why your opinion counts; 14. Causation; 15. A philosophy of statistics; 16. Evidence-based medicine: defense and criticism; 17. Social and economic factors: peer review, funding, and the conventional wisdom; 18. The new canon of psychopharmacology (STAR*D, STEP-BD, CATIE): how clinical trials are misinterpreted; 19. False positive maintenance clinical trials in psychiatry; 20. How to analyze a study; Appendix. Understanding regression; Index.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to develop compassion for yourself and your familyHaving a baby can be a time of joy, but also one of anxiety and challenge. Although the period of time through pregnancy and infancy is relatively short, mothers have a sense of its importance and often work hard both mentally and physically to get it ''right''. This fascinating and practical self-help book will guide mothers-to-be and new mothers through the maze of parenting advice and confusing feelings that can arise.It explains how a brain state called ''the compassionate mind'' has developed through evolution to be a particularly powerful way of helping us to get through the challenges of life with confidence, strength and steadiness.Using this workbook you will learn: Powerful techniques for creating a sense of support, safeness and joy for you, your baby and your family in which you can all best flourish. How to understand and attune to the mind of your child to create a secure attachment. How to create the basis for a compassionate mind in your child so that they can navigate the challenges of life and make positive and healthy relationships.Filled with interactive exercises and practical skills, The New Motherhood Workbook will be a source of support through the perinatal period.THE COMPASSIONATE MIND APPROACH The self-help books in this series are based on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT, developed by series editor Paul Gilbert). This brings together an understanding of how our mind can cause us difficulties but also provides us with a powerful solution in the shape of mindfulness and compassion. It teaches ways to stimulate the part of the brain connected with kindness, warmth, compassion and safeness, and to calm the part that makes us feel, anxious, angry, sad or depressed.

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Book Synopsis‘Dazzlingly and daringly written’ Rachel Cooke, ObserverW-3 is a small psychiatric ward in a large university hospital, a world of pills and passes dispensed by an all-powerful staff, a world of veteran patients with grab-bags of tricks, a world of dishevelled, moment-to-moment existence on the edge of permanence.Bette Howland was one of those patients. In 1968, Howland was thirty-one, a single mother of two young sons, struggling to support her family on the part-time salary of a librarian; and labouring day and night at her typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, while staying at her friend Saul Bellow’s apartment, she swallowed a bottle of pills.W-3 is a vivid – and often surprisingly funny – portrait of the extraordinary community of Ward 3 and a record of a defining moment in a writer’s life. The book itself would be her salvation: she wrote herself out of the grave.Originally published in 1974 and rediscovered forty years later, this is the first edition of W-3 to be published in the UK. With an original introduction by Yiyun Li, author of Where Reasons End.‘W-3 is one hell of a debut’ Lucy Scholes, Paris Review‘Howland is finally getting the recognition that she deserves’ Sarah Hughes, iNewsTrade ReviewThe voice is cool and the gaze is clear . . . a startlingly frank account of mental illness, and the contradictions and humiliations of life as a patient . . . akin to a fly-on-the-wall documentary. -- Martha Gill * The Times *A writer of terrifying power, who sees and hears everything . . . Not only is this a sane memoir of madness but it may well be the sanest, most mordant take on the subject I have ever read. -- Frances Wilson * Daily Telegraph *Her memoir, clear-eyed, with an anthropological, sociological distance, is a brilliant attempt to document life on the ward with clinical detachment . . . a wonder. Her prose is direct, unadorned, under-stated. -- Arnold Thomas Fanning * Irish Times *At moments dazzlingly and daringly written . . . Its author captures quite brilliantly the comical competitiveness of her fellow patients – who’s the maddest here? they ask, each one hoping to claim victory . . . and she is excellent, too, at delineating what we might call the secret life of the institution. The patients exist for the hospital’s sake, rather than the other way around. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *A devastating memoir . . . Reading it now, what stands out is how bracingly modern it feels – Howland’s sharp portraits of her fellow patients, the unsparing eye she turns on herself, her refusal to look away from daily humiliations . . . Howland is finally getting the recognition that she deserves. -- Sarah Hughes * iNews *There’s no more interesting tale of neglect and rediscovery than that of Bette Howland . . . W-3 is one hell of a debut . . . It offers us a portal to a particular time and place, yet the compassion and truthfulness that underlies the writing renders it timeless, as urgent a read now as when it was first written nearly half a century ago. -- Lucy Scholes * Paris Review *A cool, brief memoir of her stay on a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt in the early 1970s. -- Daily Telegraph Best Biographies of the YearFull of calibrated grace, and startlingly unmediated . . . [W-3] is remarkably perceptive and wise -- Katy Waldman * New Yorker *A story about her neighbor’s heart, not her own—an anthology of the lives she encounters in the ward known as W-3. [Howland tells] the story of a collective with blunt clarity, and sidestepping the genre’s potential for sentimentality or sensationalism. She brings the particularities of the world to life -- Parul Sehgal * New York Times *I was much moved by W-3. It is admirably straight and thoughtful, tough-minded but full of powerful feeling. The patients of W-3, black and white, men and women, dizzy, endearing, suicidal, doomed, come to us from these pages not as case studies but as our own brothers and sisters. No poses are struck and no vain gestures made in this brave and honorable book. Bette Howland is a real writer. -- Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize winning author of Seize the DayIn an earlier book, W-3, the moving and heroically funny account of Miss Howland's stay in the psychiatric ward of a university hospital after she had swallowed a fistful of sleeping pills, her tough and resilient personality brought a remarkably clearheaded way of seeing and knowing to that chaotic refuge of the dispossessed. * The New York Times *Bette Howland is at her best when her keenly observing eye is turned outward. Watching, always watching, she misses nothing, grasps everything, and puts it all together with an originality and cogency that are rare and memorable . . . she writes as if she were a participant-observer, a novelist-anthropologist in a strange, often perplexing new place. -- Johanna Kaplan * Commentary *W-3 is a portrayal of mental illness like none other. More claustrophobic than Girl, Interrupted and more frightening than The Bell Jar, Howland’s memoir maps the world of a 1970s psychiatric ward with an unflinching eye. -- Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected SchizophreniasHowland tracks our madnesses and oddnesses . . . Her work lies in a borderland between sociology and poetry -- Abigail Deutsch * Harper’s Magazine *[Her] sentences continue to beat with a stylish percussion and a glowing heart -- Donna Rifkind * Wall Street Journal *Howland’s powers of observation are like military-grade weapons. * University of Chicago Magazine *In W-3, Bette Howland continues to help us re-imagine the depth and breadth of humanity that a single book can contain, not only in her willingness to portray the vicissitudes of her own experience, but to observe, to empathize, to listen to and take such care with the individuals she encounters along the way. -- Lynn Steger Strong, author of WantAmong the many chronicles of depression and psych wards, Howland’s is uniquely arresting in its omniscient attention, radiant artistry, zealously pursued insights, and abiding respect for those who share her struggle. -- Donna SeamanBette Howland wrote a book I thought was impossible to write. -- Yiyun LiA master of silences, of the unsaid, of what cannot be addressed -- Jenessa Abrams * Guernica *With its incisive humor and unsparing descriptions, W-3 refuses a tidy resolution, instead showing how all the 'clumsy, good intentions' in the world can't always provide a cure for the horror and tedium of losing one's mind. * Minneapolis Star Tribune *A gallery of marvelously, devastatingly precise miniatures of Howland’s fellow inmates. Howland’s eye for detail is unfailingly sharp. She has the cartoonist’s knack of seizing and drawing out a person’s specific mannerisms and fixations, but what results is never caricature; rather, her depiction of the patients of W-3 is sensitive and sympathetic but powerfully unsentimental. -- Sarah Chihaya * Bookforum *Whether you call it fiction or memoir, essay or reportage, Howland’s work manages to feel both rooted in its twentieth century milieu and absolutely at home among today’s genre-agnostic writing. -- Laurie Muchnick * Kirkus *No pride or showing-off here; the craft lies in restraint, in what T. S. Eliot calls “a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality” . . . Howland’s writerly carpentry—measure twice, cut once—is exquisite. -- Anthony Domestico * Commonweal *Howland's thwarted career is our loss: at her best she is very good. -- Tessa Hadley * LRB *Throughout the book, we rub shoulders with the chatty and the speechless, the erratic and the withdrawn; those sedated by the system and those at the doors begging to be let out . . . Bette Howland’s work will, and should be, read and rediscovered time and time again. * Reaction *

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Book SynopsisSome individuals with intellectual disabilities experience pervasive patterns of feeling and thinking that affect the way in which they relate to others and understand themselves – sometimes so overwhelmingly that they find it difficult to navigate the daily challenges of life. These people can be very complex to support and few learning disability-trained staff have the skills to address their needs. This new and revised edition includes updated content to reflect developments over the last decade towards trauma-informed care, the neurodiversity movement and considering the term ‘personality disorder’. Section one will focus on diagnosis, psychologically-informed approaches, how to provide positive support and facilitate collaborative working relationships between teams and services. Section two will provide practical, proven strategies for addressing specific issues such as suicidal behaviour, emotional distress and regulating impulses, and for promoting wellbeing for staff and those they care for.Table of ContentsForeword by Dr Karen Dodd 1: What is meant by the term ‘PD’ and how to provide positive support 1. How can ‘PD’ be understood in relation to individuals with ID 2. Understanding the development of patterns of relating and behaving that can lead to a diagnosis of ‘PD’ 3. Intervention: an integrated approach 4. Formulation: collaboratively creating a shared understanding 5. Building good working relationships and facilitating engagement 6. Services: right place at the right time 7. Building collaborative working relationships within / between teams 2: The ‘support and intervention toolbox’ 8. Helping everyone survive crises 9. Suicidal behaviour and self harm/injury 10. Applying positive behavioural support 11. Emotional distress 12. Building supportive relationships 13. Regulating impulses 14. Unhelpful core beliefs and patterns of thinking 15. Building a positive sense of self

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Book SynopsisThe application of systemic ideas and principles in working with people with intellectual disabilities, their families and their service systems, has grown over the last decade in the UK. This book, for the first time, brings together the writings of a group of practitioners who have been using this approach in their clinical practice. It is hoped it will inspire others to try out different ways of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their wider systems, so that they can have the choice of a wide range of therapeutic approaches. It is also hoped that systemic practitioners who are unfamiliar with this client group might give consideration to extend their practice to also work with people with intellectual disabilities.Trade Review'This book feels like a big step toward solidarity. It is freeing that the book carefully turns our usual descriptions of 'them' to describing and including 'us'. Yes, this is a book of inclusion and it holds the ambition that all those who have not had speaking voices and therefore not been heard, now shall be given that possibility.' - Tom Andersen, Tromso, Norway

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Book SynopsisThis book presents accounts of the practice of the person-centred approach (PCA) with people suffering from a range of severe and enduring conditions. Comprehensively refuting the notion that person-centred therapy is suitable only for the 'worried well', it backs up contemporary practice with appropriate theory. For students, academic and professional audiences. Contributions include: Person-centred therapy with post-traumatic stress (Stephen Joseph and David Murphy); Tenuous contact - Person-centred therapy with adolescent process (Peter Pearce and Ros Sewell); Pre-Therapy with psychotic clients (Dion van Werde); Refutation of myths of inappropriateness of person-centered therapy at the difficult edge (Lisbeth Sommerbeck); Difficult processes (Margaret Warner) and several other chapters from leading theorists and practitioners.Trade ReviewIntelligent, skilled, inspiring therapists offer chapters that teach us not only how to be therapists working with those at the 'difficult edge' but how to be better therapists with all our clients. This book gives us deep understanding of often misunderstood clients and the therapist's inner dialogue in connecting with them. Charles O'Leary, author of The Practice of Person-Centred Couple and Family Therapy;This book identifies the challenges of contact with certain client groups and particular 'difficult edges'. Throughout, the contributors hold the notion of empathy as a guiding light; both explicitly and implicitly documenting the profound impact of understanding and acceptance on others and self. Sheila Haugh, Associate Lecturer, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Czech Republic; Lecturer, Metanoia Institute, London, UK;... I feel this book has much to offer both the experienced person-centred practitioner, the student exploring a wider application of person-centred therapy, as well as practitioners from other modalities wishing to find out more... I strongly recommend you read it ofr yourself in its entirely! Reviewed in BAPCA's Person-Centred Quarterly, November 2014 by Claire Thomas;This is for me a joyful book, in that it recognisis and celebrates the effectiveness of person-centred practice in areas that may traditionally have been the preserve of psychiatry, or focused on stabilisation and support rather than the facilitation of growth. Mike Gallant, Senior Teaching Fellow (Counselling & Psychotherapy), Warwick University. Reviewed in Therapy Today, December 2014Table of ContentsPart 1: Practice1 Understanding posttraumatic stress and facilitating posttraumatic growth David Murphy and Stephen Joseph2 Person-centred therapy with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse Jan Hawkins3 Person-centred therapy with people with learning disabilities: Happy people wear hats Jan Hawkins4 'Tenuous contact': New theory about adolescent process Peter Pearce and Ros Sewell 5 Pre-Therapy at its edges: From palliative care to exercising newly recoveredcontact functioning Dion Van Werde 6 Combining person-centred therapy and Pre-Therapy with clients at the difficult edge Lisbeth Sommerbeck 7 A person-centred approach to counselling clients with autistic process Anja Rutten 8 Person-centred therapy for people with dementia Danuta Lipinska 9 Pre-Therapy and dementia - the opportunity to put Person-Centred theory into everyday practice Penny Dodds, Pamela Bruce-Hay and Sally Stapleton Part 2: Conceptualisations that support practice 10 Client processes at the difficult edge Margaret Warner 11 The relation between intersubjectivity, imitation, mirror neurons, empathy and Pre-Therapy Hans Peters 12 Refutation of myths of inappropriateness of person-centred therapy at the difficult edge Lisbeth SommerbeckPart 3: Research that supports practice 14 An investigation of the effectiveness of person-centred therapy for 'psychotic' processes in adult clients Wendy Traynor 15 Pre-Therapy process and outcome: A review of research instruments and findings Mathias Dekeyser, Garry Prouty and Robert Elliott

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Book SynopsisEach woman's account holds up a mirror to society's discomfort with mental illness-questioning biases, unlearning stereotypes and naming invisible strengths that often go unnamed. Collectively, they create a tapestry of vulnerability and resilience, inspiring others to walk the path of pain to purpose.

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Book SynopsisAn impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left’s most important thinkers on healthTrade Review'A powerful and impassioned defence of psychiatry, urging the Left to confront the harsh realities of mental illness' -- William Davies, author of 'The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being''One of the most prolific, versatile and scholarly of this country’s socialist writers' -- 'The Times''A unique voice, politically committed but always balanced, urgent but always laced with humour' -- 'New Statesman'Table of ContentsIntroduction to the New Edition About the Author Acknowledgements Part One: Anti-Psychiatry 1. Anti-Psychiatry, Illness and the Mentally Ill 2. Psycho-Medical Dualism: The Case of Erving Goffman 3. R.D. Laing: The Radical Trip 4. R.D. Laing: The Return to Psychiatry 5. Michel Foucault: The Anti-History of Psychiatry 6. Psychiatry and Politics in Thomas Szasz Part Two: Psychiatry and Liberation 7. Mental Health Movements and Issues: A Survey and Prospect References Index

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Book Synopsis'Bedlam!' The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William Hogarth, who, in plate eight of his 1735 Rake's Progress series, depicts the anti-hero in Bedlam, the latest addition to a freak show providing entertainment for Londoners between trips to the Tower Zoo, puppet shows and public executions. That this is still the most powerful image of Bedlam, over two centuries later, says much about our attitude to mental illness, although the Bedlam of the popular imagination is long gone. The hospital was relocated to the suburbs of Kent in 1930, and Sydney Smirke's impressive Victorian building in Southwark took on a new role as the Imperial War Museum. Following the historical narrative structure of her acclaimed Necropolis, BEDLAM examines the capital's treatment of the insane over the centuries, from the founding of Bethlehem Hospital in 1247 through the heyday of the great Victorian asylums to the more enlightened attitudes that prevail today.

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Book SynopsisPeople with serious mental illness (e.g., SMI; schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) die at a much younger age than people in the general population largely due to preventable medical conditions, like cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Because of our collective failure to act, this mortality gap has persisted for decades and continues to worsen despite advances in the access and quality of medical care for the general population. This book looks at decades of research on people with severe mental illness (SMI) and asks two questions: Why do people with SMI die at an earlier age than those in the general population without these disorders? And, what can be done to address these deadly health inequities? Readers will come away with a better understanding of the factors that shape the physical health of people with SMI and an awareness of the interventions, programs, and policies aimed at improving the health of this underserved population. The book goes beyond the data and the numbTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Personal Note Chapter One: "I'm sick from head to toe" Chapter 2: Cycles of Unhealthy Behaviors in Unhealthy Environments Chapter 3: "It Cures You in One Way and It Damages You in Another" Chapter 4: "They Do Not Get The Care That They Need" Chapter 5: Engaging in Healthy Lifestyles Chapter 6: From Fragmentation to Integrated Care Chapter 7: Smoking: The Elephant in the Room Chapter 8: Flattening the Mortality Curve: A Call to Action References Index

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Book SynopsisFull of evidence-based, easy to understand information about CHD, Healing Hearts and Minds offers strategies for learning to thrive despite living with this condition, but most importantly it will offer hope and connection. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most commonly diagnosed birth abnormality in the US. With great advances in surgery and medicine, however, survival rates have improved by 75% since the 1940s. Welcome news, of course, as only a few decades ago these birth defects were considered a death sentence, but as with any chronic condition, survival does not mean the issue is cured. With better medical care, babies born today with CHD have a good chance of surviving, but throughout their entire lives they can face surgeries, invasive treatments, lifelong monitoring, frequent medical check-ups, and significant limitations on physical activity, in addition to poor public awareness which can have an impact on social inclusion and understanding. Much attention has rightly beTrade Reviewgives much needed attention to the emotional experience of living with CHD, providing every reader with compassion, tools, resources, and hope. * Karla Deal, Adult Congenital Heart Association *Tracy Livecchi and Liza Morton share a story of courage and hope for those who are living with a congenital heart condition. The authors through their own experiences give voice to the CHC community. They relate their own heroic experiences as they sought an understanding of how their diagnosis influenced their ability to live a full life. We learn from their pioneering journey of self-exploration that, even with limited information from the medical community, they sought to understand their feelings and even metabolic resources. The story is optimistic as we learn that with appropriate medical care and a supportive community, individuals with CHC can live full lives, successfully have families, and navigate being a successful professional. * Professor Stephen Porges, Distinguished University Scientist, Indiana University and Founding Director, Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Kinsey Institute *This is the book for which we've all been waiting. With warmth, respect, and compassion from two highly regarded authors with lived experiences as well as professional training and expertise, Morton and Livecchi offer an incredible how-to guide for adults everywhere coping with congenital heart conditions. I highly recommend this book for everyone in the congenital heart community-patients, families, and health care professionals. * Dr. Adrienne Kovacs, Clinical and Health Psychologist, Equilibria Psychological Health, Toronto, Canada *Tracy Livecchi and Dr. Liza Morton have harnessed their individualized training and experiences both as mental health professionals as well as adults living with congenital heart conditions (CHCs) to create a first-of-its-kind, easily readable, focused, informative, and entertaining primer and guide to awareness of, and release from, the global suffering that commonly occurs in the setting of a lifelong medical condition. We are grateful to Liza and Tracy for their wisdom in calling this out loud, filling a void for the benefit of our patients, their families, and for our colleagues. * Founding Director Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) and Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Laurence J. Sloss, MD Chair in Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Dorothy Pearson, Vice President Global Alliance of Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts, and Former Senior Physician's Assistant, Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center (BACH) *This carefully written and touching book takes a novel approach to CHCs. Written for a lay perspective, underpinned by psychotherapy expertise, the reader is guided through their own journey to explore emotional and mental health. The positive effects of storytelling on mental health are recognized and this approach is excellently weaved throughout the book using the authors' own stories and those of other adults with CHC, families and professionals. Whilst aimed predominantly at supporting those living with CHC and their families/friends, it provides insight and recommendations that all CHC healthcare professionals should be encouraged to read. I loved reading it and will be referring to it again and again. * Dr. Kerry Gaskin, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Worcester and Chairperson of the Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association (CCNA), United Kingdom *Written with kindness and a sense of community this book offers gentle encouragement for people living with CHCs validating their experience in a world, and body, which may have presented many challenges. The background details how medical advances have increased survival for people with CHC. The authors explain, with great care, the personal and societal challenges of life as 'pioneering patients'. Their expert knowledge is evident, in their lived experience and psychological expertise. They explain the psychological impacts and evidence based coping mechanisms. Diversity of experience is thoughtfully weaved throughout. This book will be an important resource for people living with CHC, their families or anyone working in the healthcare system wanting to take a more psychologically informed approach to care. * Kylie Barclay, Health Policy Professional, United Kingdom *A beautifully crafted journey through stories of adversity, medical procedures and cardiac events framed by stories of love, perseverance and hope. The authors draw on their lived experience of living well with a congenital heart condition and mental health training to discuss the psychological impact of growing up with a lifelong condition. It has important insights and evidence-based strategies for people living with a CHC and those who support them. As we become more aware of the need for psychologically informed care and how a child's experiences of medical care shape life, this book is a must read for those interested in a more trauma informed approach. 'Healing Hearts and Minds' is a wonderful achievement * Professor Lucy Bray, Professor of Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University and lead ISupport Collaboration *Informative and thought-provoking. 'Patient voice' and 'lived experience' are buzzwords we often hear, yet this can be a tick-box exercise. This book gently but firmly challenges the simple notion people are 'fixed' when they leave hospital. This is not to deny the incredible developments in medical science rather, it's an acknowledgment that we need to support the whole person lifelong. Liza and Tracy have given voice to their experiences and, in doing so, will help to give voice to many others. Their writing offers a priceless combination of truly lived experience and professional expertise, representing a textbook for us all. For those affected by CHCs, clinicians and policymakers committed to providing truly holistic care. * Dr. James Cant, CEO, Resuscitation Council, United Kingdom *Liza and Tracy have produced a toolkit for people living with a CHC, their loved ones and health professionals. Their insights gained through lived experience and professional roles have allowed them to develop a book with a unique perspective. As a healthcare professional this helped me consider how I can better support and meet the needs of people with a CHC, taking a truly holistic approach to their care. Thanks to the authors for their dedication in providing the first toolkit to support the mental health of others with a CHC, for showing them a path already traveled and how to navigate it. I encourage HCPs involved in the care of people with CHC to read this book to support their development. * Maggie Simpson, ACHD Specialist Nurse, Chair British Adult Congenital Cardiac Nursing Association (BCCNA) & Scottish Heart Failure Nurse Forum (SHFNF) *This book is a unique contribution to the world of congenital heart conditions (CHC)-serving both patients and families as well as the clinical care team. Tracy Livecchi and Dr. Liza Morton take the reader on a journey to explore psychological challenges, hopes, and disappointments into the new "normalcy" of CHC patients. The book is motivating, inspiring, and helpful. For congenital heart condition patients and providers this book is a must. * Dr. Dan G. Halpern, MD, Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health *As an adult patient with a congenital heart condition (CHC), I have read many books on the topic. This book, however, provided insights and help beyond so many of the others because both of the authors have CHCs and have personally faced the same challenges that I have. I knew they 'got me.' The unique combination of being patients and healthcare professionals provides the authenticity, credibility, and help that simply cannot be achieved in any other way. What I found most beneficial (and healing) about this book is that the authors recognize the differences between adults who were born in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and today—and that these differences can be addressed. The authors' insights and desire (and ability) to help clearly come from the heart. Thank you! * Rick Puder, CHC lived experience and advocate, United States *This book is a wonderful resource that is greatly needed in the CHC patient and family community. I know it would have helped me at a time in my adult life when I had one medical crisis on top of another. At that time, I reached out for therapy but could not find a therapist who 'got' me. I felt so alone and unheard. * Paula Miller, Senior Education Manager, ACHD (Adult Congenital Heart Association), United States *Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a physical condition where the heart has developed abnormalities prior to birth. The amazing success in survival is due to the medical advances in making corrections or adjustments to the physical condition. Particularly in adults, while there are physical symptoms, the effect on their lives tends to be much greater from psychological symptoms. These psychological symptoms are very dependent on the individual, what their lives consist of, and how they can cope with them. The future advances in how to live as full and meaningful life as possible, will be the management of coping well and this book fills a significant gap by offering extensive support, strategies, and techniques to this end. * Michael Cumper, President of Somerville Heart Foundation, United Kingdom / CHC Lived Experience *A psychologically illuminating book focused on congenital heart conditions, life-extending recent advances in medicine and surgery, and the associated health and psychological experiences faced by many. The authors write with an uplifting and inspiring sense of courage, optimism, love, and sensitivity, sharing a rich treasure trove of professional psychological knowledge and lived experience. A wonderful, much needed specialist psychology resource to support health and well-being for the congenital heart family around the world. * Dr. Anne-Marie Doyle BSc MSc MA DClinPy Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Adult Congenital Heart Service, Royal Brompton Hospital, London *A book full of compassion and hard-won insight, wisdom, and practical strategies for healing, I sincerely hope this book becomes the classic it deserves to be. While it may focus on CHC, there are many other planets of chronic disease that could readily be brought into its orbits of enlightened understanding and gifts of tender self-care. * Brian Dolan OBE, FFNMRCSI, FRSA, RMN, RGN, Founder of #endpjparalysis global movement, Director, Health Service 360, Honorary Professor of Leadership in Healthcare, University of Salford *I guess it took two women who were born with CHCs and who went into the mental health field for us to finally get a book discussing issues affecting CHC families in a gestalt manner. Now we can move beyond mere survival to having all members of the CHC community living our best lives. This book addresses these issues and gives coping strategies that are helpful not only for the patients but also for the family members. Thank you for validating the feelings I've been having for over two decades! I loved the quotes from members of the CHC community and the case studies. It made the book more digestible and relatable. * Anna Jaworski, Owner and founder, Baby Hearts Press, Host, Heart to Heart with Anna, CEO of Hearts Unite The Globe, Parent of a son with CHC *Tracy Livecchi and Dr Morton have created an essential road map to guide congenital heart survivors as they negotiate the life-long challenges of their condition. Compassionate, and wise, it offers the kind of advice that is deeply informed by their own CHD journey, as well as by their many years caring for the mental health needs of their community. Most impressive is their focus on wellness, which they argue can be achieved even in the face of severe health challenges. The authors offer concrete steps that every patient can take to embrace their lives with their own unique heart. * Amy Verstappen, President, Global Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts, CHC lived experience *The complexities of mental health issues among patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are unlike any other. Tracy and Liza are not only well-respected therapists in our community, but as CHD patients, they have thoughtfully conveyed our challenges first-hand. This comprehensive resource for patients, their loved ones, and medical providers is a very informative read! * Lena Morsch, Founder of Zipper Sisters: Women with Congenital Heart Disease, CHC Lived Experience, United States *Table of ContentsForeword Preface: Our Hope and Mission Chapter 1: A Brief Medical History Chapter 2: The Possible Impact of Having a Congenital Heart Condition Chapter 3: Understanding the Body's Alarm System, Anxiety and Trauma Chapter 4: Weathering the Storm; Low Mood, Shame and Anger Chapter 5: Self-care & Stress Management Toolkit Chapter 6: Managing Uncomfortable Feelings Chapter 7: Managing Unhelpful Thoughts and Behaviors Chapter 8: Maintaining Important Relationships Chapter 9: Coping with Medical Procedures, Events and Symptoms Chapter 10: Taking the Wheel Chapter 11: The Gifts of CHCs Chapter 12: Supporting People with a CHC Afterword Useful Organizations and Resources

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Book SynopsisComplete with a foreword by the late Terry Bogg, this handy pocketbook provides accessible guidance to health and social care practitioners on the day-to-day aspects of using and applying the Mental Capacity Act. This includes practical advice, explored with practice examples, on how to set up and undertake an assessment and how to make and implement informed decisionsâquickly. The busy mental capacity practitioner, whether an AMHP, social worker, nurse or from other health professions who encounter vulnerable service users, will find this guide invaluable for efficiently locating the information they need to complete an assessment, supported with a working knowledge of the law.â Practice information, reflecting revised advice on the Mental Capacity Act and practice changes since Cheshire Westâ Guidance on undertaking assessments with the updated Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards anTable of ContentsPart 1: Mental Capacity and Best Interests 1. Setting the Scene 2. How do you know if someone cannot make a decision?3. What does ‘best interests’ mean?4. Supported and Substitute Decision Making 5. Mental Capacity Decisions in Specific CircumstancesPart 2: Deprivation of Liberty 6. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person 7. So, you think you need a DoLS?8. The Best Interests Assessmen9. Deprivation of Liberty in Specific CircumstancesPart 3: Tools and Checklists for Individuals and Organisations

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the Behavioral Healthcare Crisis is a necessary book, edited and contributed to by a great variety of authors from academia, government, and industry. The book takes a bold look at what reforms are needed in healthcare and provides specific recommendations. Some of the serious concerns about the healthcare system that Cummings, O'Donohue, and their contributors address include access problems, safety problems, costs problems, the uninsured, and problems with efficacy. When students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers finish reading this book they will have not just a greater idea of what problems still exist in healthcare, but, more importantly, a clearer idea of how to tackle them and provide much-needed reform.Trade Review“This book is a ‘must read’ for policymakers, administrators, clinicians, or citizens wanting a guide to our healthcare system—which is currently neither healthy, caring, nor a system! Experts discuss a variety of issues such as financial incentives, information management and uses of the Internet, and special issues pertaining to diverse populations. The editors are to be thanked for this practical and most timely volume.” - Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, Author, Brief Therapy and Managed Care, Some Stories are Better than Others, and Brief Psychotherapies: Principles and Practice“The brief history of mental health care delivery in America is a story of challenge and change. Nick Cummings, who has long anticipated and responded to healthcare issues in ways that benefit consumers and providers, and William O’Donohue chart yet another course to guide us through these turbulent times.” - David B. Baker, Margaret Clark Morgan Director, Center for the History of Psychology; Professor of Psychology, The University of Akron, USA“Drs. Cummings and O’Donohue provide a comprehensive coverage of the issues facing a broken behavioral healthcare system today. In their intelligent and insightful book, they offer hope and sensible suggestions about how to fix what is not working. Heed the authors’ advice, and we’ll be on our way to solving many problems in our current healthcare system.” - Carol Austad, Clinical Psychologist; Professor of Psychology and Co-coordinator, Biofeedback Center, Central Connecticut State University, USATable of ContentsCummings, O'Donohue, Where We Are, How We Got There, and Where We Need to Go: The Promise of Integrated Healthcare. Cummings, Our 50-minute Hour in the Nanosecond Era: The Need for a Third "E" in Behavioral Healthcare: Efficiency. Cummings, O'Donohue, Cummings, The Financial Dimension of Integrated Behavioral/Primary Care. Levin, Hanson, Mental Health Informatics. Papa, Draper, E-health and Telehealth. Sammons, Can Prescribing Psychologists Assist in Providing More Cost-effective, Quality Mental Health Care? Widiger, Diagnostic System Innovations. Klonsky, Evidence-based Treatment. O'Donohue, Ammirati, Lilienfeld, The Quality Improvement Agenda in Behavioral Health Reform. Freeman, The Behavioral Health Medical Home. O'Donnell, Reforms in Professional Education. Cummings, Cummings, Pay for Performance and Other Innovations in Reimbursement for Behavioral Care Services. Garrison-Diehm, Rummel, Catlin, Fisher, Trends in Behavioral Health Care for an Aging America. Caccavale, Failure to Serve: The Use of Medications as a First-line Treatment and Misuse in Behavioral Interventions. Bray, Reforms in Treating Children and Families. Benuto, Leany, Reforms for Ethnic Minorities and Women. Oss, Wellness and Prevention: Key Elements in the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Service Delivery System. Chaffee, Reforms in Veteran and Military Behavioral Health. Thomas, Biofeedback.

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Book SynopsisA psychiatrist's travels through the history of mental illness Who is mad'? Who is not? And who decides?In this fascinating new exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines madness' in history and how we have responded to it over the centuries.We travel from the psychiatric institutions of India to Victorian scientific studies of the brain. Covering institutionalisation, lobotomy and the Nazis' Aktion T4', as well as Freud, psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and neuroscience, Professor Kelly examines the shift from psychobabble' to neurobabble' in recent times.In Search of Madness is an all-encompassing history of one of the most basic fears to haunt the human psyche, and it concludes with a passionate manifesto for change: four proposals to make mental health services more effective, accessible and just.

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Book Synopsis'A Victorian Tragedy', for the first time, describes how the landmark court case of Banks v Goodfellow (1870) came about, what happened to the protagonists and how an enlightened judgment provided a practical definition of testamentary capacity that has since been used throughout the common law world law.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One - Who was John Banks the Elder? Chapter Two - John Banks the Elder: His Life, Illness and Death Chapter Three - The Wills of John Banks the Elder Chapter Four - Margaret Banks Goodfellow: The Niece and Beneficiary of the Last Will Chapter Five - The Trials of the Will Chapter Six - John Banks the Younger: The Claimant Chapter Seven - Edward Barron Goodfellow: The Defendant Chapter Eight - The Questions that still Remain Appendix I -Information Appendix II - Biographical Sketches of the Judges and Principal Barristers Appendix III -The Judgment in Queen’s Bench Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisRich narrative providing a new perspective on Medieval history for a general audience.

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Book SynopsisThe book was inspired by the author's discovery that her great-uncle, a traumatised ex-soldier, committed a shocking murder in 1922. Suzie has examined the wider social history behind her great uncle's story and those of many others like him.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylums have changed and developed over the last century.

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Book SynopsisThis timely analysis sets out the full impacts of policy reform, austerity and marketisation on our country's mental health services. Rooted in the experiences of service users and providers, it provides valuable perspectives on our evolving practical and organisational responses to mental distress.Trade Review“This excellent volume is an important theoretically informed contribution that exposes the gap between the progressive narrative of community care, based on the recognition of individual rights as citizens and the current bureaucratic models of service provision.” Critical Social Policy“This book provides an important contribution to the debate about what mental health services should look like, who should provide them and how, and it should be required reading for those engaged in those debates in both academic and practice spheres.” Sociology of Health & Illness“This important book is a must read for mental health nurses and other practitioners who feel immense strain in their everyday work but can struggle to make meaningful sense of their predicament and, hence, identify what to do for the best.” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing“Moth’s work serves as a timely reminder that distress, disorientation and difficulties in living occur in a socio-political context. He is a worthy inheritor of the critical, politically aware tradition which flourishes within the UK.” Journal of Mental HealthTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Socio-Historical Contexts of Policy and Practice Chapter 1: Policy Responses to Mental Distress: From the Asylum to Neoliberal Services Part 2: Lived Experiences of Neoliberal Reform Chapter 2: The Transition from Relational to Informational Practice Chapter 3: Time, Trust and Relational Practice Chapter 4: Risk and Responsibilisation Chapter 5: Defining Mental Distress Chapter 6: Punitive Managerialism Under Austerity Chapter 7: Shifting Contours of Managerial Control Part 3: Theorising Knowledge and Practice Chapter 8: Temporality and Situational Logics in the Labour Process Chapter 9: Biomedical Residualism and its Discontents Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWith 1 in 4 people experiencing a mental health problem in any given year, mental health is a more important part of social work training than ever before, and all successful social workers need to understand the core values, skills and knowledge that underpin excellent practice in a modern mental health system. Written as an accessible introduction to the complex issues around mental health, this book has become a classic in its field. Law and policy are clearly outlined while the authors give space to important ethical considerations when working with the most vulnerable in society. There are clear links between policy, legislation and real life practice as well as a wealth of learning features.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Values and Ethical Mental Health Social Work Chapter 2: Social Work Practice and Mental Health Chapter 3: The Policy and Legal Context for Practice: Part 1: History and the Mental Health Legislation Chapter 4: The Policy and Legal Context for Practice: Part 2: Mental Health Tribunals: Mental Capacity Chapter 5: Working with Vulnerable People: Mental Health in Children, Adolescents and Young People Chapter 6: Working with Vulnerable People: Adults Who Are Short-Term Service Users Chapter 7: Working with Vulnerable People: Adults Who Are Long-Term Service Users Chapter 8: Working across Organisational and Professional Boundaries

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Book Synopsis'Deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert Macfarlane'A brave, lit-up account of going mad and getting better' Jeanette WintersonAfter a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall apart and how we may heal. 'One of the most brilliant travel writers of our day takes us now to that most challenging country, severe mental illness; and does so with such wit, warmth and humanity' Reverend Richard ColesTrade ReviewA beautiful, unflinchingly honest book about madness, mania, parenting, surviving and, above all, love and its power to heal us * Rachel Clarke, author of Dear Life and Breathtaking *A brave, lit-up account of going mad and getting better, that forensically tracks the footprints of both journeys towards a settlement with the self -- Jeanette WintersonReaders of Clare's game-changing memoir . . . will be struck by the fact that a mind so recently dominated by straight-to-DVD fantasies is now capable of reflecting on them with so much gentle wisdom and acute self-awareness. And in such beautiful, witty prose * Daily Telegraph *Hard-hitting but tender-hearted . . . Clare thoughtfully and determinedly seeks to challenge the status-quo on treatment for mental health conditions * Independent *What a gift...having such an articulate agent, reporting back from the far edges of the mind * Sunday Times *

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Book Synopsis‘Deeply thoughtful and compassionate ... Don't Turn Away is a fine book and is accessible for the seasoned psychiatrist and general reader alike.’ The British Journal of Psychiatry As Featured on BBC Woman's Hour 'Deeply thoughtful and compassionate' Susie Orbach, author of In Therapy 'A book with the power to move and inform . . . [Campling] is an expert in "intelligent kindness".' Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know 'Fantastic new book from Penny Campling - 5 stars' Dr Kate Lovett, former Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists Over the course of her 40-year career, psychiatrist and psychotherapist Penelope Campling has worked with patients from all walks of life, from survivors of abuse to ICU doctors struggling under the strain of Covid-19. She has seen many positive changes in how we approach mental health – and yet she is increasingly troubled by the state of our health services. Too often those suffering from serious mental illness are being neglected, locked away, even abused. In Don't Turn Away Campling takes us into the therapy room, offering unique insight into how we treat those in distress. She shows us how the progress made in a more optimistic era of psychiatry is fast being eroded; how our struggling healthcare system often fails those who need our support; and how crucial it is in today's uncertain world that we do not turn away. Candid, compassionate and, above all, hopeful, Don't Turn Away is a story of troubled minds and how we try to heal them. '[An] insightful, important book . . . an exhibition of what could be possible and an invitation to act to deliver that vision.' Kathryn Mannix, author of Listen 'A lucid and much-needed articulation of the frustration shared by so many struggling to keep the NHS afloat' Iona Heath, BMJ 'As a GP I wish I could send patients to Penelope Campling; as someone worried about failing mental health services, I wish she were in charge.' Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being 'An important book, moving and honest… stands out in its field of psychotherapist memoirs' Beth Guilding, TLS 'This book oozes compassion and kindness and made me want to be a more understanding doctor.' Kate Milton, British Journal of GP PracticeTrade Review‘Deeply thoughtful and compassionate’ Susie Orbach, author of In Therapy ‘A book with the power to move and inform . . . [Campling] is an expert in “intelligent kindness”.’ Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know 'Fantastic new book from Penny Campling - 5 stars' Dr Kate Lovett, former Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists [An] insightful, important book . . . an exhibition of what could be possible and an invitation to act to deliver that vision.’ Kathryn Mannix, author of Listen ‘A lucid and much-needed articulation of the frustration shared by so many struggling to keep the NHS afloat’ Iona Heath, BMJ ‘As a GP I wish I could send patients to Penelope Campling; as someone worried about failing mental health services, I wish she were in charge.’ Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being ‘An important book, moving and honest… stands out in its field of psychotherapist memoirs’ Beth Guilding, TLS ‘This book oozes compassion and kindness and made me want to be a more understanding doctor.’ Kate Milton, British Journal of GP Practice

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Book SynopsisAutism presents in a multitude of different and highly nuanced ways - particularly as it intersects with variance in class, gender, race and age. Misunderstanding and misinformation around variant and differing presentations means that misdiagnosed individuals and those who do not receive a diagnosis at all are often failed by medical, education, social care and criminal justice systems. They are detained in inappropriate settings; don't receive beneficial therapeutic input; have their families accused of fabricated or induced illness (FII); are kept in prison or youth offending institutions longer than their original tariffs, and shockingly their life expectancy is often curtailed as a result. This comprehensive resource will help multidisciplinary professions to understand, contextualise, and better identify diverse autistic presentations. It includes an overview of the autism diagnostic process, an exploration of controversial and commonly confused diagnoses such as PDA, ODD, CD, ASPD, and BPD; discussions of best practice for investigating FII; and analysis of the specific challenges of autism diagnosis in relation to women and girls, BAME communities, schools, and the criminal justice system.Trade ReviewDr Eaton's wealth of knowledge and vast experience flows through this book which is full of excellent clinical insights and very valuable lessons learned along the way over her two decades of rich and varied clinical practice. Patients' compelling personal stories are weaved into the book, bringing the clinical information to life and providing priceless context. This book is essential to help any professional working with autistic people to avoid their being missed or misdiagnosed. -- Dr Gloria Dura-Vila, NHS and private Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and author of The Amazing Autistic Brain Cards, the Panda on PDA, Me and my PDA and My Autism Book.

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, counsellors and psychotherapists are working with people who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder and are required to understand and navigate the mental health system. Counselling training rarely covers the fields of psychiatry and mental disorder in detail and there are few reliable resources on which they can draw. This comprehensive guide to psychiatry and the mental health system, written by a psychiatrist and counsellor, aims to fill that gap. The book is intended for counsellors and psychotherapists but will be helpful to others in the mental health field. It explains the organisation and delivery of mental health services in the UK, the theories and concepts underpinning the practice of psychiatry, the medical model of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, the main forms of mental disorder, how to work therapeutically with people with a diagnosed mental disorder and how to work with risk of suicide and self-harm. The text is designed to support continuing professional development and training and includes activities, points for learning/discussion and comprehensive references.Trade Review'Freeth's contribution is significant. This book is vast, authoritative, relevant and challenging, while written with warmth and a lightness of touch drawing on words embedded in a depth of practice and compassion.' - Dr Andrew Reeves, Associate Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health.Table of ContentsPart I - Contexts and culture. 1 Mental health services: their organisation, role and remit. Part II - Theoretical and conceptual foundations. 2 Concepts of health, illness, disease and disorder. 3 Models of mental disorder. 4 Psychiatric assessment. 5 Psychiatric diagnosis. 6 Psychiatric drugs. 7 Legal aspects of psychiatry and mental healthcare. 8 Ethical issues in psychiatry and mental healthcare. Part III - Forms of mental disorder. 9 Psychotic disorders. 10 Depressive disorders. 11 Bipolar disorder. 12 Anxiety disorders. 13 Personality disorders. 14 Eating disorders. 15 Dissociative disorders. Part IV - Clinical practice. 16 Working with clients with a psychiatric diagnosis. 17 Working with clients experiencing psychosis. 18 Working with clients who self-harm. 19 Working suicide risk. 20 Working with clients taking psychiatric drugs. 21 Spiritual and religious dimensions of mental disorder. Part V - The resourceful counsellor. 22 Supervision. 23 Self-care.

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated edition of Learning Disability Today provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to some of the key issues in the lives of people with learning disabilities and the practice of those who support them. Learning Disability Today was first published in 2007 to meet the need for a handbook which, while well-grounded in latest research and practice, was accessible for staff occupying many roles, such as support workers and managers in learning disability service settings, community learning disability teams and professionals who may find themselves supporting a person with an intellectual disability from time to time, families and voluntary supporters, as well as students of learning disability/intellectual disability. It has continued to be a highly successful title, and has been published in three previous editions over the past nine years. This new, fourth edition is a complete revision, aiming to address key knowledge requirements, challenges and concerns for people working in the field and provide opportunities for reflection and continuing professional development. The content is illustrated throughout by case studies to help the reader explore how best to address issues in practice.Table of ContentsSection 1: It's my life Positive Behavioural Support Communication From advocacy to involvement to co-production and back again Sexuality and Relationships Education for people with learning disabilities Section 2: Staying healthy Health promotion and supporting people to access health services Physical health Mental Health Section 3: Topical issues Dementia in people with learning disability Autism Supporting People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities End of life care Section 4: Staying safe Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities: What is abuse? Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities: What to do and how to prevent abuse Positive risk-taking: Supporting people with learning disabilities to live a life like any other Hate Crime: crime against disabled people People with learning disabilities in the Criminal Justice System

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Book SynopsisRe-released with a new introduction, and to coincide with a film of the same title (directed by the author), Mad To Be Normal is the memoir R. D. Laing never lived to write. In the last two years of Laing's life, he recorded hundreds of hours of conversation with Robert Mullan in which he was determined to be as frank and open as possible, and equally determined to 'put the record straight'. R. D. Laing wrote a number of books during the 1960s which rocked the foundations of conventional psychiatry and galvanized the imagination of millions of ordinary readers. His views were against the grain of conventional psychiatry - his existential approach to madness was controversial, and his work brought into focus matters of individual liberty and the importance of the social context of 'illness'. The greatest accusation he suffered was that he idealised mental misery - something he consistently denied. Mad to be Normal presents Laing's own words, about his work and about his life. It is the most complete record on Laing, by Laing.Entertaining, maddening, surprising, impressive, occasionally scurrilous, and evoking a compelling portrait of the heady and sometimes self-regarding mood of the 1960s and early l970s, this books necessitates a reassessment of Laing and his work; work which is part of a lengthier and on-going process concerned with the routine care of those disturbed in mind.

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Book SynopsisWe all share identical properties that mark us out as human beings. Even so, every person is unique: we are not clones. It’s the same with depression - or perhaps more properly the depressions (plural) – because they manifest in so many different ways and under different circumstances yet in essence remain the same. This is a simple enough observation, yet there appears to be little understanding of the condition – or conditions - among the general public, who tend to lump together all states of ‘feeling miserable’ into something to be snapped out of, a disease category to be treated medically, or a feebleness of personality to be disapproved of and dismissed. In this new title from Wyn Bramley, many different views on causation and treatment are explored. The emphasis is on real people’s experiences from all aspects of the depressions – sufferers, helpers, family and friends – not a self-help work but an all-encompassing aid to understanding this common condition.

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Book SynopsisReflection is a process by which professionals consider experiences to gain insights about their practice. It supports people to continually improve the way they work and the care they provide, it allows for mistakes to be accepted and analysed rather than repeated, and it is encouraged by professional bodies wishing to foster improvements in services and continuous professional development. Specifically designed for staff working across health and social care, this self-development workbook guides users to reflect on experiences, focus their thoughts, generate new ideas about what good practice looks like, and understand the impact of their actions on others. Expert CQC inspector Terri Salt stresses that through careful reflection everyone in a service can make a difference - and that only when every member of staff seeks to do so can services move beyond the ordinary and start to become genuinely 'Outstanding'.Table of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION Disclaimer 1. The context 2. Introduction PART 2: WHAT IS OUTSTANDING? 3. What do inspectors think outstanding means? 4. First impressions and lavatories 5. Equality as the root of excellence 6. Evidence or opinion? 7. Honesty and integrity 8. Clarity and shared understanding PART 3: RATINGS AND THE FIVE KEY QUESTIONS 9. Ratings 10. Are they safe? 11. Are they effective? 12. Are they caring? 13. Are they responsive? 14. Are they well-led? PART 4: CONCLUSION 15. To finish Appendix 1: Fundamental Standards of Care Appendix 2: Safeguarding

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Book SynopsisWhat causes mental health problems? Nature or nurture? Brain and biology? Genetic inheritance or social environment? Revised and updated, this concise book explains what we know today about the origins of mental distress, drawing on the latest research from across the world. The answer is of course a bit of everything in combination - because the human body and brain are shaped by the environments we inhabit and what happens to us. Human distress is caused by loss, trauma, violence, childhood abuse, social injustices, poverty and deprivation. How well we are able to cope with these stressors likewise depends on a multiplicity of factors and is unique to each individual. An essential addition to the Straight Talking Introduction series, the book supports the call for more understanding of the social determinants of mental wellbeing. It adds to the arguments for treatments that do not rely on the busted hypothesis of neurochemical imbalances.Trade Review'An accessible look at complex issues that empowers the reader to start thinking for themselves. A refreshing antidote to the simplistic and pessimistic biomedical model.' - Jacqui Dillon, activist, writer, speaker and former Chair, Hearing Voices Network. 'Brilliantly engaging, understandable and thoughtful... will equip service users, carers and professionals alike with empowering knowledge.' - Tony Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester. 'Perfect for the non-professional. Bought this book while studying level 2 counselling. It's well written and easy to understand, without all the technical jargon.' - Online reviewer. 'What causes mental health problems? Lots of things combining together. This book describes them, clearly and systematically, and how they interact.' - David Kingdon, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health Care Delivery, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsSeries introduction - Richard Bentall and Pete Sanders, 1. Our beliefs and values, 2. A brief history of beliefs about the causes of human distress, 3. The 20th century and beyond: The illness model, 4. Do diagnoses help us understand causes?, 5. Public opinion: Depression is caused by depressing things happening, 6. What does the research say about the causes of mental health problems?, 7. Psychological theories: How events operate on us to create problems. 8. Putting things together: Formulating depression, 9. 2010-2022 and looking to the future: A call for action, Further reading and resources, Indices

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Book SynopsisIn an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. Moreover, any relief the drugs may offer from the distress and disturbance of a mental disorder can come at great cost to people's physical health and their ability to function in day-to-day life. And, once on these drugs, coming off them can be very difficult indeed. This book is a wake-up call to the potential damage we are doing to ourselves by relying on chemical cures for human distress. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they so choose.Trade Review'This is a brilliant book. It offers an incisive, clear and evidence based appraisal of psychiatric drugs, arriving at just the right time to counter the growing controversy and confusion in this area. I could not think of a more respected and credible guide to take us through this tricky terrain. This book should be compulsory reading for anyone working in mental health. I would also recommend it for anyone holding a more personal interest in the subject.' - Dr James Davies, Reader in Social Anthropology & Mental Health, University of Roehampton, and author of Cracked: why psychiatry is doing more harm than good. 'There has never been a greater need for calm and reasoned thinking about psychiatric drug use, and, as a practising and open-minded psychiatrist, Joanna is the very best person to provide it. This book brings evidence and rationality to a contentious topic and offers people sound, researchbased information and genuine choice.' - Dr Lucy Johnstone, consultant clinical psychologist, author of A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis and lead co-author of The Power Threat Meaning FrameworkTable of ContentsIntroduction, 1. The place of drug treatment in psychiatry, 2. How do psychiatric drugs work?, 3. The importance of research , 4. Antipsychotic drugs , 5. Antidepressants, 6. Lithium and other drugs used for bipolar disorder, 7. Stimulants, 8. Benzodiazepines, 9. Withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, 10. When might psychiatric drugs be useful? , 11. How did we get here and where do we go with it?, Appendix, Indexes

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Book SynopsisIn Children in Mind, clinical psychologist Jenny Perkel presents a broad range of up-to-date findings from psychological, neurobiological, genetic, psychiatric, sociological and epidemiological research related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems faced by children in South Africa today. Theoretically informed but not theoretically dense, the book cites both local and international studies to increase awareness and understanding of children’s mental health. It focuses on key issues children and adolescents in today’s world face: The Covid-19 pandemic, the influence of electronic media, diverse family structures, stress and trauma, and difficult socio-economic circumstances. Children in Mind is an invaluable resource for all those who work with troubled children and adolescents: psychologists, social workers, counsellors, educators and parents. The author’s informed and compassionate approach will help equip professionals and parents to help young people navigate complex issues and make adjustments in their behaviour in order to live more balanced and happier lives.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I The clinical picture of childhood mental distress Chapter 1 What brings today’s children to psychotherapy? Chapter 2 Childhood psychiatric diagnosis today Chapter 3 Scared, sad children and their self-protective defences Chapter 4 Treating today’s troubled children: Paradigm clashes Chapter 5 New findings about nature versus nurture Part II The impact of modern life on children’s mental health Chapter 6 The internet and today’s children Chapter 7 Childhood adversity today Chapter 8 Socio-economic considerations: The gap between rich and poor children Chapter 9 Children of the pandemic Chapter 10 When children don’t go outside and play Chapter 11 Today’s parents in mind Chapter 12 Modern families Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor those who have experienced trauma, life may sometimes feel hopeless, full of feeling too much or too little, and the world can feel like a terrifying and dangerous place. This can be especially true for those hurt by people they loved, trusted, or relied on. To escape the pain, many trauma survivors disconnect from themselves and the world, including in ways that are risky or unsafe. The good news is that survivors can heal, recover from trauma, and grow. The Finding Solid Ground Program Workbook is an invaluable guide through this important, meaningful work, providing a step-by-step approach at a pace designed to feel safe. In this workbook, which can be used independently or in the context of psychotherapy, expert authors guide readers step by step along the path of healing from trauma, and offer specific exercises to practice daily that will help survivors feel safer and develop a grounded, worthy sense of self. This book includes the Information Sheets and Exercises that are the foundation for the Finding Solid Ground program; the companion book for therapists, Finding Solid Ground: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Treatment provides the theoretical, clinical, and research rationale for the program. Therapists will find that this program breaks recovery into practical and manageable steps that can be immediately implemented. Participation in the Finding Solid Ground program in the TOP DD Network study was linked with improved ability to manage emotions in healthy ways and reduced dissociation, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and self-injury.Trade ReviewFinding Solid Ground is the most helpful book available on the treatment of clinical dissociation. Based on an extended clinical research study, this guide is highly recommended for those who seek concrete, evidence-based guidance in this area. Equally recommended is the associated workbook, which provides detailed and compassionate information and exercises for clients struggling with dissociate challenges. * John Briere, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, author, Treating risky and compulsive behavior in trauma survivors. NY: Guilford (2019). *Finding Solid Ground is an enormous contribution to the field of trauma: the first book on trauma and dissociation written by authors who are both scholars and clinicians. They build a solid ground of research evidence to support an understanding of dissociation combined with practical applications that can be easily integrated into psychotherapy or serve as a stand-alone treatment. Well done! * Janina Fisher, Ph.D, author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma, and The Living Legacy Flip Chart. *Finding Solid Ground, provides invaluable resources on the treatment of dissociative trauma-related disorders. The authors are educators par excellence who have used their expertise as researchers and clinicians to produce a highly readable overview of dissociation along with treatment guidelines and exercises. Their innovative TOP DD studies offer empirical support for their approach. A major contribution! * Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP, Licensed Psychologist, Consultant/Trainer, Author, Co-Editor, The Treatment of Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders (2020) *Table of ContentsPreface: About the Finding Solid Ground Program Introduction Module 1. Grounding Module 2. Separating Past from Present Module 3. Additional Foundations Module 4. Getting and Feeling Safer, Part 1 Module 5. Addressing Trauma-Based Thinking Module 6. Getting and Feeling Safer, Part 2 Module 7. Improving Your Relationship with Emotions, Body Sensations, and Aspects of Self Module 8. Sticking With the Process and Building on Progress Resources

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Book SynopsisMeeting the complex needs of some of the most vulnerable populations in our society often involves the need for connected networks of care providing health, social care, educational and voluntary sector services. This presents major challenges for both clients and practitioners for this to work well. Adaptive mentalization based integrative treatment (AMBIT) has been developed over the last 15 years to address the needs of both clients and practitioners in trying to make this work well. The basic framework for AMBIT was set out by the authors in AMBIT: A Guide for Teams to Develop Systems of Care in 2017 but continues to evolve through collaboration with practitioners across the world who work with people (both young people and adults) for whom many current services are not experienced as helpful. AMBIT for People with Multiple Needs: Applications in Practice describes the progress of this collaboration and shows how AMBIT has been applied in health, social care and education settings across the world. Contributors convey the detail of what it is like to apply AMBIT to their work by combining case illustrations with detailed descriptions of therapeutic practice and technique, along with inspiring and remarkable stories of therapeutic change. The chapters examine therapeutic casework in very different services providing community and residential based care with adults and young people across Europe and the UK. With AMBIT constantly evolving, the book explores recent developments in the AMBIT model and provides rich new thinking about how helping services can be supported to provide meaningful help and change.Table of Contents1: Why Has AMBIT Come About? 2: An Introduction to AMBIT 3: Epistemic Trust and Mistrust in Helping Systems 4: Working Out What is Going On: Using the AIM Cards with Clients 5: Getting Started With AMBIT: The ECID Project in Barcelona 6: Connecting Psychotherapy to the Streets: The Malmö Approach 7: AMBIT for Adults With Severe Personality Disorders: Experience from Utrecht, the Netherlands 8: Enhancing Multiprofessional Cooperation In a Child and Youth Social Service Institution: Vorarlberger Kinderdorf, Austria 9: Creating and Supporting a Team Around the Worker 10: Working with Networks: Implementing AMBIT in Disrupted Healthcare Systems 11: Applying AMBIT to Teacher Training: Innovations in Germany 12: Applying AMBIT Principles to the Training Process 13: Adopting a Mentalizing Approach to Evaluating Outcomes 14: What Are The Future Directions For AMBIT?

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his work with elite athletes, the world''s first sports psychotherapist on what to do when life throws you a curveball''Cracking tales, a great read'' Nigel Owens MBE, rugby union referee''Absolutely fascinating . . . a genuine must-read for anyone interested in the human side of sport'' Peter Drury, football commentatorElite athletes play out their lives in the most public of arenas. Everything they do is analysed in real time and then picked apart in the pub and in the press afterwards. ''Why did they miss that penalty?'', ''What made them fall at the first jump?'', ''That press conference was a bit weird.'' We can all speculate, but what''s really going on? In Keeping Your Head in the Game we peer into this highly confidential world. We follow the journeys of ten athletes in their therapy sessions with sports psychotherapist Gary Bloom, from a rugby player arrested for a drunken brawl, through aTrade ReviewLove this book. It's about time someone wrote about the emotional life of athletes and Gary really does this justice. These are some cracking tales and it's a great read -- Nigel Owens MBE, rugby union refereeThe only psychotherapist to work within a professional football club . . . It is not just extremes of behaviour that trouble him. The more he peers inside sport - with up to 40 footballers, plus leading rugby players, cricketers and jockeys among his clients - he sees forbidding cultures . . . This is beyond patching up athletes with an encouraging word to get through a Saturday afternoon, or the odd team talk from a sports psychologist . . . He is selling the best of all worlds; a balanced athlete who is more self-aware and, therefore, more productive . . . "Happier players play better . . ." he concludes. He will find no argument here -- Matt Dickinson * The Times *the first book of its kind, which peers into the confidential world of athletes' therapy sessions - and offers insights into boosting or treating mental health -- Etan Smallman * inews.co.uk *This is a book for anyone interested in competitive sport, what people have to do to get to the top and what that can do to the human psyche -- Catherine Jackson, journalist and former editor of Therapy TodayAbsolutely fascinating . . . a genuine MUST for anyone interested in the human side of sport . . . very readable and accessible . . . It is comforting to realise that everyone - from global superstar to young aspirant - suffers from profound uncertainty of one sort or another . . . This book will promote greater kindness and understanding . . . Heartily recommended for any 'thinking' sports-lover -- Peter Drury, football commentatorIt's amazing how football clubs invest in repairing the bodies of their players whilst largely ignoring their minds. Elite athletes are just as fragile as the rest of us. Happily change is on the way and this must-read book will only accelerate that -- Jon Champion, football commentator

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Book SynopsisIn February 2015, Ivan Maisel received a call that would alter his life forever: his son Max''s car had been found abandoned in a parking next to Lake Ontario. Two months later, Max''s body would be found in the lake. There''d been no note or obvious indication that Max wanted to harm himself; he''d signed up for a year-long subscription to a dating service; he''d spent the day he disappeared doing photography work for school. And this uncertainty became part of his father''s grief. I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye explores with grace, depth, and refinement the tragically transformative reality of losing a child. But it also tells the deeply human and deeply empathetic story of a father''s relationship with his son, of its complications, and of Max and Ivan''s struggle-as is the case for so many parents and their children-to connect.I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye is a stunning, poignant exploration of the father and son relationship, of how our tendency t

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Book SynopsisThis important book brings together research from scholars and experts in a variety of disciplines to explore a broad range of issues which affect Camphill life. The essays examine social, political and educational topics as diverse as spiritual needs, residential childcare, disabled identity, working with autistic children and the development of Camphill communities around the world.The lack of easily accessible literature about Camphill communities has contributed to a common and unjustified perception of Camphill as ''closed'' communities which have little interest in communicating with the ''the outside world''. Some influential officials and practitioners who determine education and social-work policy and practice still know little or nothing about Camphill, which increases the risk of misunderstanding and threatens the future of Camphill communities. This book seeks not only to bridge that gap, but to demonstrate to a wider audience the unique and inspiring qualities of Camphill communities.This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the provision of services for children and adults with special needs.Trade Review'Before reading this book, I thought I knew Camphill. Now that I have read it, I realise how much my thinking was in error, based as it was on what one of the authors calls the 'myths of Camphill and its founder'. This book, easily readable and well presented for the curious, offers some fascinating perspectives on a phenomena of caring about which, I suspect, many of us have known little. It bridges effectively the gap between Camphill and the 'outside world', a gap which has been of concern to supporters and critics alike over the past years. Here we find a window into a world of caring in which many of the contemporary values of child and youth care practice have been in evidence from the initial founding. To treat each person individually, to live together in a caring relationship of mutual trust, to be aware of self -- all of these stand out as not only a bridge between Camphill and the outside world, but between the past and the present in the practice of caring. As Social Pedagogy becomes of greater interest, this book has much to offer.'-- Dr Thomas Garfat, child and youth care worker, and Editor of Relational Child and Youth Care Practice journal'This is a remarkable book. Rarely does one find a program of any kind willing to open itself up to such intensive internal and external critical examination. Through the wide-ranging perspectives presented, the reader will indeed "discover Camphill", and find it to be an impressive global movement in support of the integrity of persons and the wholeness of human life.'-- James P. Anglin, PhD, Professor of School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria, Canada'This is a deeply impressive collection -- impressive in its scope and depth, its worldwide coverage and its inter-disciplinary range. But most of all what is impressive is the enduring humanity and compassionate engagement of the Camphill approach, which these authors so movingly describe, analyse and evaluate. Thoroughly recommended!'-- Adrian Ward, Consultant Social Worker, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London'The book achieves its two principal aims: one is to report on the findings of research on several Camphill communities; the other is to discuss societal trends which are likely to impact on the future of the Camphill movement... The contributors are refreshingly frank about the mistakes of the past and the challenges facing the movement in the future. They also convey very well what is inspiring about the Camphill movement.'-- Mike Gibson, Times Educational Supplement Scotland'Robin Jackson, to his great credit, has brought together some illuminating thesis work, research projects and Camphill stories, not just in Scotland but throughout the world, to illustrate the work and worth and bring out the significance of the now 70-year-old Camphill Movement.'-- Vivian Griffiths, New View'A highly recommended read, as much for critics of village communities as those with a general interest in the history and ideas surrounding people with learning disabilities.'--Simon Jarret, British Journal of Learning Disabilities'For those interested in the care and education of children and adults with special needs, this is a fascinating story of the evolution of the Camphill Communities born from the seeds of pre-war Nazism.Whilst this is a collection of essays which essentially attempts to enlighten readers about the history and breadth of work of Camphill (which now spans seven countries), the work also offers a fascinating insight into the history of the movement.'-- Lynne McNeil, Life & Work'This book marks a much-needed step in Camphill emerging into the bright light of public scrutiny.'-- Bob Clay, Camphill Correspondence'Discovering Camphill is a thought provoking account of Camphill's roots, beliefs, practices and evolution...All the chapters warrant reading, but it is the sections dealing with Camphill's approach to caring for and educating children with SEND that will particularly interest Special Children readers.'-- Diane Crew, Special Children'this book gives a thorough and descriptive explanation of what Camphill stands for and actually does. The model fits well with residential care philosophies and can be a helpful additional perspective for administrators and policy makers as we continue to expand our understanding of how to develop useful ideas about residential care.'-- Jack Phelan, Relational Child and Youth Care Practice JournalTable of ContentsForeword: ANDREW KENDRICKIntroduction: ROBIN JACKSON1. Negotiating the Twentieth Century: A Historical Analysis of Camphill CommunitiesZOE BRENNAN-KROHN2. The Power of Organisational Myth: A Case StudyMANUELA COSTA3. Sensing the Extraordinary Within the OrdinaryJOHN SWINTON & AILEEN FALCONER4. On Middle Ground: Camphill Practices that Touch the WorldDAN MCKANAN5. Creative Living: Inside a Community for Children with AutismJUDITH SCHAPIRO6. Camphill: Children, Childhood and Disabled IdentityCHRIS WALTER7. Whaur Extremes Meet: Camphill in the Context of Residential Childcare in ScotlandMARK SMITH8. Social Pedagogy: Past, Present and FutureCLAIRE CAMERON9. The Development of the BA in Social PedagogyANGELIKA MONTEUX & NORMA HART10. Camphill Village Communities in NorwayNILS CHRISTIE11. Camphill in South Africa: A NarrativeJULIAN SLEIGH12. Healing and Transformation in Vietnam: The Peaceful Bamboo Family, Tinh Truc GiaHA VINH13. Eco-communities: An Eco-history of CamphillJAN MARTIN BANG14. Quality of Life: Dimensions, Perceptions and PracticeROY BROWN15. The Challenges Facing Camphill: An Internal PerspectiveANDREW PLANT16. Camphill: Further Notes from the BoundaryKATE SKINNER & STEPHEN BARONReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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