Care of people with mental health conditions Books
Cambridge University Press Volunteering in Global Mental Health
Book SynopsisThis book provides practical guidance for mental health practitioners interested in global mental health volunteering. Featuring reflective accounts, advice and perspectives from those with first-hand experience, it will appeal to many clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists, GPs, nurses, primary care providers and students.Trade Review'This is an indispensable guide for those considering volunteering in global mental health but should also be read by global health practitioners - it provides a practical road map as well as a thoughtful consideration of ethical issues and how to navigate different sociocultural, economic and political contexts. The reflections from volunteers who have worked across very diverse settings injects authenticity and brings home the challenges, opportunities and rewards of taking an alternative path- I will keep coming back to this.' Rashida A. Ferrand, Professor of International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Director of The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe'This is a hugely welcome collection on volunteering in mental health for underserved populations. It covers critical ethical principles, and provides practical tips. It will be useful for those contemplating volunteering, or about to begin, and also for people with additional experience. I particularly valued the emphasis on learning from partners and on sustainability, and the framing of volunteering as part of building equitable long-term partnerships,. The book importantly alludes to planning for ongoing mentoring of colleagues in the host setting after the volunteer is back in their usual workplace. Volunteering in global mental health is likely to be a hugely rewarding life-changing experience and this book will inspire many to take the next step.' Melanie Amna Abas, Professor of Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London; Co-Chair, African Regional Network, King's College London; Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustTable of ContentsPart I. Key Principles, Theory and Concepts: 1. Background and principles of volunteering in global mental health Peter Hughes and Sam Gnanapragasam; 2. Humanitarian emergencies and global volunteering-principles Peter Hughes; 3. Ethical issues in global volunteering: ethicists perspective Ayesha Ahmed; 4. Ethical issues in global volunteering: practical considerations Sophie Thomson, Peter Hughes and Sam Gnanapragasam; 5. Benefits of global volunteering to the United Kingdom Peter Hughes; Part II. Practical Guide and Toolkit: 6. Preparation for global volunteering: professional, personal, psychological and practical Sophie Thomson; 7. Onsite: working in another country Peter Hughes and Sophie Thomson; 8. Implementing and delivering training as a global volunteer Sophie Thomson and Peter Hughes; 9. Psychosocial techniques toolkit Bradley Hillier, Peter Hughes and Sophie Thomson; 10. After the trip: coming home and sustainability Peter Hughes; 11. Monitoring, evaluation and research Sam Gnanapragasam and Prof Bhugra; Part III. Reflective Accounts and Perspectives of Global Mental Health Volunteering (Include a Map): 12. Myanmar-mental health training, recipient perspective Sai Kham Thaw; 13. Myanmar-mental health training, trainer perspective Sophie Thomson; 14. Somaliland-mental health training, recipient perspective Djibril Handuleh; 15. Somaliland and Malawi-mental health training, trainer perspective Mandip Jhetta; 16. Zimbabwe-diaspora perspective of volunteering Dorcas Gwata; 17. Sierra Leone-capacity building, trainee perspective on volunteering Dawn Harris, Roxanne Keynejad and Anna Walder; 18. Chad, Darfur, Haiti, Sierra Leone and Bangladesh-humanitarian field experiences Peter Hughes; 19. Sudan-mental health training, mhGAP trainer perspective Jane Mounty; 20. Kashmir-mental health training, royal college of psychiatrists VIPSIG training programme Sally Browning; 21. Ghana-supervisor perspective, RCPsych volunteer programme Peter Hughes; Part IV. Future of Global Volunteering: 22. Digital possibilities for the future Ruairi Page; 23. Global volunteering in mental health moving forward Sophie Thomson, Peter Hughes and Sam Gnanapragasam.
£23.74
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental
Book SynopsisThe persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research on this process and ways to intervene, is designed to give those who are working to overcome stigma a strong, research-based foundation for their work. Chapters address stigma reduction efforts at the individual, community, and national levels, and discuss what works and what doesn''t. Others explore how holding different stigmatized identities compounds the burden of stigma and suggest ways to attend to these differences. Throughout, there is a focus on the current state of the research knowledge in the field, its applications, and recommendations for future research. The Handbook provides a compelling case for the benefits reaped from current research and intervention, and shows why continued work is needed.Trade Review'The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of stigma and mental health research written by leading researchers from around the world. It provides a classic and current overview of research as well as future directions.' Nursel Topkaya, Associate Professor, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey'This book will be an invaluable resource to students and researchers delving into the vast field of mental health stigma. Chapters on specific topics within the stigma field, such the measurement of stigma and discrimination, stigma among military personnel, and the relationship between stigma and masculinity, written by experts in those topics, will be extremely useful to many seeking information in those areas. I can't wait to have this resource available for my students and myself!' Philip Yanos, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, USA'I have been involved in research on stigma, mental health, and help-seeking, and I am so glad to see that we will have the 'go-to' resource for researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners. This handbook provides the most updated collaborative research efforts in understanding the process of stigma, with great breadth and depth. It also offers ways to overcome stigma toward mental illness and seeking therapy.' Hsin-Ya Liao, Washington State University, USATable of Contents1. Introduction to the handbook of stigma and mental health David Vogel and Nathaniel Wade; 2. Theoretical models to understand stigma of mental illness Lindsey Sheehan, Carlo Palermo and Patrick Corrigan; 3. Disentangling mental illness and help seeking stigmas Rachel Brenner, Maddie Egli and Joseph Hammer; 4. Measurement of mental illness stigma and discrimination Elaine Brohan, Maria Milenov, Ioannis Bakolis, Sara Evans-Lacko, Brandon Kohrt, and Graham Thornicroft; 5. Time trends in public stigma Georg Schomerus and Matthias, Angermeyer; 6. Consequences of the self-stigma of mental illness Jennifer Boyd, Manuel López, Clara González-Sanguino, J. Irene Harris and Isaiah Sampson; 7. Self-stigma of seeking help: A meta-analysis Daniel Lannin and Jacqueline Bible; 8. Stigma and suicide Philip Batterham, Alison Calear, and Ella Kurz; 9. Intellectual disability stigma: The state of the evidence Shirli Werner and Katrina Scior; 10. The intersection of mental health stigma and marginalized identities Courtney Andrysiak, Jennifer Cherry, Jessica Salmonsen and Lauren Mizock; 11. Stigma and mental health in ethnic minority populations Lonnie Snowden, Genevieve Graaf, Latocia Keyes and Amanda Ryan; 12. Mental health stigma amongst LGBTQ+ populations Carlos Vidales and Ashley MacBeth; 13. Unpacking cultural influences on stigma of people with mental illness between group oriented and individual-oriented cultures Winnie Mak and Ben Yu; 14. All the world's a stage: men, masculinity, and mental health stigma Stephen Wester; 15. Understanding and reducing the stigma of mental health problems and of treatment among military personnel Thomas Britt and Zachary Klinefelter; 16. Stigma of seeking mental health services and related constructs in older versus younger adults Corey Mackenzie, Nicole DelRosario and Melissa Krook; 17. Stigma and mental health in the abrahamic religious traditions Lily Mathison, Russell Jackson and Nathaniel Wade; 18. Interventions to reduce mental illness stigma and discrimination at the person-level for individuals and small groups Sarah Parry, Elaine Brohan, Petra Gronholm and Graham Thornicroft; 19. Population-based interventions to reduce the stigma of mental illness Gaia Sampogna, Andrea Fiorillo, Lisa Giannelli and Claire Henderson; 20. Interventions to reduce help-seeking stigma for mental health conditions Jane Hahn, Lina-Jolien Peter, Vanessa Juergensen, Georg Schomerus and Sara Evans-Lacko; 21. Self-affirmation interventions Andrew Seidman; 22. Mindfulness and self-compassion interventions to address mental health stigma Patrick Heath; 23. What is left to be done: key points, future directions, and new innovations Nathaniel Wade and David Vogel.
£42.74
John Wiley & Sons Inc Integrated Treatment for CoOccurring Disorders
Book SynopsisThis book presents new and innovative approaches to help identify, assess, and treat high-risk clients who suffer from challenging co-occurring disorders. The importance of identifying suicide risk factors and what these are is a primary focus of the book.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chapter One Introduction: An Examination of the Guiding Principles for Treating Co-Occurring Disorders 1 Chapter Two Definition for Co-Occurring Disorders: All Behaviors Are Purposeful 21 Chapter Three The Core Task of Therapy 57 Chapter Four The Therapy Alliance: Nobody Changes Without Motivation 85 Chapter Five Case Conceptualization for Co-Occurring Disorders: Getting to Know the Person 107 Chapter Six Suicide Risk Assessment for Co-Occurring Disorders 125 Chapter Seven Putting It All Together—Integrated Treatment 151 Appendix A Co-Occurring Disorders as Factors Associated With Aggressive Behavior 177 Appendix B Co-Occurring Disorders as Factors Associated With Suicidal Behavior 185 References 191 About the Author 199 Author Index 201 Subject Index 203
£31.30
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Portable Lawyer for Mental Health
Book SynopsisThoroughly revised, this indispensable survival guide is written for anyone in practice by two attorneys specializing in the legal aspects of mental health care. The authors explain how to handle allegations of malpractice, coping with threats of violence, preserving client confidentiality, and more.Table of ContentsSample Forms xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Section One Clinical Records: Protected or Not 1 Clinical Notes 3 2 Consent to Disclosure Forms 11 3 Correcting Errors 19 4 Discharge or Termination 26 5 Electronic Records 34 6 Intake and Consent Forms 43 7 Maintaining Records 66 8 Treatment Plans and Client Access to Records 77 Section Two Confidentiality 9 Couples, Family, and Group Therapy 95 10 Insider Information 102 11 Third-Party Payers 108 Section Three Contracts 12 Capitation Agreements 119 13 ‘‘Gag Rules’’ 126 14 Office Leases 134 Section Four Fees 15 Setting Fees 145 16 Sliding Fee Scales 152 17 Recovering Unpaid Fees 159 Section Five Forensic Issues 18 Abuse Allegations 169 19 Child Custody and Consent-to-Treat Issues 177 20 Children as Witnesses 186 21 Expert Witness 193 22 Forensic Evaluation 205 23 Involuntary Commitment 213 24 Threats of Violence 220 Section Six Practice Models 25 Groups 233 26 Partnerships 240 27 Solo Practitioner: Incorporate or Not? 247 Section Seven How to Avoid Malpractice Charges 28 Acts of Commission 261 29 Acts of Omission 270 30 What to Do If You Are Sued 281 Section Eight Managed Care 31 Confidentiality Issues 289 32 Duty to Appeal 298 Section Nine Teamwork 33 Legal Aspects of Delegating 307 34 Supervisor/Supervisee Responsibilities 311 Section Ten Unusual Practices 35 Geriatric Clients 321 36 Nontraditional and Exotic Therapies 329 37 Internet Therapy 336 38 Social Media 351 Section Eleven Federal Regulations, HIPAA, and HITECH 39 HIPAA Overview 359 40 HIPAA Privacy Rule 361 41 Personal Representatives (45 CFR 164.502(g)) 376 42 Business Associates (45 CFR 164.502(a)(1–4), 164.502(e), 164.504(e), 164.532(d) and (e)) 382 43 Uses and Disclosures for Treatment, Payment, and Health Care Operations (45 CFR 164.506) 390 44 Disclosures for Public Health Activities and Workers’ Compensation 398 45 Marketing and Research (Accounting for Disclosures) 404 46 Notice of Privacy Practices for Protected Health Information (45 CFR 164.520) 413 47 Restrictions on Government Access to Health Information (45 CFR Part 160, Subpart C; 164.512(f)) 418 48 HIPAA Security Rule 422 49 The HITECH Act (42 U.S.C. Chapter 156) 439 Appendix A Bylaws for an IPA 447 Appendix B Partnership Agreement 461 Appendix C Articles of Incorporation: Professional Corporation 465 Appendix D Articles of Incorporation: General Corporation 469 Appendix E Certificate of Formation of a Professional Limited Liability Company 473 Appendix F Professional Limited Liability Company Member Agreement 475 Appendix G Sample Business Associate Contract 481 Appendix H Business Associate Contract (Attorney Services) 490 Appendix I Authorization for the Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information 498 Appendix J Client Information Amendment Form 499 Appendix K Notice of Privacy Practices of Susan A. Jones, LPC 501 Appendix L Accounting of Disclosures of Protected Health Information 506 Appendix M Request for Accounting of Protected Health Information Disclosures 507 Appendix N Authorization Revocation Form 508 References and Reading Materials 509 Author Index 513 Subject Index 515
£47.21
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Careers in Mental Health
Book SynopsisAccessible and unbiased, Careers in Mental Health introduces upper-level high school students and beginning undergraduates to the different aspects of various mental health professions. Contains essential career advice for anyone considering an advanced degree in one of the helping professions within mental health Covers clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance abuse counseling, and school psychology Clarifies the distinctions between professions by discussing the history and philosophy of each field, requirements for advanced education, licensing, available jobs, salary potential, and more Includes a section with practical information applicable to all the professions, such as characteristics for success, ethical issues, the importance of critical thinking, applying to graduate school, and current issues affecting the field of mental health Trade Review"Careers in Mental Health was written for undergraduate psychology students and students in other mental health fields and provides a strong introduction to the most frequently entered mental health fields. It quickly outlines each field�s philosophical origins, educational requirements, and opportunities for licensure, typical work settings, and average salaries by people in the field.It is too narrow for a careers course, but since it solely focuses on the mental health professions that require graduate school and culminate in licensure or certification, it could be a good supplementary text for either that course or an Introduction to Counseling course. Careers in Mental Health could also be a good resource for faculty advising students about graduate school but confused by the variety of apparently similar professions out there�clinical, counseling, and school psychology; guidance counseling; social work; and licensed professional counseling. I am a clinical psychologist, have worked in the field for 25 years, and have advised students about these fields for most of that time, yet as a result of reading this book, I better understand issues I�ve talked about and taught for years. For example, why do these similar fields go by different names? Metz argues that this is at least in part because these are homologous fields, appearing similar but having different philosophical roots... Much of the information in Careers in Mental Health is available on the Internet, but Metz provides it in a simple and available manner that allows students�and faculty�to compare apples with apples. She filters the information about fields in a straightforward manner that makes their comparisons easy." (PsycCRITIQUES January 16, 2017, Vol. 62, No. 3, Article 6)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction xi Unit 1: Career Essentials 1 1 Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology 3 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 3 Education 10 Licensing 17 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 19 Earning Potential 24 Types of Clients Served 25 What about Getting a Master’s Degree in Psychology? 26 2 Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Counseling Psychology 29 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 29 Education 34 Licensing 35 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 35 Earning Potential 39 3 Master’s in Social Work (MSW) 41 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 41 Education 46 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 50 Earning Potential 54 4 Master’s in Counseling 57 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 57 Education 62 Licensing 66 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 67 Earning Potential 68 5 Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy 69 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 69 Education 75 Licensing 75 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 76 Earning Potential 77 6 Substance Abuse/Chemical Dependency Counselor 79 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 79 Education 83 Licensing 84 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 88 Earning Potential 89 7 School Psychologist 91 Overall History and Philosophy of the Profession 91 School Psychologist versus School Counselor 98 Education 99 Licensing 102 Types of Jobs for which the Degree will Qualify You 103 Earning Potential 104 Unit 2: Strategies and Skills 107 8 Why (and Why Not) to Pursue a Mental Health Professional Career 109 Why TO Pursue a Mental Health Career 109 Why NOT to Pursue a Mental Health Career 115 9 Critical Thinking 123 Distinguish between Real Science and Psychobabble 124 Always Ask Questions 126 Pay Attention to the Way Terms are Operationalized when Evaluating Information 127 Examine the Evidence – Both Sides of the Evidence 128 Analyze Assumptions and Biases of Those Making Claims 129 Avoid Emotional Reasoning 130 Consider Other Interpretations 132 Tolerate Uncertainty 133 10 Ethics: A Primer on Mental Health Profession Guidelines 137 Confidentiality 138 Boundaries 141 Record-Keeping 144 11 How to Increase Your Chance of Getting into Graduate School 147 GPA and GRE Scores 148 Research Experience 149 Volunteering 150 Internships 151 Personal Statement 151 Letters of Recommendation 153 Vita or Resume 154 Interview 155 Attend to Deadlines 156 12 After You Have Earned Your Degree 157 Continuing Education 157 Malpractice Insurance 159 Telehealth/Telepsychology/Online Support Groups 161 Prescription Privileges 162 Conclusion 167 Index 169
£27.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Violence Risk Assessment and Management
Book SynopsisThis expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue. Includes discussion of interventions based on newly developed instruments Covers policy standards developed since the publication of the first edition Interdisciplinary perspective facilitates collaboration between professionals Includes contributions from P.Randolf Kropp, R. Karl Hanson, Mary-Lou Martin, Alec Buchanan and John Monahan Trade Review"Violence Risk Assessment and Management is a compact book that excels in educating and enlightening the psychiatrist-in-training and the seasoned forensic psychiatrist about this important topic. I have waited nearly 40 years for this book." The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015Table of ContentsTribute Dr. F.a.s. Jenson vi List of Figures vii List of Tables viii List of Boxes ix About the Authors x Foreword Alec Buchanan xii Preface to the Second Edition xviii Acknowledgements xxi 1 Decision Points 1 2 Points of View 8 3 Predictions and Errors 15 4 Developmental Trajectories 26 5 Symptomologies 33 6 Personality Disorders 47 7 Substance Abuse 55 8 Factors: Risk and Protective, Single, Multiple, and Interacting 61 9 SPJ Guides 72 10 Competitions 88 11 Planning 92 12 Transitions Mary-Lou Martin 98 13 Sequential Redirections 106 14 Implementations 116 15 Teaching and Researching SPJ Guides 123 16 Spousal Assaulters: Risk Assessment and Management P. Randall Kropp 138 17 Sex Offenders R. Karl Hanson 148 18 Teams 159 19 Communications 163 20 Getting it Wrong, Getting it Right (Mostly) 170 Questions 187 Afterword John Monahan, PhD 195 References 200 Index 224
£33.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Violence Risk Assessment and Management
Book SynopsisThis expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue.Trade Review"Violence Risk Assessment and Management is a compact book that excels in educating and enlightening the psychiatrist-in-training and the seasoned forensic psychiatrist about this important topic. I have waited nearly 40 years for this book." The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015Table of ContentsTribute Dr. F.A.S. Jenson vi List of Figures vii List of Tables viii List of Boxes ix About the Authors x Foreword Alec Buchanan xii Preface to the Second Edition xviii Acknowledgements xxi 1 Decision Points 1 2 Points of View 8 3 Predictions and Errors 15 4 Developmental Trajectories 26 5 Symptomologies 33 6 Personality Disorders 47 7 Substance Abuse 55 8 Factors: Risk and Protective, Single, Multiple, and Interacting 61 9 SPJ Guides 72 10 Competitions 88 11 Planning 92 12 Transitions Mary-Lou Martin 98 13 Sequential Redirections 106 14 Implementations 116 15 Teaching and Researching SPJ Guides 123 16 Spousal Assaulters: Risk Assessment and Management P. Randall Kropp 138 17 Sex Offenders R. Karl Hanson 148 18 Teams 159 19 Communications 163 20 Getting it Wrong, Getting it Right (Mostly) 170 Questions 187 Afterword John Monahan, PhD 195 References 200 Index 224
£76.46
Taylor & Francis Ltd TraumaInformed Care
Book SynopsisThis accessible book provides an overview of trauma-informed care and related neuroscience research across populations. The book explains how trauma can alter brain structure, identifies the challenges and commonalities for each population, and provides emergent treatment intervention options to assist those recovering from acute and chronic traumatic events. In addition, readers will find information on the risk factors and self-care suggestions related to compassion fatigue, and a simple rubric is provided as a method to recognize behaviours that may be trauma-related. Topics covered include: children and trauma adult survivors of trauma military veterans and PTSD sexual assault, domestic violence and human trafficking compassion fatigue. Trauma-Informed Care draws on the latest findings from the fields of neuroscience and mental health and will prove essentiTrade Review'Overall the book is a great introduction to neuroscience-based treatments of trauma disorders and to trauma-informed care.'- Anny Reyes, New York University, Somatic Psychotherapy Today,Spring 2015Table of Contents1. Understanding Trauma-Informed Care 2. Understanding Types of Trauma 3. Neurobiology and the Impact of Trauma 4. Resilience and Trauma Recovery 5. Children and Trauma 6. Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma 7. Military Veterans and Trauma 8. Trauma Experienced in Adulthood 9. Understanding Compassion Fatigue 10. Future Directions in Trauma-Informed Care
£50.34
Taylor & Francis Ltd Collaborative Consultation in Mental Health
Book SynopsisCollaborative Consultation in Mental Health: Guidelines for the New Consultant offers a practical guide for professionals working indirectly' with clients through consultation with staff. As resources become more scarce in public services and a greater number of people seek mental health interventions, professionals are increasingly called upon to consult with practitioners who conduct face-to-face work with clients. This book provides an essential guide for those who are interested in developing their consultation competence. This book introduces the reader to the principles of a collaborative approach to consultation with practitioners, teams and agencies working in health, education, social care and mental health. The book takes the reader step-by-step through the collaborative consultation process, from preparing and setting up the context for consultation through to communicating effectively to build cooperative partnerships, and evaluating consultation oTrade Review‘So now there really is a book, to help us develop a practical competence in collaborative consultation’. Rudi Dallos from his Foreword ‘the present volume assists us in our understanding of collaborative practice, in general, and collaborative consultation, in particular …. it offers a wealth of resources to achieve the coordination of diversity through collaborative practices.’ Sheila McNamee from her After WordsTable of ContentsContentsList of figures, exercises and guidesForeword RUDI DALLOSAcknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: Collaborative Consultation in Mental Health GLENDA FREDMAN, ANDIA PAPADOPOULOU AND EMMA WORWOOD PART 1 Guiding principles and practices for collaborative consultation Principles and practices for getting started with consultation in mental health VICTORIA MATTISON AND GLENDA FREDMAN Collaborative Consultation: moving with consultees towards new possibilities ANDIA PAPADOPOULOU AND GLENDA FREDMAN An appreciative approach to consultation: bringing forth the best in people NICOLA WEBB AND GLENDA FREDMAN Consultation in contexts of ending and transition: when teams change or people leave EMMA WORWOOD Evaluating Collaborative Consultation EMMA WORWOOD AND GLENDA FREDMAN PART 2 Extending consultation practices Working with the group as a resource to the consultation process GLENDA FREDMAN AND ANDIA PAPADOPOULOU Working with two consultants: reflecting conversations to create new ways to go on in staff consultation SELMA RIKBERG SMYLY AND SARAH COLES Playing with perspectives to invite wonder and curiosity: consultation with staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities JOEL PARKER Working at different levels of context in consultation: a framework informing our practice with staff teams ELEANOR MARTIN, ALISON MILTON AND GLENDA FREDMAN After Words: Collaboration: Bridging Possibilities in Mental Health Consultation SHEILA MCNAMEE Index
£31.34
Pen & Sword Books Mental Health in Late Medieval England
Book SynopsisRich narrative providing a new perspective on Medieval history for a general audience.
£21.25
Bristol University Press Understanding Mental Distress
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
£76.50
Bristol University Press Understanding Mental Distress
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
£26.59
Bristol University Press Mental Health Services and Community Care
Book SynopsisThis inter-disciplinary study considers the past, present and future of mental health services and community care. From the origins of provision as we know it in the 1960s, it sets out the political, economic and bureaucratic factors behind recent crises and considers what the founding principles of community care tell us about the way forward.Table of ContentsIntroduction Community care: a brief overview The asylum and the community Inquiries Deinstitutionalisation and the penal state Reform or revolution? Mental health legislation and the development of community care International perspectives Neoliberalism, advanced marginality and mental health Conclusion
£71.99
Bristol University Press The Approved Mental Health Professional Practice
Book SynopsisApproved Mental Health Professionals must possess and deploy a range of skills, knowledge and values in order to make ethically complex decisions on behalf of people with severe mental health difficulties. This invaluable handbook considers these challenges and provides in-depth guidance on all key aspects of the role.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section One: The AMHP in Context; AMHP practice context; Ethical issues in applying mental health law; Social perspectives in mental health; The multi-professional AMHP role; Section Two: The AMHP in Practice; Completing a Mental Health Act assessment; Risks and challenges in Mental Health Act assessments; Applying the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act; Exploring mental health treatment; Section Three: Developing Good Practice; Upholding rights, equality and anti-oppressive practice; Resilience as a trainee and practitioner; AMHP decision making.
£20.89
Bristol University Press The Best Interests Assessor Practice Handbook
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
£21.84
Little, Brown Book Group An Introduction to Coping with Depression for
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
£4.99
Little, Brown Book Group The New Motherhood Workbook
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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MY - University of Toronto Press Madness and the Mad in Russian Culture
Book SynopsisEditors Angela Brintlinger and Ilya Vinitsky have brought together essays that cover over 250 years and address a wide variety of ideas related to madnessTrade Review'This collection of essays is both an excellent introduction to madness and an opportunity to probe this fascinating terrain in depth.' -- Nigel Raab Left History vol 20:01:2016 'The volume is a broad mosaic ... exciting and kaleidoscopic.' -- Elena L. Grigorenko PsycCRITIQUES 'A cornucopia of delights for specialists and generalists alike.' -- Scarlet Marquette Slavic and East European Journal 'The most comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of its kind.' -- Dmitri Shalin Russian Journal of Communication 'A series of fascinating essays that approach the problem of insanity in Russian culture from wide-ranging disciplinary angles.' -- Valeria Sobol The Russian Review "This collection is an important contribution to our understanding of the ways in which the shifting discourse of madness offers a rich and varied lens through which to explore Russia's troubled experience of modernity." -- D. Beer Slavonic and East European Review/vvol88:03:10Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction: Approaching Russian Madness ANGELA BRINTLINGER PART ONE: MADNESS, THE STATE, AND SOCIETY 1 A Cheerful Empress and Her Gloomy Critics: Catherine the Great and the Eighteenth-Century Melancholy Controversy ILYA VINITSKY 2 The Osvidetel'stvovanie and Ispytanie of Insanity: Psychiatry in Tsarist Russia LIA IANGOULOVA 3 Madness as an Act of Defence of Personality in Dostoevsky'sThe Double ELENA DRYZHAKOVA 4 Vsevolod Garshin, the Russian Intelligentsia, and Fan Hysteria ROBERT D. WESSLING 5 On Hostile Ground: Madness and Madhouse in Joseph Brodsky's'Gorbunov and Gorchakov' LEV LOSEFF PART TWO: MADNESS, WAR, AND REVOLUTION 6 The Concept of Revolutionary Insanity in Russian History MARTIN A. MILLER 7 The Politics of Etiology: Shell Shock in the Russian Army, 1914-1918 IRINA SIROTKINA 8 Lives Out of Balance: The 'Possible World' of Soviet Suicide during the 1920s KENNETH PINNOW 9 Early Soviet Forensic Psychiatric Approaches to Sex Crime, 1917-1934 DAN HEALEY PART THREE: MADNESS AND CREATIVITY 10 Writing about Madness: Russian Attitudes toward Psyche and Psychiatry, 1887-1907 ANGELA BRINTLINGER 11 'Let Them Go Crazy': Madness in the Works of Chekhov MARGARITA ODESSKAYA 12 The Genetics of Genius: V.P. Efroimson and the Biosocial Mechanisms of Heightened Intellectual Activity YVONNE HOWELL 13 Madwomen without Attics: The Crazy Creatrix and the Procreative Iurodivaia HELENA GOSCILO 14 A 'New Russian' Madness? Fedor Mikhailov's Novel Idiot and Roman Kachanov's Film Daun Khaus ANDREI ROGACHEVSKII 15 Methods of Madness and Madness as a Method MIKHAIL EPSTEIN Afterword JULIE V. BROWN Bibliography Contributors
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Manchester University Press Out of His Mind: Masculinity and Mental Illness
Book SynopsisOut of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one’s freedom and in many ways one’s identify. Because men had the most power and authority in Victorian Britain, this also meant they had the most to lose. The madman was often a marginal figure, confined in private homes, hospitals, and asylums. Yet as a cultural phenomenon he loomed large, tapping into broader social anxieties about respectability, masculine self-control, and fears of degeneration. Using a wealth of case notes, press accounts, literature, medical and government reports, this text provides a rich window into public understandings and personal experiences of men’s insanity.Trade Review'An original contribution to our understanding of how gender, and especially masculinity, impacted the experience and representation of madness in Victorian Britain.'Katie Barclay, The American Historical Review'Out of His Mind builds upon and strengthens work already done in the history of science to destabilise gendered notions of scientific and medical authority.'Heather Ellis, Women's History Review'Amy Milne-Smith makes an important contribution to historical understandings of the multi-dimensional interactions between gender and mental health, encompassing the medical, social, attitudinal and cultural.'Leonard Smith, Cultural and Social History -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Madmen in the attic?1 Men in care: the asylum2 Men in the community: homecare, doctor’s care, and travellers3 Personal shame: failures of morality and the will4 Madmen out of the attic: reputation, rage, and liberty5 Media panics: stories of violence, danger, and men out of control6 Degeneration and madness: inheritance, neurasthenia, criminals, and GPIEpilogue
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Sage Publications Ltd Social Work and Mental Health
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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Pan Macmillan W-3: A Memoir
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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Vintage Publishing Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and
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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Nova Science Publishers Inc Mental Health from an International Perspective
Book SynopsisLooks at the need to re-evaluate government policies and interventions regarding mental health, and the need for more accurate data and information. (Children''s Health)
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Bloomsbury Publishing USA I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"Riveting."--Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score The unlikely story of how the psychedelic drug MDMA emerged from the shadows to the forefront of a medical revolution--and the potential it may hold to help us thrive.Few drugs in history have generated as much controversy as MDMA--or held as much promise. Once vilified as a Schedule I substance that would supposedly eat holes in users' brains, MDMA (also known as Molly or Ecstasy) is now being hailed as a therapeutic agent that could transform the field of mental health and outpace psilocybin and ketamine as the first psychedelic approved for widespread clinical use. In I Feel Love, science journalist Rachel Nuwer separates fact from fantasy, hope from hype, in the drug's contested history and still-evolving future. Evidence from scientific trials suggests MDMA, properly administered, can be startlingly effective at relieving the effects of trauma. Results from other studies point to its usefulness for individual and couples therapy; for treating depression, alcohol addiction, and eating disorders; and for cultivating personal growth. Yet scientists are still racing to discover how MDMA achieves these outcomes, a mystery that is taking them into the inner recesses of the brain and the deep history of evolution. With its power to dismantle psychological defenses and induce feelings of empathy, self-compassion, and love, MDMA may answer profound questions about how we became human, and how to heal our broken social bonds.From cutting-edge labs to pulsing club floors to the intimacy of the therapist's couch, Nuwer guides readers through a cultural and scientific upheaval that is rewriting our understanding of our brains, our selves, and the space between.
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Grey House Publishing Inc Depression Handbook & Resource Guide
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Sydney University Press Transition to Retirement: A Guide to Inclusive
Book SynopsisThe Transition to Retirement (TTR) program aims to help older people with long-term disability gradually build an active and socially inclusive retirement lifestyle through volunteering and participating in mainstream community groups. Members of these groups are trained to act as mentors and provide support. The three-year TTR research project and subsequent years of TTR service delivery have shown that this approach is feasible and has enduring positive outcomes for people with disability, mentors and community groups.The TTR manual and video material aim to make these benefits available more widely. They provide implementation details for all components of the TTR program, as well as practical tips and accounts of individual participant's experiences. DVD stories and video clips illustrate key issues. Planning forms are also included, together with an explanation of the process of teaching a person with long-term disability to use public transport independently. The TTR program is consistent with Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) which focuses on building community participation and independence, and with the National Disability Strategy's emphasis on promoting social inclusion in community settings.Trade Review"The book 'Transition to Retirement: A Guide to Inclusive Practice' is a world leading exemplar of a project that can address this inequality for older adults with intellectual disabilities ... A strength of this manual is that it has been written alongside staff from a local charity who have implemented the Transition to Retirement project adding sound advice regarding the enablers as well as the barriers to implementing this project in practice ... I would highly recommend this book to educators, researchers, commissioners and service providers and it should be on the bookshelves of everyone concerned with how adults with intellectual disabilities age in order to plan a more active and inclusive retirement." -- Laurence Taggart -- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities' ... the book is clear and concise, and will be a useful resource for its primary audience of social care workers who provide employment support services.' -- Elizabeth Perkins -- Learning Disability Practice' ... the manual is set within the Australian context, [but] the themes and practical suggestions are transferable to other countries and cultures and, all in all, it is a good guide to have to hand.' -- Rachel Forrester-Jones -- Tizard Learning Disability Review'Its scientific foundation is its strength, and the disciplined approach to its construction circumscribes its initial claims to validity and utility. Here we have a clear first step in a standardised manual for a best practice. The TTR needs and deserves to be followed in research as it is applied ... ' -- Michael Millington -- The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation CounsellingTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Abbreviations Section 1: background 1. Disability, ageing and transition to retirement 2. Promoting retirement 3. Laying the groundwork in the community Section 2: constructing the reality 4. Planning 5. Locating a group for an individual 6. A new routine 7. Recruiting and training mentors 8. Monitoring and ongoing support Section 3: broader issues 9. Conclusions Readings Appendix A: travel training Appendix B: forms About the authors Index Transition to retirement DVD
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Wits University Press Children in Mind: Their mental health in today’s
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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Verso Books Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide
Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between capitalism and mental health? Through an exhilarating mix of philosophical and psychoanalytical theory and reportage - from the suicide epidemic in Korea to the wave of American mass murders - the prominent Italian thinker Franco Berardi Bifo traces the social roots of the mental malaise of our age. His darkest and most unsettling book to date, Berardi proposes dystopian irony as a strategy to disentangle ourselves from the deadly embrace of the neoliberalism.Trade ReviewDoes more than merely scratch the surface ... ultimately, Bifo advocates for the limitless power of imagination and irony as the only antidotes in a world urging to be rebuilt from scratch. * Bookslut *As a diagnostician, Berardi is among the sharpest. * Slate *An exquisite reading of our historical situation. -- Michael Robbins * Chicago Tribune *Bifo is a master of global activism in the age of depression. His mission is to understand real existing capitalism. Sense the despair of the revolt, enjoy this brilliant 'labour of the negative'! -- Geert Lovink, Founding Director of the Institute of Network Cultures
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Elliott & Thompson Limited Don't Turn Away: Stories of Troubled Minds in
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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Verso Books The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia
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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Ebury Publishing Dementia Essentials: How to Guide a Loved One Through Alzheimer's or Dementia and Provide the Best Care
When a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia you might step into the new role of carer, helping your relative to remain safe, happy and as independent as possible.In this fully updated and revised edition, Dementia Essentials offers a realistic and reassuring guide to help you and the person affected navigate the complexities of dementia and Alzheimer’s, and face anything that these conditions might place your way. Written by real carers with first-hand experience, this book is now updated with the latest research coupled with essential advice, personal insights and helpful strategies, including:· Advice on medication and getting support from local health professionals · Ideas for encouraging independence, confidence and activity while reducing anxiety, aggression and confusion· Strategies for coping as a carer, helping you understand your emotions and feel more empowered· Guidance on how to prepare for the future, including revised legal and financial advice and tips on choosing a care homePositive and practical, Dementia Essentials will give you with everything you need to provide the best possible care for the person you are supporting.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Rhythm to Recovery: A Practical Guide to Using
Book SynopsisCombining rhythmic music and movement with cognitive reflection and mindfulness, this comprehensive handbook shows how drumming and other rhythm-based exercises can have a powerful effect in individual, group and family settings.Incorporating the latest research on how rhythmic music impacts the brain, this book features over 100 different exercises spanning five key developmental areas: social and emotional learning; identity and culture; strengths and virtues; health and wellbeing; and families, teams and communities. It offers a safe entry to cognitive reflection through fun, experiential rhythmic exercises and is useful for working in settings such as school, child and adolescent counselling settings, mental health and drug and alcohol interventions, trauma counselling and relational counselling. Important sections on the use of metaphor and analogy show how to reinforce experiential outcomes. The book also contains helpful sections on working with specific populations, key facilitation skills and managing challenging behaviours. Downloadable resources such as evaluation forms, certificates and 52 session cards optimise the process of implementing this approach in practice.Trade ReviewIn a thorough and insightful way, using the highly engaging medium of community drumming, Simon Faulkner has created Rhythm2Recovery, a sequenced model for imparting social awareness to a variety of populations not readily reached by more common counselling methods. His activities are simple to understand, meticulously researched, and powerfully impactful in lasting ways. -- From the foreword by Dr James Oshinsky, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Adelphi University, NYIn Rhythm 2 Recovery, Simon Faulkner has distilled years of successful, evidence-based practice into a comprehensive series of highly accessible rhythmic exercises and reflective starting points that will be a valuable addition to any therapeutic practitioner's toolkit. What's more, he has opened up the field of rhythm work in such a way that no prior musical expertise is needed to be able to use these exercises - making this accessible to therapists, educators and group leaders who may never have considered using rhythm in their work until now. Highly recommended! -- Dr Jane Bentley, Specialist consultant, music in health care settingsIf you are now working with, or ever planning to work with, any type of at risk population in schools, behavioral centres, hospitals, drug and alcohol rehabs, mental health rehabs, trauma services, prisons or child protection services, then you cannot afford to miss an opportunity to learn from the body of work Simon Faulkner provides in this new book. -- Arthur Hull, Village Music Circles, CAOver the past several years Simon Faulkner has trained a large number of our school counsellors in using rhythmic based interventions. This model has been of great value for them in both individual and group work. The manual and the cards are easy to follow and very practical. My team have had great success working with children, adolescents, older people and residents in rehabilitation centres.The versatility of the Rhythm2Recovery model makes it suitable for use with a variety of ages and presentations - from students who are very anxious and withdrawn to those that have difficulty with emotional regulation and substance abuse.Everyone benefits from drumming - the participants are able to address issues and communicate while having fun and the facilitators enjoy it too. -- Virgina Banks, Senior Team Leader, School Counselling Programs, Catholic Education, SydneySimon Faulkner gets to the soul of rhythm and its potent use when working with individuals, families, and groups of all ages. This book is a treasure. It's a must-have for anyone working in a therapeutic or educational context.When words get in the way, tune in to the principles that Rhythm2Recovery offers in this packed filled resource book. -- Dr. Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D. (Psych), Counselling Psychologist, Specialist Psychological Outreach Team (SPOT), Senior Associate & Trainer, International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE)The beauty of what Simon offers with the Rhythmn2Recovery model is its flexibility. I am able to tailor the program to the needs of the group. Whether in sessions with individuals all the way through to larger groups, R2R allows me the flexibility to address any number of issues that come up and for any length of time. -- Gerard McDonnell, Senior Psychological Advisor, Specialist Support Unit, NSW EducationTable of ContentsForeword by James Oshinsky, Ph.D. Introduction. Part One: Theory, Research and Resources. 1. Why Rhythm? 2. The R2R Model. 3. Individual, Family and Group Applications. 4. Working with Specific Populations. 5. Less Talk & More Rhythm - Options for the Non-Verbal. 6. Counselling and Facilitation Skills. 7. Drum-Circle Facilitation Skills. 8. The Context. 9. Resources - What You Need to Get Going. Part Two: Games, Exercises and Applications. 10. A Rhythm Catalogue. 11. The Rhythmic Wave - Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation. 12. Sessional Themes and Rhythmic Exercises. 13. Rhythmic Movement. 14. Rhythmic Voice. 15. Five Key Analogies. 16. Additional Games and Exercises. 17. Reflective Practice and Evaluative Resources. 18. Further Reading. References. Appendices.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Eating Disorder Recovery Handbook: A Practical
Book SynopsisThis empathetic handbook has been created for people affected by any form of disordered eating. Thoughtfully compiled by experienced authors, it will be a comprehensive guide through every stage of your recovery, from recognising and understanding your disorder and learning fully about treatment, to self-help tools and practical advice for maintaining recovery and looking to the future.Each chapter includes suggested objectives, tasks and reflections which are designed to help you think about, engage with, and express your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It will encourage you to process the discoveries you make about yourself for positive and long-lasting change. Encouraging quotes are included throughout from people who have walked this path and found the help they needed to overcome their own disordered eating. You are not alone on this journey.Trade ReviewIt is becoming clearer that the treatment ethos that is most helpful for recovery from an eating disorder is one that includes a collaborative approach to care. This book is a wonderful compendium of resources that can be used as tools for the individual and the support team to work with a joint understanding. With helpful descriptions of the wide, eclectic variety of strategies that can be useful in fostering change, this book provides a diverse resource that can be shared in a collaborative way by patients, carers and professionals. -- Professor Janet Treasure OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Professor of Psychiatry at University College London and Director of the Eating Disorder Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and at the South London Maudsley Hospital NHS TrustThe topics and self study activities outlined in this book were invaluable in my understanding of myself, my relationship with food, and the real meaning behind my eating disorder. It was a fundamental tool to my recovery. It helped me to see my eating disorder from a different angle and gave me and my family new strategies to overcome it and to see it for what it really was. -- Sarah Sims, eating disorder survivorThe Eating Disorder Recovery Handbook successfully draws on existing evidence and best practice whilst interweaving the ideas and encouragement of those who have walked the difficult path of recovery before. Offering hope, guidance and a wide range of structured activities, this book will prove a fantastic tool both for people recovering from an eating disorder and those working hard to support them. -- Dr Pooky Knightsmith, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Specialist, and Author of Self-Harm and Eating Disorders in SchoolsThe handbook is a comprehensive and practical tool to help not just the individual suffering with an eating disorder, but also families wanting to offer support.The destructive nature of the illness frequently pulls families apart. "How did we get to this point?" is a question frequently asked. The sections and the practical ideas in the handbook address the complexity of the illness and enable parents/family members/ carers to gain a better understanding of what having an eating disorder feels like.It provides the platform for honest communication and trust to be built/rebuilt and nurtured. We all make mistakes, despite the best intentions, and there is no point anyone blaming themselves or regretting past decisions. That is wasted time and energy!Instead, the handbook provides the opportunity to reflect in a non-judgemental way and move forward together to challenge the eating disorder. -- Anonymous parentTable of ContentsForeword. Endorsements. About the Authors. About This Handbook. 1. Understanding Eating Disorders. 1.1. Hidden Meanings of an Eating Disorder. 1.2. Motivations for an Eating Disorder. 1.3. Eating Disorder Assessment and Evaluation Forms. 2. Eating Disorder Comorbidities. 2.1. Eating Disorders and Obsessive Behaviours. 2.2. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 2.3. Ritualistic Behaviours. 2.4. Discussing Depression. 3. Identity and Eating Disorders. 3.1. Personal Identity. 3.2. Who Am I?. 3.3. Understanding Your Personality. 3.4. Feeling Worthy. 3.5. Accepting Yourself. 3.6 Assertiveness. 3.7. The Inner Child. 3.8. Challenging Body Image Distortion. 3.9. Enhancing a Positive Body Image. 4. Cognitions (Thoughts) and Eating Disorders. 4.1. Unhelpful Thinking Styles. 4.2. From Black and White Thinking to Living in Colour. 4.3. Twenty Questions to Challenge Negative Thoughts. 4.4. Positive Self-Talk. 4.5. Challenging My Eating Disorder Belief System. 5. Social Aspects of Eating Disorders. 5.1. Eating Disorders and Relationships. 5.2. Plot Your Close Relationships. 5.3. Family Roles. 5.4. Eating Disorders in the Workplace. 5.5. Positive Communication. 6. Eating Disorder Recovery - Are You Ready?. 6.1. What Might Recovery Involve?. 6.2. Readiness to Change. 6.3. The Wheel of Life. 7. Eating Disorder Treatment. 7.1. An Introduction to Counselling. 7.2. An Introduction to Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT). 7.3. An Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). 7.4. Mirror Therapy. 7.5. Art Therapy. 7.6. Animal Therapy. 7.7. Writing for Recovery. 7.8. Helpful and Unhelpful Aspects of Eating Disorder Treatment. 8. Self-Help Tools. 8.1. Mood Boards and Photo Therapy. 8.2. Problem-Solving. 8.3. Worry Time Diary. 8.4. Managing Anxiety. 8.5. Mindfulness. 8.6. Relaxation Training. 8.7. Meaningful Music. 8.8. Offering Yourself the Core Conditions. 8.9. External Validation and Self-Soothing. 8.10. Self-Help Materials. 9. Practical Advice. 9.1. The Power of Being Pragmatic. 9.2. Restarting Normal Eating. 9.3. Regular, Healthy Eating - Practical Advice. 9.4. Dietary Help for Food Addictions and Comfort Binge Eating. 9.5. Recognising Hunger. 9.6. Mindful Eating. 9.7. Exercise Balance. 9.8. Coming off Laxatives. 10. Maintaining Recovery. 10.1. Self-Sabotage. 10.2. Damage Limitation. 10.3. Relapse Prevention. 10.4. Aiding Recovery. 10.5. Inspirational Mentors. 11. Looking to the Future - Beyond Eating Disorders. 11.1. Motivation and Future Goals. 11.2. Hopes and Dreams. 11.3. New Ambitions. 11.4. Recovery Checklist. Appendices. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Appendix F.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Frightened, Disturbed, Dangerous?: Why working
Book SynopsisPatients in psychiatric care can behave in ways that can be alarming for staff, and difficult to respond to. The authors of this practical and imaginative book explain why patients may behave in these ways, and offer a toolkit of ways to respond effectively and kindly. With many everyday examples of how to keep the space positive and safe, and patients calm, this book could transform your working life.Trade ReviewAn overwhelming number of persons suffer from mental health problems across their life span. In this important book, the authors describe the critical issues in the psychiatric care of individuals with autism. Written by a father (who is an experienced psychologist), and his daughter (who has suffered from psychiatric disorders), it gives a detailed account of the difficulties faced by persons with autism and related disorders, especially as they transition into adulthood, and sheds light on the challenges faced both by patients and staff. I enjoyed reading the book and recommend it both to parents and caregivers of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities. -- Mohammad Ghaziuddin, MD Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USATable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1. 1. Always identify who it is that has a problem. 2. People behave well if they can. 3. People do what makes sense. 4. The one that takes responsibility can make a difference. 5. Those who are used to failing learn nothing from failing one more time. 6. You need self-control to be able to cooperate. 7. We all do what we can to maintain self-control. 8. Affect is contagious. 9. Conflicts consist of solutions and Failures require an action plan. 10. We make demands that patients wouldn't make on themselves - but in a way that works. 11. You become a leader when someone follows you. Part 2. 12. We work in a garage. 13. Example situations and Action plans. 14. Study materials. Notes and references.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Justice for Laughing Boy: Connor Sparrowhawk - A
Book SynopsisOn July 4th 2013, Connor Sparrowhawk, also known as Laughing Boy or LB, was found dead in a specialist NHS unit. Connor, who had autism and epilepsy, had a seizure while in the bath and no member of staff was on hand to stop him from drowning. An entirely preventable death.Sara Ryan presents a frank, sometimes funny and touching account of her son's early life and preventable death and the unfolding #JusticeforLB campaign. This serves as a wake-up call to all of us and asks: can we really claim that we respect the life and dignity of learning disabled people?Trade ReviewAnyone who cares about patient safety and fairness should read this book. It will make you cry, it will make you laugh, it will make you think, and I would be amazed if it did not make you passionate about changing things. -- Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA)A salutary lesson on what happens when public services lose their heart and forget that they exist to serve the public and, in particular, be part of addressing the prejudices and disadvantage that are inherent in our society. -- Rob Greig CBE, Chief Executive, National Development Team for InclusionThe heart of this story rises above a narrative of private grief and public failure by offering a powerful eulogy to the sheer force of love, especially the personality and character of Connor Sparrowhawk that helped inspire a social movement for truth, justice and accountability. Everyone committed to accountable public services should read this book and learn from it. -- Richard Humphries, Senior Fellow, The King's FundThis brilliantly written book is so many things. It's a story of love and loss, a story of people dying preventable deaths because our society doesn't care enough, a story of how what started as one family's battle for accountability turned into a social movement. -- Dr Jenny Morris OBE, Visiting Professor of Social Work and Social Policy and policy analystThe echoes of those who no longer speak... no candy coating, it is what it is; a tragedy born from negligence. To quote: 'At the heart of this story is love'. Love 'mobilised a social movement' and love keeps hope alive. Not a good read, a must read. -- Dr Wenn B. Lawson, lecturer and authorThis is, rightly, a book which makes difficult reading for anyone professionally invested in any part of the system - for exactly the same reasons, it should make compulsory reading. -- Alex Ruck Keene, barrister, writer and educator, 39 Essex ChambersA truly remarkable book that should never have had to be written, and that should be read by literally anyone who cares about their fellow human being; Sara brings beauty to her narrative, juxtaposed to the brutal ugliness of the subject matter, juxtaposed to the heart wrenching loving memory of a son taken from his family before his time. An emotional roller coaster made even more poignant by reason that the text is so tragically not fictional. -- Dr Luke Beardon, Senior Lecturer in Autism, Sheffield Hallam University and authorThis is a story that needs to reach as wide an audience as possible. Only then will people such as Connor receive the care and protection they are entitled to. -- Gail McKeitch, parent of two sons with autism, one of whom also has epilepsyThis is a book that should never have needed to be written - young "dudes" like Connor should not die untimely deaths and families should not have to fight for justice. However, it is a book that most definitely needs to be read and used to effect change -- Ruth Northway OBE FRCN PFHE, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of South WalesThis account of a parent's experience brings to light the vital need to really listen, understand and work alongside people with learning disabilities and their families to ensure that care and support is right for them. -- Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for AdultsThis is a beautifully written and deeply moving account of a mother's love for her son. It is a book about how a social movement, inspired by the quest for justice, continues to seek accountability and change following Connor Sparrowhawk's needless death. This book deserves to be read widely and for people to take action from it. #JusticeForLB -- Rhidian Hughes, Voluntary Organisations Disability GroupA searingly powerful book. -- Sarah Holmes MBE, Patient AdvocateWhat happened to Connor shows that people with learning disabilities are still not treated as human beings like everyone else. Professionals need to listen to people with learning disabilities and their families and friends about what their care should be. -- Gary Bourlet, Founder of Learning Disability England and self-advocate of learning disabled rights
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Inter-Varsity Press Tending To My Thoughts: A Doctor with Severe
Book SynopsisTending to My Thoughts continues the story of Sharon Hastings, a medical doctor and Christian living with severe mental illness. Her personal experience of recovery offers a starting point to help readers think through what recovery could look like for them or their loved ones. Peppered with personal anecdotes, shot through with medical knowledge and chock-full of helpful explanation, this book inspires hope and provides evidence that life with mental illness can improve. Sharon Hastings writes to encourage those who walk alongside people who are suffering, as well as to equip individual Christians and churches to effectively support those in recovery, particularly from severe mental illness. 'Wise and real.' Emma Scrivener 'A book that needs to be read by every pastor.' Rachael Newham 'I recommend it unreservedly.' Revd Will van der Hart 'Threaded with realism, practicality and hope.' Mark MeynellTrade Review'Wise and real, this book by Sharon draws on her experience of recovery as a doctor and a patient. It's an honest, practical and very helpful resource for those with severe mental health issues.' -- Emma Scrivener, Author and Blogger'"Tending to My Thoughts" is a book that needs to be read by every pastor. It not only illuminates the reality of living with severe mental illness, but points to the hope that is found in Jesus and the ways in which people can experience recovery even when a cure does not come. For fellow sufferers it provides a wise companion for the journey. Sharon writes with clarity - but more importantly with compassion - and this is a book I will return to time and again.' -- Rachel Newham'Sharon Hastings has followed up her powerful testimony Wrestling with my Thoughts with a book threaded with realism, practicality and, above all, hope. She never resorts to easy answers nor a pretence of plain sailing in her recovery. She is too vulnerably honest for that. But what she does do is to encourage all who read her hard-won words that things can change. A more positive future, even within the darkest constraints of mental illness, is not just possible but available. Thank you Sharon!' -- Mark Meynell, author of When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend, preaching trainer and cultural critic.'A unique and brilliant book full of realism and hope. Sharon walks us through her journey of recovery. She speaks with raw honesty, not hiding her failures or glossing over her pain. Recovery is not simply cure, but living a life that is filled with purpose, and even joy, despite battling mental illness. She examines those tools that she has found helpful, looking at them through a Christian lens. I found the last chapter, on our eternal hope, most encouraging. As you read this book you will find yourself engaged with the story and helped by Sharon's wisdom.' -- Paul Ritchie Pastor, Limerick Baptist Church, and author, Is It Unspiritual To Be Depressed?'Sharon is one of my favourite mental health writers - She is seriously intelligent, deeply practical and disarmingly honest. Tending To My Thoughts exhibits the best of her writing in perhaps the most helpful exploration of serious mental illness that you will ever read. It combines personal account, expert opinion, and vital faith in equal measure. I recommend it unreservedly.' -- Rev Will Van Der Hart, Director Mind and Soul Foundation
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Trauma and Dissociation: Understanding Early
Book SynopsisWith a focus on the use of systemic mind control in the context of cults and the associated trauma of this ritualistic abuse, this book addresses a gap in resources to provide training and therapeutic approaches to both those living with mind control and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), and those who support them such as a carer, family member or mental health professional. DID is a condition that is provoked from the experience of being mind controlled, enabling abusers to manipulate their victims during and beyond the period of abuse, whilst simultaneously occurring naturally as a survival mechanism. Developed from both lived experience and expert knowledge from a specialist in trauma work, content covers therapeutic approaches such as attachment theory and trauma-informed care; established training approaches for support staff and personal survival stories. The book aims to inform and empower survivors and supporters and aid the journey towards the understanding and tolerance of a complex psychological condition.Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. Introduction - a summary description of where mind control comes from, why it is used and the power relationships involved. 2. What is complex programming - a mind control technique(s) that provokes dissociation and controls systems. 3. Experimental mind control methods - how is a system's mind manipulated? 4. Dissociation for survival - the response to mind control. 5. Alistair's story 6. Therapeutic approaches - a summary of the theories (e.g. attachment theory and trauma informed care) 7. Therapy from perspective of the survivor. 8. Therapy from perspective of the therapist. 9. Support systems - looking at what helps and the hope of a degree of healing. 10. Training for support staff - a description of training including established patterns and approaches that work, put together by survivors and support staff. 11. Facing the future - educating the authorities; health, social care and education; the need for ongoing support and therapy. 12. There is a future! Acceptance of the challenges but a meaningful life is achievable with the correct support and therapy.
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Intellectual Disabilities and ‘Personality
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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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing
Book Synopsis`This excellent book fills an important gap and will be of interest to the full range of professionals involved in work with people with mental health problems as well as service users and carers…For those managers or education providers looking to base their provision on the 10 Essential Shared Capabilities, this book will be a must.' - Social Work Education `The book is aimed at a range of practitioners. It would be a useful beginner's book for anyone encountering the mental health services for the first time and as a reference book for experienced practitioners. It can be dipped into for specialist advice in areas such as provision of mental health services for women, and for groups such as black and other ethnic service users or for lesbian and gay service users. There are some good diagrams which help to explain the cycle of abuse, and the holistic model of mental health'. - British Journal of Occupational Therapy `Social Perspectives will be a useful addition to the library of both practitioners and students; not just for the well researched individual contributions, but for the extensive reference lists which will provide invaluable assistance to readers wishing to research further. The volume brings together various social perspectives in a coherent manner, emphasizing a move away from simply treating symptoms…Together, these chapters provide an agenda which has to be central to any social change.' - Professional Social Work Social Perspectives in Mental Health offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. This interdisciplinary volume promotes a holistic approach to mental health practice, with an emphasis on recovery and empowerment, and on building on the experiences of service users. The contributors explore the impact of social factors, such as power, abuse, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, on the causes and experiences of mental health problems. It is also considered how concepts such as risk and recovery can be understood from a social perspective. Drawing on expertise from a wide range of academic, policy and practice settings as well as lived experience, this book is essential reading for practitioners, students and educators in the fields of mental health and social work.Trade ReviewA brilliantly succinct and readable summary that brings together models and evidence from sociology, psychology, social psychiatry, service user networks and the disability and minority rights movements into a coherent whole. I guarantee you's be hooked. -- Clinical Psychology Forum 186Table of ContentsForeword, Judy Foster, Social Perspectives Network. Introduction, Jerry Tew, University of Central England. 1. Core Themes of Social Perspectives, Jerry Tew. 2. Social Approaches to Madness and Distress: User Perspectives and User Knowledges, Peter Beresford, Brunel University and Chair of Shaping our Lives. 3. Beyond Biomedical Models: A perspective from critical psychiatry, Duncan Double, Consultant psychiatrist, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. 4. Power Relations, Social Order and Mental Distress, Jerry Tew. 5. Social Capital and Mental Health, Martin Webber, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. 6.The Social/Trauma Model - Mapping the Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Similar Experiences, Sally Plumb, Mental Health Training Group, West Midlands. 7. Finding a Way Forward: A Black Perspective on Social Approaches to Mental Health, Peter Ferns, Independent Consultant. 8. Women's Mental Health: Taking Inequality into Account, Jennie Williams, Independent Consultant. 9. `The Sickness Label Infected Everything we Said': Lesbian and Gay Perspectives on Mental Distress, Sarah Carr, Social Care Institute for Excellence. 10. Approaches to Risk in Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Discourse, Shulamit Ramon, Anglia Polytechnic University. 11. Recovery from Mental Breakdown, Jan Wallcraft, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and fellow for Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Experts by Experience, National Institute for Mental Health in England. 12. Social Perspectives: Towards a Framework for Practice, Jerry Tew. Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of
Book SynopsisA practical and comprehensive introduction for carers to mental health problems, this accessible guide outlines a range of signs and symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. The guide explains why mental health problems develop, and advises on what can be done to help people with intellectual disabilities and carers themselves. With chapters on specific disabilities such as autism and epilepsy, the authors cover topics such as:* treatment and interventions for mental health problems* getting the best services and understanding policy around mental health and intellectual disabilities* legal issues, for example, what it means to `give consent'* carers' needs and support for carers.Written with advice from carers and people with intellectual disabilities who use mental health services, this book is an essential resource for all those who care for, and with, people with learning disabilities.Trade ReviewHighly commended by the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) Positive Practices Awards in the Learning Disabilities and Mental Health category for 2004'The guide covers, in detail, a complex body of knowledge, in both a sensitive and accessible manner. It is neither patronising nor lofty in its approach, recognizing the needs of families and carers as central at all times. This target audience should find it of real benefit in demystifying the complex issues and challenging situations with which they are faced and in accessing a directory to additional support available.' -- Journal of Interprofessional CareThis book is authored by renowned practitioners in the field and highly recommended by the National Institue for Mnetal Health in England Positive Practices Awards. As the authors point out, mental health problems are more common in people with intellectual disability, while posing unique diagnostic problems. Moreover, carers can have difficulty in accessing information, and in knowing how to help the person they care ofr in the best possible way. It may be difficult for carers to find out what the symptoms to look out for, how to access help, and what they can do for the person they care for. It can also be difficult for carers to knoe how to safeguard their own rights and needs, in the midst of caring ofr a person with intellectual disability. This guide should help them access such information.The book is clearl ylaid out, with a summary of each chapter provided in the beginning of the guide, and a list of 'key messages' preceding each chapter. Case studies are used to illustrate the points being made. The book provides contact details for further useful resources within each chapter. -- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual DisabilitiesThis is an innovative exploration of an important issue, of international interest. -- Child and Adolescent Mental HealthIn addition to support group contact details, there is also information about their legal rights, ethical issues, respite services, crisis resolution, and planning for the future. In addition to being laid out in a clear, systematic, and easy to use book, the authors provide an excellent further reading list and glossary to accompany a text that will be helpful to al carers. -- Journal of Mental HealthThe authors of the Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities have produced a handbook that helps give a greater depth of understanding and empathy concerning the needs of families and carers. This book will significantly help health care professionals and service users to appreciate through the guides's systematic approach that people with learning disabilities who are also experiencing mental health problems have complex needs. This book is a very welcome addition to our descriptive armour concerning composing a thorough practical approach to guiding and directing families on the best available move towards good clinical governance and therefore this book published by Jessica Kingsley is highly recommended. -- International Journal of Production Research`The guide will be of value to paid carers as well as family carers. It provides introductory information about mental health problems as they present in people with learning disabilities, and advises carers on their role. It covers a wide range of topics, from anxiety and advocacy to mental health legislation, in a straightforward way. I recommend this guide to intellectual disability mental health services and carers' centres as a useful resource which will help families and carers get more out of services and enhance their own understanding of supporting people with intellectual disabilities who also have mental health problems'. -- The Mental Health ReviewThis book aims to increase the understanding of mental illness and associated behaviour, therefore leading to improved quality of life for both the person with ID and their carers. Knowledge in issues relevant to caring can equip the carer to be more assertive and responsive regarding the needs of the person that they support. Readers are encouraged to explore linking and networking as opposed to standing alone. General information needs can easily be neglected by clinicians and professionals but this book fills the gap -- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.As a family carer I think it's helpful to have some basic knowledge about mental health, especially about signs and symptoms. I hoped that reading the book would help me to build up my knowledge and find out more - and it did. The book more than met my expectations in that respect. The resource lists at the end of each chapter are particularly good. The book is a good guide to mental health, and one that will be useful for carers. -- Living WellTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Finding Your Way Around this Guide. What is this Guide for?, Mary Jane Spiller, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. 1. General Information Regarding Mental Health Problems, Geraldine Holt, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, Steve Hardy and Anastasia Gratsa, Estia Centre. 2. Mental Health Problems, Geraldine Holt, Anastasia Gratsa, Steve Hardy. 3. Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems, Steve Hardy and Anastasia Gratsa. 4. Therapeutic Interventions, Anastasia Gratsa, Geraldine Holt and Steve Hardy. 5. Challenging Behaviour, Teresa Joyce, Estia Centre, Mary Jane Spiller and Anastasia Gratsa. 6. Law, Policy and Ethical Issues, Anastasia Gratsa. 7. Autism, Mary Jane Spiller and Anastasia Gratsa. 8. Epilepsy, Mary Jane Spiller, Anastasia Gratsa and Geraldine Holt. 9. Carers' Needs and Support, Anastasia Gratsa. Appendix 1. Mental Health Act. Further Reading/Resources. Glossary, Mary Jane Spiller. References. Index.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers An Integrated Approach to Family Work for
Book SynopsisAn Integrated Approach to Family Work for Psychosis is a manual for using cognitive behavioural approach to working with families of people with severe mental illness.The authors, all experienced clinicians, discuss the various core components of family work, including what constitutes family work, when it might be offered, and how and where it might be applied. As well as these core concerns, the authors also look at reframing challenges and overcoming common personal and external barriers to effective family work. Each chapter can be read individually or as part of the integrated manual. The central argument of the book is that family work must be individualised and it offers a clear approach to engaging and working with families to ensure that this happens, including guidance on how to link components of a service user's plan with their family's strengths and strategies for reducing stress. The book addressed both theory and practice, and concentrates on the experience of mental illness for the service user and their family, providing a focus for intervention.Exploring family work as an integrated psychosocial and educational support strategy, this manual will increase the confidence and competence of new family workers - mental health workers, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists - and broaden the knowledge of those already working in the area.Trade Review` There is much to commend the value of this clear and concise book to all social work practitioners. It is written by health workers who highlight outcome-based research (from 1958) and identify a correlation between the `recovery' of patients who had been hospitalised with psychosis and the culture of the family they return to.'Professional Social Work` This book is written by experienced clinicians with a genuine passion, enthusiasm and commitment to working with families. It is clear that they have been attempting for years to implement a family approach to care. Their attitude to families is without fault - emphatic, humble, respectful of their feelings, experiences, and strengths. It is confirmed by glowing testimonials from family members who have benefited from their help. Their book advocates a non-prescriptive, non-formulaic approach to family work that is individualised and flexible.' -- The British Journal of Psychiatry`It covers the what, why, who, where and how of family work. Appendices give useful examples of information sheets, assessment formats and a glossary…This is an excellent addition to any mental health practitioner's library and one I will be recommending to colleagues.' -- Nursing Standard, Vol.21, No.39, June 6-12 2007`This is a practical manual for family work in psychosis designed for professionals with interest but limited experience in the area. Drawing on their own extensive experience, the authors provide a clear and well-structured guide to implementing their approach.' -- The Psychologist`This manual provides a clear account of the process of family work in psychosis. It is written by three nurses with extensive experience of working with families affected by psychosis and training other healthcare professionals to do so. It is a practical guide which describes how these practitioners have translated this evidence-based approach into routine practice…The primary strength of the manual is its attention to the practitioners of undertaking family work. It will be an extremely useful resource for nurses and other mental health professionals; particularly those who are completing training in family work. It will be an extremely useful resource for nurses and other mental health professionals; particularly those who are completing training in family intervention. I am sure it will become recommended reading for psychological intervention training courses…This is a very good introduction to family work which should enhance the potential of mental health staff to help families affected by psychosis.' -- Mental Health Practice, Vol.10, July 2007The authors admirably achieve their stated aim of covering the what, why, when, who, where and how of family work with service users experiencing psychosis and their families. They provide a book that would be a really useful aid to any practitioner involved with service users who are experiencing psychosis. It presents up to date information in a readily accessible manner and guides the worker through the therapy process with a service user and their family -- Clinical Psychology ForumTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Preface. Section 1: Understanding Family Work for Psychosis. 1. Introduction. 2. What is Family Work for Psychosis? 3. Why Offer Family Work for Psychosis? 4. Who is Involved in Family Work for Psychosis? 5. When to Offer Family Work for Psychosis. 6. Where to do Family Work for Psychosis. Section2: Delivering Family Work for Psychosis. 7. How to Prepare for Family Work Meetings. 8.How to Conduct Family Work Assessments. 9.How to Manage a Successful Family Work Meeting. 10. How to Promote Recovery through Family Work. Appendices. 1. Glossary of Terms. 2. Who is a Carer? 3. Family Work for Psychosis. 4. Family Work Leaflet. 5. Who Can Help Me? 6. Assessment of Carer's Needs Initial Assessment/Review. 7. Family Work Referral Form. 8. Family Work Skills Checklist (FWSC). 9. Family Work Assessment (FWA) Form. 10. Family Meeting Notes. 11. Solving Problems and Achieving Goals. References. Subject Index. Author Index.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Personality Disorder: The Definitive Reader
Book SynopsisPersonality Disorder offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of papers that will be practically useful to practitioners working in secure and non-secure settings with patients who have personality disorders.This book brings together fourteen classic papers, which address the impact that working with personality disorder patients can have on staff. It also offers theoretical explanations for personality disorder, and explores other issues such as the concept of boundaries in clinical practice, psychiatric staff as attachment figures and the relationship between severity of personality disorder and childhood experiences. Each paper is introduced with contextual material, and is followed by a series of questions that are intended to be used as educational exercises.This book will be essential reading for clinical and forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, social workers and students.Trade Review`This book is excellent value for anyone who has had difficulty working with clients who have personality disorder - but then isn't that just about everyone?' -- The British Journal of Psychiatry, George Stein, The Priory HospitalThis book does exactly what its title promises... Here we have a valuable starting point for those whose everyday work involves dealing with personality disorder...Practical and thought-provoking. -- The PsychologistThe volume is an especially accessible and useful resource, unravelling some of the many complexities associated with the disorder whilst encouraging a broader, yet deeper, understanding in mental health professionals. -- British Journal of Social WorkThis is an invaluable colection. -- Therapy TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction. Contributors. Part 1 Theory: Aetiology and Psychopathology. 1. The Relationship Between Severity of Personality Disorder and Certain Adverse Childhood Influences. Michael Craft, Geoffrey Stephenson and Clive Granger 1964. 2. Care-Eliciting Behaviour in Man. Scott Henderson, 1974. Points for Reflective Practice. Part II Clinical Implications. 3. Hate in the Countertransference. D.W. Winnicott, 1947. 4. Taking Care of the Hateful Patient. James E. Groves, 1978. 5. The Ailment. T.F. Main, 1976. 6. Malignant Alienation: Dangers for Patients who are Hard to Like. Darell Watts and Gethin Morgan, 1994. 7. Malignant Alienation. Mary Whittle, 1997. 8. The Beginning of Wisdom is Never Calling a Patient a Borderline. George Valliant, 1992. 9. Psychiatric Staff as Attachment Figures: Understanding Management Problems in Psychiatric Services in the Light of Attachment Theory. Gwen Adshead, 1998. 10. In the Prison on Severe Personality Disorder. Kingsley Norton, 1997. Points for Reflective Practice. Part III Treatment and Management. 11. Murmurs of Discontent: Treatment and Treatability of Personality Disorder. Gwen Adshead, 2001. 12. Management of Difficult Personality Disorder Patients. Kingsley Norton, 1996. 13. Problems in the Management of Borderline Patients in Inpatient Settings. Marcus Evans, 1998. 14. Ten Traps for Therapists in the Treatment of Trauma Survivors. James A. Chu, 1988. 15. Severe Personality Disorder: Treatment Issues and Selection for In-patient Psychotherapy. Kingsley Norton and R.D. Hinshelwood, 1996. 16. The Concept of Boundaries in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Risk-Management Decisions. Thomas Gutheil and Glen O. Gabbard, 1993. Points for Reflective Practice.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Telling Tales About Dementia: Experiences of
Book SynopsisHow does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need? In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances share their experiences of caring for a parent, partner or friend with dementia. They speak from the heart about love and loss: 'I still find it hard to believe that Alzheimer's has happened to us,' writes one contributor, 'as if we were sent the wrong script.' The stories told here vividly reflect the tragedy of dementia, the gravity of loss, and instances of unsatisfactory diagnosis, treatment and care. But they contain hope and optimism too: clear indications that the quality of people's lives can be enhanced by sensitive support services, by improved understanding of the impact of dementia, by recognising the importance of valuing us all as human beings, and by embracing and sustaining the connections between us. This unique collection of personal accounts will be an engaging read for anyone affected by dementia in a personal or professional context, including relatives of people with dementia, social workers, medical practitioners and care staff.Trade Review... these 208 pages (with additional glossary, lists of recommended reading and helpful organisations), does have genuinely uplifting moments, sprinkled among the diverse and informative case studies: this is a genuinely moving document, and the wealth of experience drawn on merits careful consideration... Given present estimates that there are 700,000 individuals in the UK experiencing some form of dementing illness, books such as this serve a valuable purpose. -- Working with Older People, Stephen Weeks, Book Reviews EditorDespite the increasing number of books on caring for a person with dementia, few capture the perspective of the carer to the degree managed by Lucy Whitman in her edited book Telling Tales about Dementia... Together the real-life stories provide a range of insights into: the grief and stress of losing a loved one to dementia ('Living with loss'); managing the challenges of dealing with the care system ('Dispatches from the battlefield'); and maintaining communication with a relative with advanced dementia and/or keeping them company at the end of life ('Keeping in touch, letting go'). These are supplemented by a very useful contextualising introduction by the editor, and some recommended reading and a list of helpful organisations at the end. These moving and personal stories, which are a mixture of the voices of the carers themselves and a transcription of a discussion with the editor, evidence the complexity, pain and variety of both "having dementia" and dementia caring experiences. The fact that some of the tales are accompanied by photographs, that one contribution is in the form of a poem and that the tales are from carers from a variety of backgrounds strengthens the book's capacity to provide a genuine cornucopia of human experience "warts and all"... One the most powerful dimensions of the book is its multiple perspectives and inspiring portrays of astonishing levels of stoicism, devotion, resilience and love displayed by "ordinary" people for their relatives and friends with a chronic, disabling and distressing condition...The book unashamedly adopts the subjective experience of dementia caring as its standpoint and offers a rich source of raw evidence about what it is like to care for someone you love with dementia in the real world, right now. -- Quality in Ageing and Older AdultsI know of no book at all comparable to this recent Jessica Kingsley publication... Telling Tales about Dementia will be a great encouragement to other carers. They will feel in the company of those who do understand the agony and the poignancy from the inside. It also has so much to contribute to the understanding and training of professional carers. It is devoutly to be hoped that, as the government's national dementia strategy is implemented, it will address some of the vital concerns so vividly depicted in this book. -- Christian Council on AgeingAs a practitioner in dementia support, I found this book inspiring. With dementia rising up the healthcare agenda and the government's dementia strategy acknowledging the scale of future needs, it is important to listen to the voice of people living with dementia in service planning. -- Nursing StandardEvery one of these stories is a jewel-house of observation, dedication and feeling. Every one can and should be used to teach us as individuals and in reflective groups - be we informal (family) carers or professionals... This is a wonderful book which we must be thankful for and make good use of. -- For Dementia PlusThere is much to be learned from these thirty moving and beautifully written stories of carers looking after people they love and who have dementia. The accounts are all very different and each has something special to tell us about the centrality of relationships and life histories in understanding and caring for anyone. -- John Burton - Caring Times; Standards for PracticeThese personal accounts by family carers, harrowing, distressing, but also inspiring and uplifting, will have you weeping one moment and laughing the next, as they describe struggling to manage situations that range from horrific to comical. How do you cope alone with your loved one's slow loss of rational thought and behaviour? You cannot - and you need not. The single most valuable achievement of this book is to tell carers they are not alone. The more of us there are, the stronger we become, and the better we can fight for our loved ones in the face of this cruel disease. -- John Suchet, broadcaster, who is caring for his wife Bonnie, who has dementia.These accounts are a tribute to the abiding insistence on according dignity to every one of us until our last breath. Reading these stories will make us all, in the words of one of the contributors, "determined to make a difference". -- Joanna Trollope, OBE, Patron 'For Dementia'This anthology... is a captivating and essential read for all professionals trying to understand and help families caring for a loved one living with dementia. Echoes of indifference in the face of family devotion and upset stand in distressingly sharp contrast. I was left in no doubt that all health and social care practitioners, including those working in care homes who read these tales will be unable to stop themselves looking at what they do and asking can we not do better? -- Dr Graham Stokes, Consultant Clinical PsychologistThese powerful stories should be read by everyone involved in health and social care, from commissioners designing services to those giving direct care and support. I hope they will also be read by those who have had no previous contact with dementia, to help combat the stigma it still carries through lack of public awareness... The accounts are moving, engrossing, sprinkled with quirky humour, and truthful. There is both warm praise and angry criticism of services. I hope the book will play its part alongside the National Dementia Strategy to help eradicate some of the glaring bad practice it highlights... Vivid personalities shine through, reminding us that every person with dementia, every carer and every caring relationship, is different and individual, therefore services need to be sensitive, personal and flexible. -- Dementia CareThe stories of these carers - sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, lovers and friends - are not confined to the painful subject of dementia: the book is also about anger, loss, love and loyalty. It's both powerful and moving. -- Diana Melly, writer and widow of jazz legend George Melly, who had dementia in his final yearsThis book will speak to other carers who will empathise with or learn from different chapters. However, the narratives across the chapters also provide strong lessons and experiences that both increase understanding and highlight key issues for a much wider audience - particularly for formal carers, service developers, policy makers, commissioners and anyone with an interest in improving the experience of living with dementia for both the person and their close friends and family. Central to this is the importance of relationships in all their complexity and form: the book illustrates this fundamental importance beautifully. -- The Journal of Ageing and Society, Heather Wilkinson, Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships and Research Director for the School of Health in Social Science at the University of EdinburghTelling Tales About Dementia: Experiences of Caring offers experiences from some thirty care givers from different backgrounds and circumstances who describe their experiences caring for a partner, parent or friend with dementia. Any affected by dementia in either a professional or personal realm will find this collection eye-opening, engaging, and educational. -- The Midwest Book ReviewThis is a powerful collection of first hand accounts by 30 people who have cared for a person with dementia... The contributors are commendably diverse in terms of ethnicity, age, gender and sexuality. They include spouses, children, siblings and friends of the person they care for... Carers of people with dementia are the main audience for this book, and they will find much to identify with and much to support them... It is equally important that professionals read this kind of book, and not just those with a specialist knowledge of dementia, as one of the key messages is a failure to recognise and understand dementia. Taken together these short stories are probably more effective than a shelf full of dementia strategies and books about person-centred care. -- Ros Levenson, Mental Health TodayStory-telling is a compelling way of shedding light on difficult situations. No two families are the same and it is impossible to generalise about the impact on relationships of a condition like dementia. Reading about individuals, however, offers an insight into the changes dementia can bring. A strength of this book is the variety of situations and relationships it covers. There are families from different cultures as well as gay and lesbian carers, who help us see some of the special challenges for carers from minority groups. There are a disproportionate number of carers looking after people of working age with dementia, but this is helpful as the situation of younger people warrants greater attention and awareness. Photographs break up the text and bring the stories to life, adding to the vivid impression that the reader is being invited into the carer's home to meet the person for whom they are caring. -- Julia Burton-Jones, Relatives and Residents Association NewsletterTelling Tales is a testament to human attachment, resourcefulness and humour in the face of immense challenge. It is a compelling read. -- Beryl Hylton Downing, Speech & Language Therapy in PracticeOn reading a book like this one learns to brace oneself for raw accounts of the losses which go along with dementia, the hugely difficult and complex situations people have to deal with, and painful examples of lamentably poor care or even abuse. There is a great deal of honesty and directness here, and the very real pain, anger and guilt which those close to the person with dementia experience as a result comes through loud and clear. But there are also examples of highly sensitive and loving interventions, as well as precious and sustaining moments of shared joy, humour and gratitude. These remind us that dementia does not have to be all about deterioration and grief, and there are many opportunities to learn and grow. -- -Kate Allan, Faith in Older PeopleTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Section 1: Living with Loss. 1. A Big Enough Supply of Love. Maria Jastrzebska. 2. We Don't Know What is Going Through Her Mind. Jennifer Davies. 3. The Departing Light. Jim Swift. 4. Walking on Thin Ice. Rachael Dixey. 5. The Most Difficult Decision of My Life. Debbie Jackson. 6. We Learn to Enter Her World. U Hla Htay. 7. Half a World Away. Anna Young. 8.Have You Seen My Pat? Pat Hill. 9. Feisty Love. Maria Smith. 10. Glimpses of Glory on a Long Dark Road. Helen Robinson. 11. Our Mum Had To Be The Man of The House. The Malik Family. 12. On The Contrary. Lucy Whitman. 13. Family Matters. Ian McQueen. 14. Back and Forth. Geraldine McCarthy. 15. A Very Important Moustache. Steve Jeffery. Section 2: Despatches from the Battlefield. 16. This Has Gone Beyond My Mother. Marylyn Duncan. 17. Rage, Rage. Jenny Thomas. 18. Forever in My Thoughts. Rosie Smith. 19. A Sister's Story. Peggy Fray. 20. Surely the World has Changed. Roger Newman. 21. Look Back in Anger. Shirley Nurock. 22. Cracks in the System. Pat Brown. 23. Strained to the Limit. Andra Houchen. 24. Break on Through to the Other Side. Louisa Houchen. 25. Rocking the Boat. Sheena Sanderson. 26. The Significant Other. Brian Baylis. 27. An Instruction Manual for Keeping Your Mind. Gail Chester. Section 3: Keeping In Touch, Letting Go. 28. When Words Fail. Barbara Pointon. 29. The End of The Story. Tim Dartington. 30. State of Grace. Rosemary Clarke. Glossary. Recommended Reading. Helpful Organisations. The Contributors. What is for dementia?
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Chipmunkapublishing Crisis in the Community
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Working with Schizophrenia: A Needs Based
Book SynopsisThis is a practical handbook for all professionals, especially those based in the community, and others working with people suffering from schizophrenia. It is concerned with promoting real understanding of their experiences and developing effective ways to facilitate them to maintain a reasonable quality of life.Featuring many contributions from sufferers, carers and service providers, and based on a tried and tested needs based approach pioneered by the author and her colleagues, it begins by looking at the present `state of play' in society's approach to schizophrenia, and the experiences of both sufferers and their families. It goes on to identify the needs raised by such experiences and considers ways of meeting such needs, before detailing methods of intervention, including groupwork and the provision of resources.Trade Review`This is clearly a valuable book and, in the present climate of concern about the wisdom or otherwise of caring for schizophrenic patients in the community, it has particular relevance. Many professionals in this challenging area will find this book useful, and a good basis for discussing relevant issues with colleagues and trainees. The discussion of resources, unusual in books in this area, is very welcome. What this book does is to provide a very sensible discussion of a way of managing, and working with, schizophrenic patients and their families in the community. Thus it complements, very effectively, the existing technical literature.' - Behaviour Research and Therapy`The author has a positive and optimistic approach with realistic suggestions for improving care in an area where development is much needed. The content is topical and pertinent. By allowing the families and patients to `speak' for themselves, she achieves a clarity of expression which is both valuable and helpful for increasing awareness and understanding on the part of the reader. This would be particularly valuable for students or staff with limited experience, but is salutary reading for anyone. The problem is that those who most need to read it will probably not. Make sure you are not in this category.' -- British Journal of Occupational Therapy`In this thoroughly engaging and readable book, the author draws on years of practical experience to give a committed and compassionate account of working with people who suffer from schizophrenia and their carers…I would recommend that mental health nursing students and practitioners working with this client group do read it - not the least for the challenges it poses for services and service-providers.' -Nursing Times`Twenty years as a psychiatric social worker ably distilled into a readable form.' -- National Schizophrenia Fellowship Today`Gwen Howe fulfils her aim in providing a handbook for mental health professionals working with people who have schizophrenia. She writes with conviction keeping a balance between research that has been undertaken in the general area of the affliction and the vivid case studies of individuals … offers useful and well formed questions to draw out a sufferer in order to assess change.' -- British Journal of Social Work`good advice about social security benefits and rightly emphasises the importance of preventing crisis through early access and the ready availability of relevant information.' -- British Medical Journal`a practical handbook for professionals, written without jargon and without pretension … A warm book, that pulls no punches, I strongly recommend it to all professionals working with people who suffer from this cruel disorder.' -- Journal of the Royal Society of Health`presents some creative and practical suggestions … offers an excellent training tool for workers new to mental health and to students.' -- Social Workers Christian Fellowship`many service providers and trainers would benefit greatly from its down to earth approach … a basic, useful approach to mental illness … written with the authority of one who has worked for years in the field as a professional … a good beginner's guide.' -- Don Young, Director, The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain`wideranging and readable...I warmly commend Gwen Howe's book...an essential handbook for families of schizophrenia sufferers.' -NSF Today`This is a practical book, written without jargon, and without pretension, and based on the author's extensive working experience. It emphasises the importance of listening to sufferers and their relatives, respecting emotional reactions and their formulations of their difficulties, and helping them to reach their own solutions. It is underscored by a passionate belief in human rights, and in the potential of people with schizophrenia to attain a better quality of life than many find possible. The book will be valuable to many people for the detailed information it contains, the understanding of human dilemmas which it conveys, and the humanity with which it is written. It should be standard reading for professionals in the mental health services. Voluntary workers and families trying to help a person with schizophrenia will find in it much that they need to know; and many sufferers will find it a source of support and assistance, as they try to cope with their own problems, and the day-to-day stresses of their lives.' -- from the Foreword by Kathleen JonesTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction. Part I: About Schizophrenia. 1. Reality, Not Myth! 2. What Happens to sufferers. 3. What Happens to Families. Part II: Identifying and Meeting Needs 4. Priorities the Whole Family. 5. Priorities for sufferers. 6. Meeting Needs Indentified by Families. 7. Meeting Needs Identified by Sufferers. Part III: A Needs Based Approach 8. Explanations and Sharing Information. 9. Dealing with Specific Problems. 10. An Effective Resource. 11. Reality Testing and Other Strategies. 12. Needs Based Groupwork. Part IV: A Way Forward 13. Damage Limitation. References. Useful addresses. Further reading. Index.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Mental Health and Social Work
Book SynopsisExamining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume considers the current state of policy and organisation and the changes that have taken place over the last decade in the field. The book charts the move away from separate, specialist services, and the resultant impact on service provision and concerns over dilution of expertise. Using research findings and case studies, the contributors discuss:* the perception of clients by social work organisations* the implementation of services* the impact of community care arrangements* the circumstances of clients who are `hidden' from social services* the `mismatch' between clients' needs and provision offered* the issues of empowerment and assessment of risk as well as with the more `public' factors of resources and confidence in models of care* and the interaction between the various agencies involved with this client group.Trade ReviewThe exploration of the research issues in mental health social work, chapter five, is illuminating in its demonstration of how much more work needs to be done. The dilemma of role conflict is ably demonstrated in the discussion regarding the role of social worker as mental health officer. The conflict between being an advocate for the individual and guardian of public safety is one that is very tangible for many workers within the mental health and social care field. Fernando's chapter, seven, on ethnicity and mental health offers the most general focus of the issues explored. This is especially true in light of the current discussions surrounding the Stephen Lawrence case and institutional racism. An overview of studies relating to ethnicity and mental illness offers a useful introduction to many issues, as does a commentary on the ethnocentric nature of counselling and psychotherapy. -- Journal of Interprofessional CareThis book is a fine addition to the Research Highlights in Social Work series, which has the aim of drawing together different aspects of the subject, highlighting relevant research and making connections with policy and practice. The chapters in this text from a range of contributors admirably meet these goals. Mental Health and Social Work consists of 12 chapters covering subjects such as community-based mental health services, ethnicity and mental health, depression in old age, maternal depression, service evaluation and service users' perceptions on social work services. As a Mental Health Officer and Senior Social Worker, I am most impressed by Myers chapter entitled Social Workers as Mental Health Officers: Different Hats, Different Roles? She teases out the overlapping organisational and practice issues which impact on the worker's role. The editors are to be congratulated for producing a book that reflects the current state with regard to policy and practice in social work services for people with mental health problems. I would strongly recommend it to social work practioners, managers and service planners. -- RostrumThis is the latest (number 28) in the series Research Highlights In Social Work, which has provided as excellent source of material for practioners for a number of years. It builds on some of the ideas considered in an earlier volume in 1985 that looked at mental illness. The change in terminology is considered in the introduction. The editors also identify a number of other significant changes such as the growth in influence of the user movement. The main chapters are from a range of contribuitors, many of whom, reflecting the base of the series, are from Scotland. This is particularly relevant in terms of the chapters on the Mental Welfare Commission and on the role of mental health officers. These provide a refreshing change from the number of 'British' texts which tend to ignore the law outside England. I found the two chapters that consider the role of the mental health officer to be particularly informative and to be written a way that made for easy comparisons with the position of approved social workers in Nothern Ireland and England. All the chapters are well written and maintain the series' usual high standard of referencing. They look at community-based mental health services, ethnicity and mental health, depression in old age and service users' perspectives, among other topics. The book concludes with a comment from Jim Kiddle of the Scottish Users' Network. This text makes somes important recent research accessible and is highly recommended. -- Community CareTable of Contents1. Introduction and Overview, Anne Connor, independent consultant and Marion Ulas, University of Edinburgh. 2. Policy in to Practice: Creative Tension or Deadlock? 3. Community-Based Mental Health Services, Anne Connor. 4. Policy and Management of Social Work Services: The Mental Welfare Commission in the Context of Inspection, Christine E. McGregor, Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia. 5. Research Issues in Mental Health Social Work, Marion Ulas. 6. Social Workers as Mental Health Officers: Different Hats, Different Roles? Fiona Myers, University of Edinburgh. 7. Ethnicity and Mental Health, Suman Fernando, The Tizard Centre. 8. Depression in Old Age, Maureen O'Neill, Age Concern Scotland. 9. Maternal Depression in Child and Family Care: The Design, Development and Use of an Instrument for Research and Practice, Michael Sheppard, University of Plymouth. 10. Evaluation of Social Work Services for People with Mental Health Problems, Allyson McCollam, Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health Services and Julia White, freelance research consultant. 11. Service Users' Perspectives on Social Work Activities for People Experiencing Mental Health Problems, Julia White and Allyson McCollam. 12. Afterword, Jim Kiddie, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Managing Manic Depressive Disorders
Book SynopsisBy exploring different ways of managing these disorders, this book provides information and analysis for people who are in any way concerned with manic depressives. The possibilities for treatment discussed here include information about previously under-explored methods as well as new thinking on well-known treatments. The reasons for the onset of manic depression are considered in order to further understanding and assist treatment by increasing knowledge of how manic depressives actually feel. Particular difficulties in treatment are addressed, such as the unresponsiveness of the depressive and the problem of the manic high from which the patient may not want to recover. Such difficulties are explained and the contributors explore what can be done to provide long-term solutions, including the possibility of self-management.The contributors include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and social workers. By including the approaches of these different professions, a balanced and comprehensive picture of the disorders and their effective management is built up.Trade Review`There is agreement throughout the text that no single 'cure' works for everyone and that the objective of treatment is to help patients 'manage' their lives in a way which reduces the severity and number of episodes experienced and improves psychosocial functioning in between. The professional contributions by a social worker, occupational therapist , psychologist and nurse on their particular roles were based mainly on case examples. These chapters hopefully will be of interest to users of mental health services who often find the input of different professionals difficult to distinguish and to evaluate. In conclusion I might add that because of the shortage of readable material on manic depression for a non-medical audience, this book is welcome.' -- International Social Work`Because there are a range of perspectives given, including cognitive, psychosocial, pharmacological, there is some overlap, but the different approaches are generally complimentary and contribute to an enjoyable and very readable book. It is well balanced and informative for professionals, sufferers and their families.` -- Issues in Social Work Education`Literature on manic depressive disorders is limited and this is undoubtedly an informative text. It will unquestionably provide useful reference for students of all disciplines including nursing.' -- Nursing TimesThe chapter on occupational therapy contains specific advice on how to help people when they are depressed and hypomanic and will be of interest to those who work with people with bipolar disorders on a day today basis. For thoseinvolved in running groups with people with manic-depressive disorders, the chapter on group therapy is very informative in terms of practical advice and drawing attention to the pitfalls, and is obviously written by someone with a great deal of practical experience in this area. One of the most interesting chapters in the book is that on self-management which is practical, balanced and offers hope to sufferes. although aimed at those experiencing the disorder, most professional will find it interesting and educational. Overall then, this book which has something for many people-service users, lay people and professionals- and is best seen as one from which to pick chapters of interest rather than one to be read cover to cover. - British Journal of Clinical Psychology.`…will appeal to the scientifically inclined patient in search of information, but perhaps more to the professional involved in his or her care. I strongly recommend this book, packed with information, holistic in approach, with a comprehensive bibliography and a genuine enthusiasm for successful management.' -- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine`I found the book illuminating…I would therefore recommend it as of interest to all professionals and trainees likely to become involved in service provision…the book is a valuable resource, bringing together many different approaches and providing a rich source of references.' -- Journal of Social Work Practice`…accessible with explanations of terms and models, avoidance of jargon and an emphasis on pragmatic solutions…trainees starting out in psychiatry seeking a multidisciplinary text on the management of disorders will find it useful.' -- Journal of Psychiatric Case Reports`Nearly all the chapters are clearly written and contain down to earth, realistic, practical advice. This truly is a guide to management of a complex condition, and should be a valuable aid to advanced practice…All the main professions and therapies are included, as well as chapters on self-management and the role of relatives and friends. If you have people on your caseload with bi-polar mood disorders, this concisely written book is worthy of your attention.' -- Mental Health Nursing`The whole book offers a good insight into the problems and treatments available.' -- Church TimesTable of ContentsForeword, Myra Fulford, Director, The Manic Depressive Fellowship, UK. Professor Hugh Freeman: An Appreciation, Dennis Friedman, Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry, St Bartholemew's Hospital, London. Introduction, Ved Varma. 1. Manic Depressive Illness: Services, David Kingdon, Medical Director, Nottingham Health Care Trust. 2. What Psychodynamic Approaches Can Do to Help, Charles Lund, Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 3. What a Cognitive Behavioural Approach Can Do To Help, Alison Jenaway, Clinical Research Associate and Denis O'Leary, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. 4. What Psychologists Can Do to Help, Anne Palmer, Clinical Psychologist, Hellesden Hospital, Norwich and Paul Gilbert, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Derby. 5. What Social Work Can Do to Help, Jean Nursten, Professor of Social Work, University of Reading. 6. What Nurses Can Do to Help, Paul Needham, Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences, Thames Valley University. 7. What Relatives and Friends Can Do to Help, Eia K Asen, Consultant Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital and Marlborough Family Consultation Centre, London. 8. What Drugs Can Do to Help, Jill Rasmussen, Clinical Psychopharmacologist, Surrey and Cosmo Hallstrom, Consultant Psychiatrist, The Charter Clinic, London. 9 What Hospitals Can Do to Help, Khaver Bashir, Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London and Malcolm Weller, Consultant Psychiatrist, St Ann's Hospital. 10. What Group Therapy Can Do to Help, Maurice Greenberg, Head of Student Counselling Service, University College London, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, Camden and Islington NHS Community Health Services Trust and Group-Analytic Practice, London. 11. What Occupational Therapy Can Do to Help, Mandy J. Sainty, Occupational Therapist and Quality Development Facilitator, Mid Essex Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, Witham, Essex. 12. A Guide to Self-Management, David Guinness, Chair of The Manic Depressive Fellowship, UK. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Mental Health Assessments
Book SynopsisWritten with the help of sufferers and carers to give an accurate `consumer's perspective' of how the mental health services react when a person becomes mentally ill, Mental Health Assessments focuses on the problems that can arise when someone undergoes a formal assessment for compulsory admission to hospital. Using case studies drawn from real life and selected by the sufferers and carers, the book examines what can go wrong with the assessment process - for example, if an inappropriate section is made, or if the opportunity for an assessment is missed. The author describes the implications of current mental health legislation, including examples of both good and bad practice. She argues that the system can be slow to respond, and that in some cases the law fails to protect both the patient and their families. The final chapter draws out key issues from the assessment process, and provides suggestions for improving the care of those with a serious mental illness.Trade Review`I was pleased to have read it as it has given me an insight into mental health assesments which I may otherwise have overlooked…In my opinion it will make mental health professionals think hard about some of the decisions they make and assist nursing students in a better understanding of the people they are going to care for.' -- Mental Health Nursing`This is the second book in a series entitled Living with Mental Illness which is significant for being written, and on behalf of, a group of consumers of mental health services including both service users … defined here as suffers or survivors …and carers. For the social work audience it does not always make for comfortable reading, but the overall message deserves careful consideration at a time when mental health services are under the spotlight in terms of government policy, the review of the Mental Health Act 1983, and the development of National Service Frameworks. Each chapter of the book is constructed around a case study concerning one individual's experience of accessing mental health services. This is followed by comments from the author and an analysis and discussion of the issues from members of the LEAP (Living with the Experience Of Acute Psychosis) group. Each chapter concludes with a brief summary, relevant information such as details of legislation, and suggestions for discussion or a written excercise. This format works well and ensures that the content is accessible, clear and grounded in real-life experience. It also ensures that the book may be read by individuals, whether consumers or practioners, as well as being a resource for trainers. Notwithstanding these concerns, however, there is much in this book which would repay careful consideration, especially by Approved Social Workers and others involved in the care of people with serious mental illness. This book offers a relevant and stimulating contribution to the crucial issues involved in mental health assessment.' -- British Journal Of Social Work`The format of the book is accessible and easy to read. The case studies are very realistic …It illustrates accurately the complexities and difficulties associated with working with people with long-term mental health problems … Overall, I would recommend this book as a good tool to stimulate discussion and debate. It is meant to be used in a training capacity and provides a good platform from which to assist health professionals, clients and carers alike to identify the issues and better work together in partnership.' - British Journal of Occupational Therapy`Another excellent book in the Living with Serious Mental Illness series. Deals with medication, carers' tales and mental health assessment.' -- Pendulum, newsletter of the Manic Depressive Fellowship`This is a book which `has been waiting to be written'. How many people are frustrated by their inability to use the Mental Health Act 1983 and protect family members suffering from the effects of untreated or ineffectively treated schizophrenia. This book gives us knowledge and understanding of the act which in its turn gives us the confidence to use it, to quote from it, to make demands. The book uses real life case studies, discusses whether mental health assessments were used, and if used, adequately, or not. Comments are then made by members of a group the Leap Group -an Essex based pressure group of consumers. The relevant sections of the Mental Health Act are quoted and clarified and other information which might help is supplied. The book closes with recommendations as to how the system might be improved. There is a glossary of words and phrases which may be new to people first finding out about schizophrenia and a list of useful names and addresses.' -- Newsletter of the Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain`There is much of relevance in the book to members of Making Space and to our staff. I liked the format because it enables people affected by these problems to identify with the case studies and so understand better the background to professional decisions. It is an excellent base for training. It should prove extremely useful for carers and is sympathetic to user concerns.' -- Making SpaceTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Mental health assessments: an introduction. 2. Slipping out of the system. 3. A `least restrictive' practice. 4. The role of medication in acute psychosis. 5. Slipping into the wrong system. 6. Carers and a need for caring. 7. A reluctance to use the law? 8. Mental health assessments: summing up. Further reading. Useful addresses. Glossary. Index.
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