Mental health services Books

Book SynopsisThe first book to address the increasingly urgent need for information about psychiatric problems in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), Mental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome systematically explains the emotional and psychological difficulties that are often encountered with ASDs. The author, an experienced psychiatrist specializing in autism, describes each of the conditions that are commonly seen in autistic children and adults, including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and tic disorders, and gives sound guidance on their early detection and treatment. Easy to use and authoritative, this book is an essential tool for use by both family and professionals.Trade ReviewThis book is a valuable part of my AS library, ans I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in exploring themselves in depth to find out whether they are mad, bad or just Aspie! -- Asperger UnitedThere is clear evidence that people with ASDs are at an increased risk of developing a range of co-morbid conditions and this book, whose author is a child psychiatrist specializing in childrens and adults with ASDs, seeks to offer clear advice and guidance on early detection and treatment. The author recognizes that many problems such as mood swings, angry outbursts, depression and anxiety are often dismissed by professionals as part of the condition of autism and therefore go untreated. This book provides an overview of the wide range of behavioural problems and psychiatric disorders that may affect people with autism and Asperger syndrome and treatments that are available. It is a very comprehensive book and certainly the most informative I have found on the subject so far. I would strongly recommend this book. -- The Sheffield Autistic Society NewsletterThis book is one of the first to tackle the issue of comorbid psychiatric symptoms in individuals with PDDs. Ghaziuddin clearly has a thorough understanding of the presentation of psychiatric symptoms in PDDs, and he manages to make the book accessible to the general population. -- PsycCritiquesThis book is a unique publication, and although written in the USA… it translates into a British perspective easily. It is an honest exploration of common contemporary phenomena that is often confused with unrelated presentations, resulting in a second-class mental health service for sufferers, carers and relatives. It challenges stereotypes, informs the reader and provides hope, therefore it would be of significant benefit to students and qualified professionals of all disciplines. -- Mental Health PracticeI think the author has done an admirable job in this book. It is primarily aimed at parents and caregivers. I certainly think that all professionals involved with the care of people with ASD will find it very valuable… The main message of the book is that people with ASD suffer from a wide range of behavioural and psychiatric disorders at various stages in their lives and that recognition, diagnosis and treatment is crucial to better outcomes for this group. -- The Journal of Intellectual Disability ResearchThis book is the first to address the increasingly urgent need for information about psychiatric problems in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and systematically explains the emotional and psychological difficulties that are often encountered with ASD's.The book describes the conditions that are commonly seen in autistic children and adults, including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and tic disorders and gives sound guidance on their early detection and treatment. -- Autism UsMental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome alerts parents and professionals to the occurrence of common emotional and psychological problems in autism and provides sound advice for the detection and treatment of psychiatric problems in people with ASD's… this book is a valuable tool for both professionals and parents alike. -- Link Autism EuropeDr Ghaziuddin is to be congratulated for his timely, informative, and thoughtful book… I enjoyed reading it immensely… [It] has abundant information on this increasingly important topic. -- Gary Mesibov, PhD, Professor & Director, Division TEACCH, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTable of ContentsPreface 1. Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An overview. 2. What is Asperger syndrome? 3. Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. 4. Medical Conditions in Autism. 5. Psychiatric Comorbidity: an introduction 6. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 7. Depression and other Mood Disorders. 8. Anxiety Disorders in Autism and Asperger syndrome. 9. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders. 10. Autism, Tic Disorders, and Tourette Syndrome. 11. Other Psychiatric Disorders 12. Violence in Autism and Asperger syndrome.13. Psychiatric Comorbidity of Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Task ahead. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs we grow older, our need to be engaged in interesting activities does not diminish and is vital to our quality of life. How to Make Your Care Home Fun examines the need for activities for elderly people in care and offers a practical programme of entertaining activities that can be used in nursing and residential homes, day centres, rehabilitation centres and hospices.As well as suggesting a programme of activities for older people in care homes including arts and crafts, role-playing, gardening and cooking, it also takes the stance that 'activity nursing' should be integral to all personal care plans and not simply regarded as an add on to medical care. The author also examines how care homes are run and regulated in the light of recent legislation and considers the services provided by care homes and areas of potential deficiency. The book offers a wide selection of activities that can be used with people of all abilities and have greatly improved quality of life for elderly people in care.Highlighting the value of nursing that caters for an individual's physical, mental and emotional needs, this book is an ideal resource for care home professionals and anyone who is responsible for the well-being of elderly people in care.Trade ReviewI would certainly recommend this book a a resource within the care home as it would inspire an understanding of how simple activities are so important to the wellbeing of residents whithin the care home. -- dementia... this is a most certainly recommended book and ideal resource for any care providers needing some fresh insight and inspiration, especially those whose role it is to provide activities in a day care or residential setting. The book acts as a comprehensive guide to help make a care home fun and stimulating, and it has successfull highlighted the value of a quality of nursing whih aims to provide for an individual's physical, mental and emotional needs and overall quality of life. -- SignpostThis is a thoroughly practical handbook in paperback format - full of a variety of stimulating activities to use with a range of residents. This is a helpful tool in the work of meaningful care and continuing stimulus for our older citizens and one that care home staff will find to be a valuable asset. I warmly commend it. -- Plus Quarterly Magazine of Christian Council on AgeingThis pithy, readable book suggests ideas for everyday activities to enhance the wellbeing and quality of life of older people who live in care homes. -- Nursing StandardTable of ContentsForeword. 1. Introduction. 2. The Care Home Sector. 3. How Old is Old? 4. Why Activities Are Needed. 5. The Activities Organiser. 6. Arranging the Programme. 7. Activities. 8. Talking and Listening. 9. Keep Moving. 10. Role Play. 11. Reminiscence. 12. Everyday Occupations. 13. Music. 14. Arts and Crafts. 15. Discussions and Debates. 16. A Miscellany of Informal Activities. 17. Gardening. 18. Cookery. 19. Going Out. 20. Activities for People with Dementia.

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Book Synopsis*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry Category of the 2011 BMA Book Awards*Working with Suicidal Individuals provides a comprehensive guide to understanding suicide, the assessment of risk, and the treatment and management of suicidal individuals.It begins by covering the theory behind suicidal behaviour, using Transactional Analysis to explore the personality types of suicidal individuals and to understand their motivations. Factors that contribute to an individual becoming suicidal, such as mental illness, are also explored. A comprehensive system for the assessment of suicide risk is provided, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Finally, the author discusses different ways suicidal and pseudo-suicidal individuals can be managed and treated, including the 'no suicide contract' and redecision therapy. Case studies are included throughout to demonstrate the theory and practice. This book will be essential reading for all those working with a suicidal or at-risk individual, including practitioners in health, social work, psychotherapy, psychology and counselling.Trade ReviewThe book is filled with useful facts, effective methods of working with drug users, examples and answers to many questions, including the question: What's love got to do with it?In summary, I find this book relieves fear about drugs and activates the full potential for working with addicts. -- Natasa Djurica, Psychologist in private practice in Serbiaessential reading for frontline practitioners and clinicians working with people at risk of suicide and harm in the neurodisabilitty field. -- Social Care and Neurodisability, William Harper, Team Manager, Islington Assertive Outreach TeamTony White, writing from extensive experience, provides a guide that will be useful to any therapists or counsellor working with people who are or may become suicidal... The presentation of transactional analysis is simple and sufficient. It can be understood without prior training in TA, an it clarifies the rest of what is presented in this book... I encourage readers not to wait for the next edition; this book is a valuable resource for all therapists. -- Transactional Analysis Journalthe most thorough and effective that I have found, especially for this life and death issue... This is a splendid book, perfect for newcomers as well as for those long in the field. As I read I began to smile: you have taught us all to do the great detective work required for these people. I hereby christen you the Poirot of Psychotherapy - a Detective Extraordinaire!!! -- Paddy Glasgow, Social WorkerThis is especially helpful for all clinicians who have not yet studied these issues and do not have a large scale of practical experience in working with suicidal individuals... I am sure that this valuable and well written book will be a helpful and interesting reading for many professionals, also from the TA community. -- EATA NewsletterThis book may be considered essential reading for a variety of professionals, including mental health practitioners and social workers, who work with suicidal or at risk individuals... As I revisited the book I appreciated even more the depth of the knowledge, the richness of White's experience and expertise, and the need for careful attention to so many areas when working with potentially suicidal individuals. -- The Transactional AnalystTony gives a good coverage of the ego state model of transactional analysis. This leads to the decisional aspect of personality and "the suicide decision". An understanding of the suicide decision is important in managing suicidal individuals... I highly commend this book to anyone interested in this current social issue and to all practitioners. -- Australian Transactional Analysis Association (ATAA)The value of Working with Suicidal Individuals: A guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, by psychologist Tony White (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) rests on its practical side evidence in the subtitle. Running from theories of suicidal behaviour to a transactional analysis of personality types, it looks also at motivation, as well as Quantitative and qualitative approaches to risk assessment. -- Young Minds Magazine, Terry Philpot, authorThe book removes the shade of taboo and stigma from people who have made a suicide attempt or have suicidal thoughts -- Wave MagazineThis book, written in an understandable and clear style, with many real life examples by an experienced therapist, can be of use not only to professionals dealing with suicide, but also to the common reader interested in inner life. -- Wave MagazineThe experience and competence of Tony White's counselling suicidal clients is evident. He inspires confidence in others finding themselves working with such clients by his thorough analysis of suicide decisions, how to assess risk via a range of quantitative and qualitative tools, and how to contract effectively to support the client to live differently. Contemporary research into suicide is combined with the classical and re-decision traditions of transactional analysis theories to provide an underpinning map to orient professional thinking and actions. Additionally he shares his expertise in working with high risk groups of prisoners and adolescents, and also describes working with those who self-harm, to create a useful and necessary guide. -- Rosemary Napper, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (Counselling), British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy Accredited and President of the International Transactional Analysis Association 2009-2010Table of ContentsPart 1. Understanding Suicide. 1. Introduction. 2. What is Suicide? 3. Transactional Analysis. 4. The Suicide Decision. 5. Modeling Suicidal Behavior. 6. Reactions to High Stress. 7. Suicide and Self-Harm. Part 2. Assessing Suicide Risk. 8. Quantitative Measures of Assessing Suicide Risk. 9. Qualitative Measures of Assessing Suicide Risk. Part 3. Supporting the Suicidal Individual. 10. The Suicide Secret and the Deliberate Suicide Risk. 11. Pseudo-Suicide, Suicide and Teenage Suicide. 12. Suicidal Ambivalence. 13. Suicidal Timelines. 14. The No-Suicide Contract. 15. Redecision Therapy. Epilogue. Appendix A: Stopper Analysis. References. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people. The first part of the book considers what role social work can play in child and adolescent mental health, and explores key ideas related to mental health and young people, including attachment issues, children's emotional development and common and complex mental health problems. The author then covers how social work skills and methods can be applied to working with children and young people with mental health problems, including guidance on assessment tools, intervention, and multi-disciplinary working. The final section focuses on the wider context, such as legislative and policy frameworks and the importance of considering cultural, spiritual and religious identity. Case examples, reflective activities and practical exercises are included to underpin theory and knowledge.This book will be essential reading for all pre- and post-qualifying social work practitioners involved with children, adolescents and families, in particular those working in mental health settings, as well as approved mental health professionals.Trade ReviewThere are many publications on this engaging topic but what set this one apart is that it proves to be a comprehensive guide with a far-reaching examination of a subject that continues to be amongst the most challenging areas of social work. -- Seen and HeardI would recommend this book to all who work with children and adolescents and especially those who are keen to develop their knowledge around the complex area that is "mental health"... This is a key book for this field of practice and one that I will share with my colleagues at CAFS, and utilise both in my practice and with fieldwork students. -- Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work`For me, and I am sure for others in my profession, some action or level of understanding is better than nothing? The caveat to this is that the aim should be to gain a basic understanding so as to ultimately direct or signpost to the most appropriate supportive service. It is in this regard that this book is a welcome addition to any caring and empathetic professional, since child and adolescent health can bring with it many frightening challenges to social work practitioners...At the start of each chapter are learning objectives which, having read the book, I can state with every confidence are met at every juncture and in every section.` -- Professional Social Work, Carolyn Taylor-Score, Family Court Advisor, CAFCASS BoltonAt a time when the criticism is that social workers hold too many eggs in their basket, the title of Steven Walker's The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) speaks for itself. There are no shortage of books on mental health generally or young people in particular but Walker's is very unusual in focussing on the needs of this professional group. It looks at the role of social work with mentally ill young people, while also examining key ideas like attachment, emotional development and common and complex mental health problems. Its value really is in showing how social work skills and methods can apply rather than borrowing from other professions. -- Young Minds, Terry PhilpotTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword. Stephen Briggs, Tavistock Clinic, UK. Introduction. Part 1. Social work assessment and intervention. 1. The role of social work in CAMHS. 2. Child development and attachment. 3. Mental health problems. Part 2. Applying the skills of social work. 4. Social work skills and methods. 5. Multi-disciplinary and interprofessional working. 6. Family and community support. Part 3. The context of social work with children and young people. 7. The organisational and legal framework. 8. Culture, ethnicity and diversity. 9. Understanding spirituality and religion. Conclusions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisPeople with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals. Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns. This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.Trade ReviewI found several of the stories relevant to my own life and helpful in my understanding both of myself and of the situations - reading someone else's story gives you that bit of objectivity and so allows you to see the overall perspective more clearly. Well worth a read if you find such stories useful. -- Asperger UnitedI found this book hard to put down and in fact read it in one sitting, only pausing to replenish my tea mug... I enjoyed every account and found many to be both painful, informative and sometimes seriously funny with an enormous amount of self-deprecating humour and exceptional awareness of their own differences...This book is a gem and has much to teach us all however experienced we might feel ourselves to be, in an easy to assimilate format. All the accounts are well-written and all have a purpose. Buy it, enjoy and pass it on, particularly to mental health professionals. -- ASTeensAt last a book that honestly declares the reality of a population's Mental Health status. It will only be as we take the named issues seriously and act upon these that our mental health outcome for all involved, especially those with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC), has an opportunity for prevention rather than cure. Certain environments can be conducive to health, others not so. As professionals we dare not miss the messages contained within this book. To do so would be detrimental to the future of humankind. -- Dr. Wendy LawsonPeople who have Asperger's syndrome are at greater risk than the general population of developing a mental health problem. At last the story can be told of how life experiences, and especially being bullied, misunderstood and feeling lonely, can cause mental health problems for children and adults who have Asperger's syndrome. This book is essential reading for all staff employed in psychiatric services. Ignorance of Asperger's syndrome is no longer a valid excuse. -- Tony Attwood, author of The Complete Guide to Asperger SyndromeI found this book hard to put down and in fact read it in one sitting, only pausing to replenish my tea mug... I enjoy every account and found many to be both painful, informative and sometimes seriously funny with an enormous amount of self-deprecating humour and exceptional awareness of their own differences. Many of the contributors offered their own solutions, either revealed as part of their story or laid out in bullet points. The accounts are well written, each with their own style and character, all having needlessly suffered through the ignorance of those around them. A recurring theme is that trying to make someone on the spectrum into a neuro-typical person is harmful and damaging... It is an interesting read in its own right simply as a human interest book but is a must for anyone dealing with Aspergers professionally or personally, particularly mental health professionals. Anyone on the spectrum would probably relate to most of the accounts and feel comforted to hear their own experiences mirrored, particularly those with anxiety and depression. I also feel that it has much to offer all professionals who work with or may encounter those on the spectrum, helping them to understand why someone may react in a particular way. This book is a gem and has much to teach us all however experienced we might feel ourselves to be, in an easy to assimilate format. All the accounts are well-written and all have a purpose. Buy it, enjoy it and pass it on, particularly to mental health professionals. -- BFK BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Mental Health Services and Me: What Worked, and What Didn't. Janet Christmas. 2. Coping with Depression: Positive Advice for Aspies. Debbie Allan. 3. My Fur-lined Bucket: Alternative Methods of Dealing with Mental Health Issues. E Veronica Bliss. 4. This Aspie Life: The Undiagnosed Aspie Experience. 8ball. 5. A Colourful Rainbow: Embracing Autism as a Neurological Difference, Rather than a Mental Health Disorder. Melanie Smith. 6. Getting the Right Diagnosis, and its Impact on Mental Health: Is this the Best the NHS Can Do? Cornish. 7. Positive Mental Attitude: Coping with Setbacks, Knowing Your Own Strengths, and Finding Happiness Any Way You Can. Dean Worton. 8. "It's all in your head": The Dangers of Misdiagnosis. Neil Shepherd. 9. A Fairytale Life It Isn't (AKA Chapter 9): Alcohol, Self-harm, and the Benefits of Exercise. Alexandra Brown. 10. "Getting My Life Back": A Mother's Struggle to Get Mental Health Services for Herself and Her Son. Anne Henderson. 11. A Week in the Life Of: Strategies for Maintaining Mental Health as an Aspie. Steve Jarvis. 12. My Plastic Bubble: Dealing with Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-confidence. Wendy Lim. 13. The Art of Being Content: Asperger Syndrome, Buddhism, and Me. Chris Mitchell. 14. A Journey Looking for Answers About the Way I Am. Anthony Sclafani. 15. A Label that Fits: Diagnoses, Self-harm, and Mental Health. Natasha Goldthorpe. 16. Through the Looking Glass into Lynette Land: Making Humour Work. Lynette Marshall. 17. Mental Health and the Workplace: Dealing with Criticism, Coping with Stress, and Taking Control of Your Environment. Dr. Christopher Wilson.

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Book SynopsisFormal education has finally ended, you've passed your exams and you're getting started as a newly qualified social worker (NQSW). As you make the transition from student to fully fledged practitioner, you'll soon discover a whole host of challenges as you hit the ground running in your new career.This handbook will guide you through the initial hurdles you will face in this transitional phase, helping you to fully understand your role and how to meet the requirements of NQSW status. The book explores the practicalities of starting work in a new organisation and the professional demands particular to adult and mental health services, such as working jointly with other professions and maintaining your professional identity. A range of strategies are provided for staying motivated, managing stress and developing support networks. The authors also explore the role of supervision and critical reflection, and give advice on continuing professional development.This survival guide is an essential support to students, newly qualified social workers, practice educators and post-qualification practitioners specialising in adult and mental health services.Trade ReviewThis is a very easy to read and user friendly book. It takes NQSWs on a journey from having just qualified to becoming more experienced practitioners. There are very useful chapters on supervision and stress management. Reflection is encouraged. As the programme leader for the post qualifying award for social work with adults, I think this book gives an excellent basis from which to develop the knowledge, skills and resilience needed in social work with adults today. -- Jackie Martin, Principal Lecturer and Programme Leader for the Post Qualifying Specialist Award in Social Work with Adults, De Montfort University, UKThis book will help both social workers and their supervisors make the very best start. -- Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I. Finding Your Feet. 1. Now I’m a Social Worker… 2. Understanding and Using NQSW Status. 3. Starting Work in a New Organisation. Part II. Finding Your Way. 4. Developing My Professional Identity… 5. Understanding the Professional Role and Task. Part III. Finding the Way Forward. 6. Taking Part in Supervision. 7. Managing Stress. 8. Continuing Professional Development, Critical Reflection and Building for the Future. Conclusion. Appendix I. NQSW Frameworks Currently in Place in the UK. Appendix II. Induction Frameworks and Standards. Appendix III. Legislation, Policy and National Practice Guidance: Some Key Examples. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe word 'partnership' is often used to describe the relationship between health and social care providers and service users, but in reality this can appear to be empty rhetoric. Stakeholders may fulfil their obligations and use the language of service user involvement while traditional attitudes and practice remain unchanged.This inspiring book sets out how to make true partnership work. Built around the stories of real partnerships and written collaboratively with service users groups and individuals, it introduces the concept of 'growing spaces' where people can pool ideas, energy, skills and experience, resulting in joint effort and mutual reward. All the stages of making a partnership work are covered, starting with the growing conditions needed and how to sow the first seeds. Developing 'green shoots', which include confidence and trust, and signs of 'sickness', such as fear of speaking out, are discussed. The grassroots experiences which lay at the heart of the book exhibit an array of different forms of partnership and dispersal of good practice in action.This unique book will be essential reading for students and practitioners in health and social care, service users, as well as anyone involved in service user involvement and community development.Trade ReviewCriticisms of previous involvement strategies include the feeling that the process has long been tokenistic and bureaucratic and has had little impact on either service delivery or the outcomes for individuals. As such, this book is a welcome addition to the thinking and evidence-base for ensuring service users and groups can influence policy and practice. -- Social Work MattersTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. 1. Preparing the Ground: Motivation, values and trust. 2. Sowing the Seeds: Learning, decisions, and developing potential. 3. Green shoots: Building trust, knowledge and learning. 4. Blossoming and Proliferation: Measuring success, spreading good practice, and learning about yourself and from others. 5. Perennial Pests and Growing Tips! Concluding Thoughts: Space to grow further. Index.

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Book SynopsisPersonalisation means people, their families and carers having choice and control over their support on a day-to-day basis. To deliver personalised services, professionals and carers need to do more than just hand over financial control: they need to know what is important to a person, the best way to support them, how they communicate and how they make decisions. This book will show how to deliver personalisation through simple, effective and evidence-based person-centred practice that changes people's lives and helps them achieve the outcomes they want. It covers why person-centred practice is relevant to the personalisation agenda and what person-centred thinking and person-centred reviews are, introducing the tools that can help you carry them out. It also explores the relationship between person-centred plans and support plans, and how person-centred practice can be used in the journey of support through adulthood – from prevention or the management of long-term health conditions to reablement, recovery, support in old age and at the end of life. There is also a chapter on taking a person-centred approach to risk.This is an essential guide for all staff in health and social care including service providers, managers, practitioners and students.Trade ReviewThe guide is indeed a practical guide, packed full of ideas and methods that are directly relevant and applicable in the community of a care home. The design and layout of the book are brilliant and the examples and exercises are realistic and lively. -- Caring TimesThis well-researched book provides clear practical applicability for managers, practitioners and service providers contending with the somewhat ambiguous nature of enabling individuals to exercise choice in designing and controlling their own support... Sanderson and Lewis convincingly demonstrate the practical contribution person-centred thinking and practice tools can make in delivering personalisation... real congruence between values and practice... Sanderson's reputation to deliver practical focused literature located within an academic, political and ideological context is well deserved. -- British Journal of Social WorkThe tools for person-centred care described in the book are excellent... The tools in this book allow for creative records and less use of standardised assessment forms in a one-size-fits-all system. The many practical and technical obstacles to real personalisation are acknowledged because of the long time needed to embed it in practice and the strong financial pressure on all providers. -- The International Journal of Person Centered MedicineThe driving ambition for twenty first century support policy and practice is to develop a person-centred approach. What's crucially needed to make this happen are actions and resources which move us from the rhetoric of personalisation to its routine realisation for all. This book provides a key link in that chain by drawing on practical, down-to-earth lived experience to make things real. Every manager and practitioner wanting to work in more person-centred ways should add it to their must-read list. -- Professor Peter Beresford OBE, Brunel University and Shaping Our LivesThe publication of this book could not be more timely. Whether the reader is experienced in using or providing personalised services or is completely new to the concept, the material here is invaluable. By setting current ideas about person-centred thinking and practice in both historical and ideological context, the text outlines all there is to know about why personalisation is essential to providing high quality support. More crucially perhaps, it also explains clearly how to make it happen. -- Steve Carnaby, Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist with Westminster Learning Disability Partnership and Honorary Lecturer in Learning Disability at Kent University, UK‘A Practical Guide to Delivering Personalisation offers an excellent way forward to dementia care… [It] puts forward a range of strategies and techniques that may be applied to people with dementia that will allow them to take control of their life, decide what they want, and navigate them towards ways that will allow them to make this possible. […] Rather than just helping people with dementia gain dignity, respect and a sense of well-being, the book helps people with dementia take optimal control of their life and maximise their place as citizens.’ -- Trevor Adams, founder and Lead Consultant, Passionate Dementia CareHelen Sanderson and Jaimee Lewis have written a highly practical and useful guide to what is often a confusing topic for many. It is a user-friendly book that provides an accessible introduction to personalisation. It will be useful for health and social care practitioners seeking to deliver personalisation through person-centred care and for academics and students who want an overview of the issues. It brings together a comprehensive collection of practical tools and examples of person-centred planning. -- Dawn Brooker, Director of the University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, UKThis book is a reference, a resource, and a toolbox... the book provided a detailed introduction to person-centred practice... Quotations and personal stories are used throughout to bring the text to life and demonstrate good practice. It is a very practical book, aimed at staff 'on the ground'. Every chapter is packed with examples of profiles, charts, action plans, and other tools that the reader can use to facilitate this approach. -- Dr Lucy Blenkiron, Clinical Specialist & Lead OT, North Bristol NHS Trust * British Journal of Occupational Therapy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. Person-Centred Practice: Why This, Why Now? 1. Context: Why Person-Centred Practice Is Important Now. 2. The History of Person-Centred Planning and Thinking. 3. The Values and Principles Underpinning a Person-Centred Approach. Part II. Person-Centred Thinking. 4. Learning and Understanding the Balance Between What Is Important To and For the Person. 5. Person-Centred Thinking Tools that Enhance Voice, Choice and Control. 6. Person-Centred Thinking Tools that Clarify Roles and Responsibilities. 7. Person-Centred Thinking Tools for Analysis and Action. 8. Person-Centred Thinking Tools for Deeper Learning. 9. Deciding which Person-Centred Thinking Tool to Use and How to Build a Detailed Person-Centred Description. Part III. Person-Centred Reviews and Person-Centred Planning. 10. The Person-Centred Review Process. 11. Person-Centred Reviews and the Care Programme Approach. 12. Person-Centred Planning. 13. Person-Centred Thinking, Planning and Support Planning. Part IV. Person-Centred Thinking from Prevention to End of Life. 14. Prevention and Well-Being. 15. Long-Term Conditions. 16. Person-Centred Thinking in Recovery. 17. Person-Centred Thinking and Reablement. 18. Support at Home and in Residential Care. 19. Person-Centred Thinking and End-of-Life Care. 20. A Person-Centred Approach to Risk. Conclusion. Endnotes. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisAdopting a predominantly psychological approach, this book provides carers with up-to-date information and resources to provide appropriately individualised care to people with learning disabilities who self-injure. Understanding and Working with People with Learning Disabilities who Self-Injure synthesises traditional (behavioural) and newer (psychological) approaches to understanding self-injury, drawing on psychoanalytic and social theory to provide practical guidelines for more sustained and effective support. It suggests that motivations for self-injury may be similar for people with and without learning disabilities, and draws on case work examples to suggest person-centred techniques that encourage communication – particularly important with people who do not use verbal communication - and recovery. The book covers a range of specific needs, including people with autism who self-injure, and emphasises the views of people with learning disabilities themselves and their families about what has worked best, and why. At the end of each chapter, a variety of practical implications for the provision of support are given.This book is for those supporting people with learning disabilities who self-injure and will be a useful resource for social workers, psychologists, counsellors, learning support workers, nurses and social and health care students.Trade ReviewThis welcome book on self-injury has been put together by some of the best practitioners working with people with learning disabilities in the UK today. They have succeeded in bringing together social, psychological and service-user perspectives to inform our understanding and develop our skills. I am delighted to recommend it. -- Baroness Sheila Hollins, Executive Chair, Books Beyond Words and crossbench life peerTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction. Andrew Lovell, University of Chester, UK and Pauline Heslop, University of Bristol, UK. Part 1. 2. Dimensions of Self-injury. Andrew Lovell and Pauline Heslop. 3. Social Approaches to Understanding Self-injury. Pauline Heslop. 4. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding Self-injury. Pauline Heslop and Richard Curen, Respond, UK. 5. The Voice of Experience: People with Learning Disabilities and their Families Talking About How They Understand Self-injury. Pauline Heslop and Fiona Macauley, Bristol Crisis Service for Women, Bristol, UK. Part 2. 6. Minimising Harm. Helen Duperouzel and Rebecca Fish, Calderstones NHS Trust, UK. 7. What People with Learning Disabilities Say Helps Them. Pauline Heslop and Fiona Macaulay. 8. Family Voices. Andrew Lovell. 9. Psychoanalytical Approaches in Practice I. Valerie Sinason, Clinic for Dissociative Studies, UK. 10. Psychoanalytical Approaches in Practice II. Noelle Blackman, Respond, UK and Richard Curen. 11. Self-injury and Loss of Sense of Self. Phoebe Caldwell, Intensive Interaction practitioner. 12. A Relational Approach to Understanding Our Responses to Self-injury. Gloria Babiker, University of Bath, UK. 13. Conclusion. Pauline Heslop and Andrew Lovell. References. Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisPeople on the autism spectrum often present with symptoms indicating poor self-awareness or hyper-awareness, low self-esteem, depression and difficulty connecting with others. Treatment which relies on medical and behavioural views of autism risks ignoring emotional factors. This book demonstrates that counselling and emotional support is not only possible for people on the autism spectrum, but essential. David Moat describes the impact of autism on emotional perception and regulation, and looks at how various therapeutic principles can helpfully be applied to address these issues. He identifies strategies for dealing with common emotional difficulties, including anxiety, anger and depression, as well as techniques for aiding relaxation. Specific approaches to use as part of holistic care are described, including play therapy, the use of imagery and story-making, hypnotherapy, intensive interaction, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and positive psychology. This is essential reading for all those working therapeutically with people on the autism spectrum, including counsellors, therapists and psychologists, as well as parents.Trade ReviewThis book is very informative providing valuable information on an integrative approach to the autism spectrum and is written in a sensitive manner. This book would be a valuable resource for practitioners who are working therapeutically with children on the autism spectrum and who wish to know more about a holistic approach. Parents may also find this book useful. -- Play for LifeI have been influenced by David's words and methods for many years. He clearly 'gets' autism. This book provides a plethora of ideas which put autism at the centre of the approach. I will certainly be using this very valuable book in my work. -- Sarah Hendrickx, author and specialist consultant and trainer in autism and Asperger syndromeDavid has produced an excellent volume related to the psychotherapeutic support of individuals with autism. A wide-ranging text written in an extremely sensitive and informative manner, this is an excellent introduction to possible ways of working with autistic individuals. -- Dr Luke Beardon, Senior Lecturer in Autism, The Autism Centre, Sheffield Hallam UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Acknowledged, Accepted and Embraced. 2. Integrative Psychotherapeutic Principles. 3. ...and Breathe! 4. Social Coaching. 5. Goals and Targets. 6. Beyond Words. 7. Using Play and Creativity in Therapy. 8. Hypnotherapeutic Techniques. 9. Imagery and Story-making. 10. Anger. 11. Anxiety. 12. Loss and Bereavement. 13. Positive Life Planning. 14. New Developments. Appendix: Historical Influences on Psychotherapy for Autism. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is an invaluable resource for counsellors and therapists looking to reinvigorate their practice and enhance their understanding of clients' needs. Each chapter focuses on different discoveries in neuroscience, explains them in plain English and provides guidance on how to put this knowledge to practical use in the therapy room. It covers specific psychological and neurological diagnoses including bipolar affective disorder, eating disorders and ADHD, as well as other more general issues such as attachment and addiction. The book also contains recommendations backed by evidence from neuroscience for optimum mental health involving nutrition, sleep and exercise, and a comprehensive glossary of technical terms.Presenting the practical applications of neuroscience, this book will be of immeasurable use to counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists, and also of interest to social workers and mental health practitioners.Trade ReviewFor a rich and pluralistic perspective on how neuroscience informs counselling practice, this is an exceptional book. Firstly, it draws on a range of psychotherapeutic theories including cognitive behavioural, narrative and creative approaches; secondly, it takes a uniquely holistic view. In Maori and Pacific traditions about human well-being, neuroscience is only one recent lens to provide more information about different “parts of the elephant”. Finally, this book offers some practical applications of neuroscientific findings from first-hand experience of therapy, and a very useful glossary to explain scientific terms. -- Jeannie Wright, University of Warwick, Director of Counselling and Psychotherapy ProgrammesThis superb resource presents new discoveries in the field of neuroscience that will help counsellors make a difference in their work with clients. Accessible, practical and timely, this beautifully written book is underpinned by the author's belief that change is possible. Her palpable humanity lies at its heart. -- Nan Blanchard, Counsellor, Wellington, New ZealandIn this work, Rachal Zara Wilson has made the complexity of neuroscience research accessible to practicing counsellors, seamlessly weaving in the evidence base at the same time. She then manages to distil practical strategies for counselling practice that are at once readable, logical and understandable. Neuroscience for Counsellors is essential reading for experienced counsellors and students alike. -- Brent Gardiner, Postgraduate programme leader, Counselling & Guidance, Massey University, New ZealandThe book explains the neurological processes in a number of conditions, ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to psychosis, and how the counsellor can use this knowledge when working with a client with that diagnosis. The focus throughout is on encouraging the client to practice different ways of thinking, acting and responding so they establish new neural pathways... This is an accessible work on a complex subject that is constantly producing new findings. Even as she finished the book, Wilson was aware of the wealth of new material coming through. I hope she brings out an updated version... this excellent book is essential reading for trainees, experienced counsellors and trainers... The book will also appeal to 'curious non-professionals' - clients or people with a general interest in psychology and psychotherapy...I found the sections on history and theory enlightening, and it was helpful for me to see where my own developing practice is situated within the context of the relationship between body psychotherapy and contemporary psychoanalysis. -- Diane Parker is a coach, dance movement psychotherapist and editor of Coaching Today * Therapy Today *This is a practical book aimed at those working with people in a therapeutic or helping capacity, namely counsellors, therapists and mental health practitioners... each chapter within the sections (...) divided further into "What do we know?" and "What does this mean for counselling?"... It offers not only a way of creating new perspectives in case conceptualization and hypothesizing, by also an alternative view when considering the neuroscientific base for cognitive behavioural, narrative and solution-focused therapy, with all of which it concurs strongly. -- Alison Smyth/Counsellor and clinical supervisor * BACP Children & Young People *This is a highly informative and practical book and will be an essential resource for dramatherapists (as well as other mental health practitioners)... The book includes up-to-date information on the current state of brain research and how it makes an impact on how we understand therapy and counselling... . I recommend this book as essential reading for training courses in all the arts therapies but in particular for dramatherapy where our interactive techniques can make such an impact of the brain. -- Sue Jennings PhD, author * Promt 92) 2014 *Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Plasticity and How the Brain Works. 3. Learning and Remembering. 4. Other Workings of the Brain. 5. Specific Dysfunctions. 6. What Can We Recommend? 7. Conclusion. 8. Afterword. Diagrams. Glossary. References.

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Book SynopsisSocial support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range of non-clinical settings, and plays a vital role in a person's mental health and wellbeing.This book examines the nature of social support and offers a practical approach to how it can be enhanced. Focusing on the relationships between service users and supporters , it examines service users' experiences of issues of identity, stigma, social exclusion and social networks. Individual chapters look in depth at how social support is enacted in close relationships, educational institutions and in the world of employment. The nature of 'community' is explored with particular reference to how service users can be supported into greater engagement with social networks.Demonstrating the importance of social perspectives on mental health, this book is essential reading for practitioners, students and educators in mental health, social and community work, community mental health nursing and occupational therapy.Trade ReviewThis accessible and persuasive book explores the meaning and value of both informal and organised social support for people with mental health problems. Written from the author's long experience in both voluntary and academic work, it is both a powerful and practical advocate for social support to be viewed as of equal significance as medical and psychological interventions, and is of direct relevance to everyone working in statutory and voluntary mental health services. -- John Hall, clinical psychologist and Professor of Mental Health at Oxford Brookes UniversityGetting the basics right about responding to people with a psychiatric diagnosis is vital. In this book Jonathan Leach makes the eminently sensible case that one of those needs is for human association. Social support reduces our risk of developing mental health problems and it increases our luck of recovery when and if they develop. A clear and well written case is made for the reader that social support not clever technologies should be a high priority in mental health policy. -- David Pilgrim, Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of LiverpoolSocial support is essential for our mental health and must not be ignored in the rush towards psychological or pharmacological explanations for mental distress. This important book should be read by every health and social care student to ensure social perspectives are retained in our understanding of mental health. -- Martin Webber, Director of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research, University of YorkJonathan Leach's clearly written book is an important contribution in helping us to understand the value of social support, its complex meanings, and how it can be provided in practice. It should be read by all mental health professionals. -- Philip Thomas, former Consultant Psychiatrist, Bradford District Care Trust, and Honorary Visiting Professor, University of BradfordLeach draws on his years of experience providing support for people with mental health problems that did not sit comfortably within a medical or psychotherapeutic paradigm yet seem to be very important for mental health. He uses ideas from sociology-his first field-but warns that this is not a sociology of mental health handbook. His topics include rediscovering social support, social aspects of mental health and distress, the importance of supportive relationships, support in the workplace, and making it happen. -- ProtoViewTable of ContentsPreface. 1. A friend in need? Rediscovering social support. 2. Social aspects of mental health and distress. 3. Understanding social support. 4. Close up and personal: the importance of supportive relationships. 5. Education matters: support in schools, colleges and universities. 6. Working it out: support in the workplace. 7. The bigger picture: communities, social networks and social support. 8. Making it happen. 9 Conclusion. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisExploring the key issues around anti-discriminatory practice for professionals working in mental health services, this book looks at ways to improve the health and social care of older people from minority and excluded communities. The chapters explore the issues involved in working with individuals from a range of minority groups, such as LGBT people, people with learning disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic communities, homeless people and people with dementia. The chapters cover important theory and research into discrimination, ageing and identity. Contributions from experts in the fields of mental health and working with minority groups provide practical insights into developing anti-discriminatory practice.There is also practical advice on culturally appropriate support for carers, cultural competency in end of life care, working with interpreters, and celebrating diversity, accompanied by supporting practical resources.This comprehensive book will provide mental health practitioners and students with an essential understanding of anti-discriminatory practice.Trade ReviewThis is writing par excellence; the contributors have integrated statistics, analysis, critiques and strategic oversight with explorations of values in a thoughtful and reflective way. Dense with valuable information yet superbly accessible. Any page at which you open this book, will draw you in. -- Hári Sewell, Director, HS ConsultancyTable of ContentsIntroduction. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Chapter One. Common Mental Health Problems. Dr Maureen McIntosh and Dr Afreen Huq. Section One: Establishing Some of the Key Principles of Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Older People's Mental Health. 2. Conceptualising Ageing and Anti-discriminatory Practice. Pauline Lane. 3. Humanising the Mental Health Context. Maria Castro Romero. 4. Ageing, Ethnicity and Mental Health. Rachel Tribe. 5. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Ageing. 6. Anti-discriminatory Practice: Caring for Carers of Older Adults with Mental Health Dilemmas. Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane. 7. End of Life Issues. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Section Two: Insights. 8. Ageing and Mental Health Issues for People with Learning Disabilities. Mustafar Oladosu and Rene Kyd Williams. 9. Ageing, Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersex Older People. Matt Broadway Horner. 10. Understanding the Lives of Older Gypsies and Travellers and the Impact of Inequality on their Mental Health. Siobhan Spencer and Pauline Lane. 11. Social Exclusion and Anti-Discriminatory Practice: The Case of Older Homeless People. Peter Cockersell. Section Three: Additional Information and Practical Guidance to Support Positive Practice. 12. The Rough Guide to Working with Interpreters in Mental Health. Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane. 13. Ageing, Food and Malnutrition. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Index.

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Book SynopsisSelf-harm and eating disorders are present in almost every school and they frequently co-occur. This book provides the vital guidance that school staff need to spot early warning signs, understand triggers and support the students in their care effectively.This very practical guide helps educational professionals to gain a better understanding of self-harm and eating disorders by dispelling the myths and misconceptions that surround these behaviours. The book provides advice on whole-school policies and procedures as well as day-to-day strategies to implement in lessons, at mealtimes and in one-on-one sessions. It explains how to respond to disclosures, make referrals and work alongside parents to assist in the road to recovery.Trade ReviewFor the first time, here we have a straight-talking, easy-to-understand guide for anyone working or living with children and young people to understand mental health conditions... Pooky has successfully drawn together a combination of technical and comprehensive information which is described in such a way that all of us can understand and relate to it. I have no doubt that all staff in schools will find this book illuminating, but I believe a much broader audience will find it very helpful too. -- From the foreword by Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, YoungMindsEating disorders are serious illnesses that are of great public health concern, given their high prevalence and adverse health consequences. Schools are excellent settings for prevention, early identification, referral for treatment, and support during and following treatment. In this book, Dr Pooky Knightsmith provides a wealth of information for school staff concerned about eating disorders and other forms of self-harm. This comprehensive book will be an important reference to have and to use within school settings. It is crucial to utilize schools in order to decrease the public health burden of eating disorders. -- Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota and author of "I’m, Like, So Fat!": Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed WorldWhen children scream for help too many adults mistake the signs of mental illness as a "behaviour issue". This book is invaluable for support professionals. It unpeels complex issues with clear, practical advice allowing you to manage vulnerable children with care and confidence. -- Paul Dix, Lead Trainer, Pivotal EducationThis is an incredibly important book, especially given the worrying rise in the number of these disorders over recent years. It is a book that should be read by all those who work in schools. Pooky Knightsmith gives her readers an insight into all aspects of self-harm and eating disorders, from understanding what these disorders are, right through to supporting students and their families in overcoming them. This is a thoroughly practical and useful book that will support, advise and enlighten you and your staff. The book is given even deeper impact through the use of case studies and the real voices of young people. This book is a 'must read' for all those who work in education. -- Sue Cowley, author, presenter and teacher trainerThis book is a wonderful resource for schools and colleges and will help committed staff to produce an environment in which eating disorders are either prevented or are detected as early as possible. This means that the individual, her/his peers and the family are supported in a timely and effective manner which can prevent the illness taking a hold. The book is authoritative and multifaceted with lived experience, academic expertise and in-depth experience of collaborative work with teachers, tutors and key school staff. An essential handbook for all schools to improve mental health by creating a sound curriculum and a healthy environment. -- Professor Janet Treasure OBE, PhD FRCP FRCPsych, Professor of Psychiatry, King's College LondonThis book is a superb blend of subtle, intelligent and deeply sensible advice on eating disorders and self-harm. The combination of simple strategies and practical tips, grounded in best evidence and a wealth of up-to-date information, make it essential reading for anyone with pastoral responsibility in schools. -- Jessica Streeting, School Nurse, Practice Teacher, Queen's NurseDrawing on the voices of young people, this is a truly excellent book for teachers and anyone working in schools. It offers clear, practical advice that can easily and safely be used. It will give you the confidence to support a young person facing these issues without being an expert. I highly recommend it. -- Clare Stafford, Chief Executive, Charlie Waller Memorial TrustPooky Knightsmith's excellent book illuminates the territory school staff have long feared to tread. From spotting the signs of self-harm and eating disorders to supporting sufferers, from referring them to (and working with) appropriate agencies to reintegrating them into school: all that desperately needed practical common sense and potentially life-saving advice is there. An essential handbook for schools and education professionals. -- Bernard Trafford, Headmaster, Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon TyneThis is a quite excellent book in that it fills a gap: giving school staff both an insight into, and an effective help 'manual' for responding to eating disorders and self-destructive behaviour in young people. Like the best books it also leaves one hungry for more. -- Dr Alan Cooklin, FRCPsych, Consultant in Family Psychiatry, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and Hon Sen Lecturer, UCLSelf-Harm and Eating Disorders in Schools is a comprehensive and practical guide. Pooky's clear step-by-step advice for recognising warning signs and supporting students at risk is an invaluable resource for providing teachers with the tools for empathetic and confident action. This book is a must for all upper primary and secondary teachers. -- Cate Sangster, health and physical education teacher and author of Ed says U Said: Eating Disorder TranslatorThis is a very practical guide that helps school staff to gain a better understanding of self-harm and eating disorders, dispelling the myths and misconceptions that surround these behaviours, and explaining how to respond to disclosures, make referrals, and work alongside parents to assist in the road to recovery. The book provides a range of guidance from whole-school policies and procedures to day-to-day strategies to implement in lessons, at mealtimes and in one-on-one sessions. -- In Our Hands blogThis book has a no-nonsense approach and clear layout, and provides enough sound advice to make the identification and support of pupils with these kinds of emotional and mental health problem within school a real possibility... I believe it would be a valuable addition to any educational establishment and one that could easily be included as a core text within teacher training reading list. -- Eileen Wilson, Secondary school teacher, psychotherapy practicioner * BACP Children & Young People *Whilst discussing the theoretical this book's real value lies in the practical advice given. The author provides thorough and detailed coverage, from the proactive ways in which issues around self-harm and eating disorders can be embedded within a curriculum, how one might talk to students or respond to disclosures, through to supporting students during recovery. The depth included is a particular strength of the book as it is able to inform the reader, no matter what their existing knowledge level, and advise them at all stages of support, from detailed lesson plans, how to speak to students and families, and when and how to refer to specialist support agencies... Self-Harm and Eating disorders in Schools provides an excellent resource for all school staff and perhaps those beyond school, merging through and up-to-date definitions and descriptions with highly detailed, practical and accessible guidance which can inform school policy and personal practice. The book places the young person at its heart, and considers how best to support the individual and those around them. In addition it empowers the reader to understand and challenge the misconceptions and stigmas which can make issues around mental health so difficult to approach. -- Chris Ducker, Educational Psychologist * cepp - The child and Educational Psychology Practice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to Eating Disorders and Self-Harm. 2. Overcoming Stigma and Exploring Common Misconceptions. 3. Teaching Students about Self-Harm and Eating Disorders. 4. Why Students Develop Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms. 5. Factors That Put Students at Risk of Eating Disorders and Self-Harm. 6. Early Symptoms of Eating Disorders and Self-Harm. 7. Talking to students causing concern. 8. Responding to Disclosures and Self-Harm Incidents. 9. Working with parents. 10. When and How to Refer a Student for Specialized Support. 11. Supporting Students Who Require Inpatient Care. 12. Day to Day Strategies for Supporting Recovery at School. 13. The Impact of the Internet. 14. Providing One to One Support. 15. Motivational Interviewing as a Tool for Behavior Change. 16. The Road to Recovery. References.

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Book SynopsisClients with mental health conditions are often diagnosed and treated using a strictly medical model of diagnosis, with little input from the client themselves.This reference manual takes a person-centered, holistic approach to diagnosis and treatment, seeing the client as the unrecognized expert on their condition and encouraging their collaboration. This qualitative approach aims to find meaning in the experiences of the client, exploring the reasons behind their feelings and behaviour and taking the whole person into account. Designed to complement DSM assessments, the manual covers several different conditions including ADHD, depression, bulimia, and OCD, as well as mental health 'patterns' such as abuse, bullying, violence and loss. In each case, the client is involved in the diagnosis and treatment plan. The book features extended case studies, sample questions and treatment plans throughout.This will be an essential reference book for all those involved in mental health diagnosis and treatment, including psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, school counselors and therapists.Trade ReviewThis book succeeds in its goal of offering an alternative model of mental health diagnosis and treatment that enhances the medical model with a client empowerment model. The authors provide a strong argument for the importance of a client empowerment approach. The book is unique in its inclusion of diagnosable disorders, and another strength is the inclusion of client and practitioner questions to guide the diagnosis and treatment process in a way that is empowering. -- Donald Linhorst, Director of the School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, USAPerson-Centered Diagnosis and Treatment in Mental Health illustrates the value of a collaborative, ethical and empowered approach to mental health practice. Departing from the traditional medical model which flattens complexity for the sake of diagnosis, Ladd and Churchill offer clear and helpful guidelines for creating a holistic, humanistic and nuanced approach that foregrounds the humanity of people coming for treatment and the importance of humility and a collaborative vision for practitioners. -- R. Danielle Egan, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, St. Lawrence University, USAI have no doubt that this book will enhance the clinical training and practice of counselors and other helping professionals. I cannot emphasize enough the positive impact of a person, rather than clinician-centered, orientation to helping. The subsequent focus on mental health patterns and symptoms, rather than disorders, provides a practical focus for clinicians on how to work with, rather than on, their clients. The cases provided in this book are outstanding. -- Elizabeth A. Mellin, Ph.D., LPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USAThis resource is a reference manual for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions using a person-centred, holistic approach. -- Counselling Today.This manual deals with nine disorders over seven chapters on mental health patterns... All of the mental health conditions examined are considered in great detail from the point-of-view of lived experiences, greatly enhanced by case stories... The unique person-centered approach described in the book is a very welcome contribution to reference manuals for people working in mental health services. Every condition is very thoroughly examined with remarkable insight into living with and seeking solutions to psychological disorders in collaboration with mental health practitioners. The strength of the insights is that it addresses behavioural aspects of mental illness in a non-judgemental and sensitive way. The discussions of each disorder provide excellent and thoughtful explanations of living with mental imbalances. If students preparing for work in the caring professions use this manual they would greatly increase their work satisfaction from enriched relationships and successful rehabilitation of their patients. The book contains no quick fixes, but rather concentrates on the growth and development of individuals collaborating with mental health providers in person-centered relationships. -- Dr. Margot Lindsay, Research Department of Mental Health Sciences * European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Notes on the Text. Preface. 1. Introduction. Part 1. Mental Health Disorders. 2. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder. 3. Borderline Personality Disorder. 4. Bulimia Nervosa Disorder. 5. Depression Disorder. 6. General Anxiety Disorder. 7. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 8. Oppositional Defiant Disorder. 9. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Part 2. Mental Health Patterns. 10. Pattern of Abuse. 11. Pattern of Bullying. 12. Pattern of Compassion Fatigue. 13. Pattern of Lateral Violence. 14. Pattern of Loneliness. 15. Pattern of Loss. 16. Pattern of Self-Hatred. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this study the social construction of dementia is examined closely for the first time. Nancy Harding and Colin Palfrey show how Western society sees dementia as a disease, rather than a natural part of the ageing process. They take issue with the constructed view of the body as a machine, whose parts 'break down' and need replacement. Furthermore, the authors argue, the various explanations of the causes of dementia are nothing but speculation dressed up as theories, which serve only to confuse the carers.Based on an intensive three-year-long evaluation of a community care service for older people with dementia, `The Social Construction of Dementia' looks at the experience of users and providers alike, and provides a refreshing new viewpoint on the `disease' of dementia.Trade ReviewThe book deserves to be widely read by sociologists, medical practioners, social workers, nurses, and others: it provides alternative understandings of dementia upon which new forms of practice might be developed. Most important, however is the challenge with which the book confronts its readers: to deconstruct their own fears of ageing, dying and death, and reflect upon embeddedness of these fears in the contemporary culture of late capitalism. -- International Social WorkThis book constitutes and important challenge to the dominance of the bio-medical paradigm in dementia care today... written by theorists for theorists [i]t is certainly not an easy read, but for dementia care specialists sufficiently interested in the social-psychological debate to wade through some of the academic turgidity, it is worth the effort. It will, in addition, be a worthwhile reference text for students, researchers, and others outside the dementia field, who are interested in general issues of clinical reasoning and diagnosis. -- British Journal of Occupational TherapyAn alternative framework for understanding dementia is particularly welcome; the medical model has been unchallenged for too long... The arguments are persuasive, and supported by a wealth of literature. It is a book of the highest academic quality and integrity... [I] would unreservedly recommend it. -- Mental Health CareHarding and Palfrey's enlightening book has at its core a desire to provide a "new conceptual lens" through which interested professionals can understand dementia... using a combination of well chosen social-constructionist approaches, Harding and Palfrey subject to scrutiny key components of the way dementia is understood by the medical profession and by society... Drawing on rich examples from the literature, the authors provide compelling evidence for their claim that a root and branch reappraisal of dementia concepts is required. Comment and discussion sessions accompany each set of arguments, encouraging reflection and comprehension. The authors succeed in offering alternative frameworks for contextualising the place of people with dementia in society. -- Community Care... a useful book for those involved in academic work to have as a reference base. -- Registered HomesIn a systematic, thought-provoking and contentious way, they examine the "knowledge" and "truths" of: the medical model, the scientific construction of dementia and the sociology of the dementing body. All are scrutinised in terms of irrefutable evidence, most are found wanting. [This book] is a welcome and long overdue contribution to the "knowledges" of dementia. -- The Journal of Dementia CareTable of Contents1. Evaluating the Care of People with Dementia: Beyond the Biomedical Paradigm. 2. Methodological Framework: Social Constructionism. 3. What is Dementia? The Medical Model. 4. Interpreting Dementia: Psychological and Linguistic Models. 5. The Scientific Construction of the `Disease' of Dementia. 6. Medical Diagnosis and the Construction of Dementia. 7. Society and the Construction of Dementia: The Sociology of the Dementing Body. 8. The Social Construction of Dementia. Appendix. References. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten for all those concerned with providing services for people with dementia and their families, this book explores the idea that communication is not only possible but also vital to the understanding and the development of services. Based on a series of interviews with sufferers and professionals working in the field, on an extensive literature search, and on a consultative document which was sent out to over a thousand people, Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia discusses ten key points:· the possibility of communication;· the disempowering experience of dementia;· the different ways in which people are affected;· the need to respect peoples' sense of sense of time and place;· the importance of knowing a person's `life story';· the effect of environmental and other factors on the process of communication;· the non-verbal ways in which people with dementia communicate;· the means of communicating through `challenging behaviour';· possibilities of group work;· the value or harm of sharing a diagnosis.Practical advice and suggestions based on the research into these key areas are offered to help professionals gain a greater understanding of dementia and develop skills which aid communication.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive, clear and compassionate book should be on the shelves of all counsellors and tutors... His welcome stress on the unique nature of each person permeates the book. -- CounsellingInformative and revealing a challenging and at times very moving book. -- The Health Service JournalThis is a fascinating book written as a result of some in-depth qualitative research and a process of consultation with in the United Kingdom. The literature has been reviewed extensively and the author of the book applies his interpretation sensitively and analytically. His wide use of the literature from both the sciences and the humanities and the analysis of responses from a small group of those involved in caring for persons with dementia. Written largely from a social perspective and of much use to social workers employed in the field of aged care, the book raises a number of interesting issues and poses an even larger number of intriguing questions that have yet to be pursued more fully. Suggestions are made throughout the book about how human service professionals an enter into the world of a person with dementia. Quoting from a wide range of sources, both primarily and from the literature, this discussion is sensitive and thoughtful and raises a number of issues particularly for health professionals. This book is written primarily for a general readership, but will be of much use to social workers, nurses, medical practitioners, and those with dementia and their families. It is a useful book for the reference library in all healthcare institutions and social services offices. -- International PsydrogeriatricsThis book focuses on the service response to older people with care needs and is a useful and accessible text that practitioners and trainers may wish to read themselves and recommend. The book is a mine of useful comments and observation and could stand as a model of how to translate research findings (the origin of his work) into a relevant practitioner text. I would not be surprised moreover if some families with relatives with dementia did not find this a most moving and helpful text. Goldsmith's work builds on practitioners' experiences to inform those working now or in the future about the possibilities for major advances in listening to the voice of people who have been stereotyped as beyond dialogue and discussion. -- British Journal of Social WorkThe reader is given a wide range of perspectives on how to communicate with people with dementia... this is an easy read and raises the reader's awareness about what it must be like to experience dementia. I feel this book would be very useful for people who want to know more about dementia and communication. -- Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPreface (Mary Marshall).Introduction. 1.The echoes return slow. 2.Hearing views about services. 3.Is there anyone in there? 4.Different people are affected in different ways. 5.Communication is possible. 6.Disempowerment. 7.A sense of time and pace. 8.The value of life story. 9.The effect of the environment. 10.Nonverbal communication. 11.Challenging behaviour. 12.Group work. 13.To tell or not to tell - is that the question? 14.A reflective conclusion.

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Book Synopsis`This is a unique book that addresses an interesting aspect of work in mental health settings.' - Mental Health OTCommunication and Mental Illness is a comprehensive and practical textbook written by a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field of mental health which will be of interest to all those interested in improving their understanding of individuals with mental illness. The book is divided into three parts. The first of these offers both student and experienced clinicians in the mental health field an improved theoretical knowledge of the methods of communication commonly adopted by individuals with a variety of diagnoses of mental illness. It also provides practical suggestions of how this information can improve the individual professional's management of patients. Part Two looks at how information about communication in mental illness can influence service provision, ending with suggestions for future policy and practice. Communication and Mental Illness concludes with a final part describing the state of current research into different facets of communication and mental illness, offering an insight into the variety of research methodology and points of interest to those involved in the field.Table of ContentsPart I: Background 1. Introduction: Disorders of Communication and Mental Illness, Jenny France and Sarah Kramer, University College London. 2. Anxiety Disorders: Neurotic, Stress Related and Somatoform Disorders, Jenny France. 3. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders, Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 4. Depression and other Mood Disorders, Jenny France. 5. Personality Disorders, Jenny France. 6. Communication, Language and Mental Illness, Trevor Walt, Broadmoor Hospital, Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 7. Assessment of Speech and Language in Mental Health, Karen Bryan, Broadmoor Hospital/University College London and Jan Roach, St. Andrews Hospital, Northampton. 8. Neuro-Psychiatry and Language, Karen Bryan, University College London. 9. Neuropsychology in Psychiatric Practice, Mary Hill, Broadmoor Hospital. Part II: Management of Mental Health Services 10. Introduction to Management and Patient Care, Niki Muir. 11. The Multidisciplinary Team and Speech and Language Therapy, Margaret Orr, Broadmoor Hospital. 12. The Speech and Language Therapist as a Member of the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team, Yvette Crompton. 13. Setting Up an Speech and Language Therapy Network in Mental Health, Kathleen Gilmore. 14. Developing a Speech and Language Therapy Service in Mental Health, Elaine Hodkinson. 15. General Psychiatry, Andy Hamilton. 16. Services for Older People in Mental Health Settings, Jane Maxine, University College London and Cathy Sullivan, Kings College Hospital, London. 17. Child Psychiatry, Alison Wintgens, St Georges Hospital, London. 18. Mental Health, Offenders and the Criminal Justice System, Karen Bryan and Nicci Forshaw, 19. Forensic Psychiatry, Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 20. People with Borderline-Mild Learning Disability, Karen Elliott, Rampton Hospital and Nicci Forshaw. 21. What We Learn from the Deaf Patient, Alice Thacker, St Georges Hosptital, London. 22. Communication and Mental Health in People with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, Jane Shields and Dougal Hare, Clinical Psychologist 23. Gender Identity Problems, Judith Challoner 24. Milieu Therapy, Tim Brett, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Eric Wilkinson, Psychiatric Nurse, Broadmoor Hospital. 25. Personal Construct Psychology, Carmel Hayes and Louise Collins, Camden and Islington Health Authority. 26. Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Laurie MacDonald, Sevenoakes. 27. Group Work, A Cognitive/Behavioural Approach, Marie Quayle, Broadmoor Hospital. 28. Interpersonal Skills as part of Social Skill Training for Schizophrenic Patients, Rachael Henton and Vasilki Sideras, West Park Hospital. Part III: The Way Forward. 29. Human Communication, Language and Mental Health: Some General Challenges for Research in this Field, Pam Taylor, Broadmoor Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, London. 30. Communication and Formal Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia, David Newby, High Roydes Hospital. 31. Language and Communication in Schizophrenia: A Communication Processing Model, Irene Walsh, Trinity College Dublin. 32. Linguistic Deviance in Schizophrenia, Preliminary Report, William Sledge, Ralph Hoffman, Keith Hawkins, Nancy Docherry, Donald M. Quinlan and Jaak Rakfeldt. 33. Discourse Analysis in Psychiatry, Ian Thompson. 34. What is Different About the Language of Subjects with Mental Illness, Sarah Kramer. 35. Language Difficulties or Emotional Difficulties - What Comes First?, Sarah Kramer 36.Communication and Mental Health: The Way Forward Sarah Kramer. Appendix 1 Useful Addresses of Organisations Linked to Mental Health Work. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisA person's sense of spirituality informs his or her awareness of self and of the society around them, and is intrinsic to their mental well-being. In this balanced and thoughtful book John Swinton explores the connections between mental health or illness and spirituality and draws on these to provide practical guidance for people working in the mental health field. He analyses a range of models of mental health care provision that will enable carers to increase their awareness of aspects of spirituality in their caring strategies.Using a critical evidence-based and interdisciplinary approach to contemporary mental health practice, Swinton explores the therapeutic significance of spirituality from the perspectives of both carers and service-users, looking at mental health problems such as psychotic disorder and depression, Alzheimer's disease and bipolar disorder. He also provides a critical review of existing literature in the field to place spirituality in contemporary theory and practice.Trade ReviewThe author of this timely study, who comes from a background in psychiatric nursing and hospital chaplaincy, is currently a lecturer in Practical Theology at Aberdeen. His achievement is to have written a practical and in part evidence-based study of the spiritual aspects of psychiatric practice, both as they are and as they might become. Whatever our own beliefs, we can afford no longer to neglect the spiritual dimension of our patients' suffering. This information-rich and clearly written book charts relatively unknown territory with which we urgently need to become much more familiar. -- The Scientific and Medical Network ReviewPlease do not be put off by the rather lengthy title of this interesting book, it is an easy read with a lot of food for thought, on a subject that Society often takes for granted - namely the need for a sense of direction in one's life, and the connection between innate spirituality.If you are working with clients who have mental problems, this book will help guide and inform you if you are not (and I am not) then this book will provide you with a voyage of self awareness. -- Child Care Team Manchester Rochdale MBCSpirituality in nursing has been sidelined for generations - being reduced largely to ascertaining the patient's religion then informing the nearest chaplain. This book makes a very strong case for the relevance of a deeper knowledge and skills base in the field of spirituality for nurses and other health care practitioners as an integral aspect of holistic care. It offers much theoretical and practical advice (e.g. giving examples of specific mental health problems such as depression and schizophrenia and suggestions for tools for spiritual assessment). It ought to be used as a core text for those who encounter people with mental health problems and who wish (ought) to embrace spirituality in everyday care. -- Accident and Emergency NursingTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. What is spirituality? 2. The neglect of the spiritual. 3. Spirituality and mental health care: Exploring the literature. 4. Living with meaninglessness: The lived experience of spirituality in the context of depression. 5. Enabling spiritual healing: Developing an understanding of spiritual care. Conclusion. References. Index.

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Book Synopsis'This is the seventh volume in the therapeutic communities series and a highly informative and reassuring read for anyone interested in psychodynamic applications, or working with individuals with a mental illness.' - Therapeutic Communities Journal 'Having no first hand experience of working with mental illness from a psychodynamic perspective, I hoped that this book would provide me with an insight in to the therapeutics of mental illness within a community. The book certainly accomplished this and more. In keeping with the "community spirit" I also feel this book would be of interest to those already in the field, both nationally and internationally, as a means of sharing other therapy experiences.' - Therapeutic Communities Journal 'The book is basically an account of the Arbours Crisis Centre in London in the words of therapists who have lived and worked there. Part of the therapeutic community movement and the antipsychiatry tradition of RD Laing, the centre has long provided an alternative approach to mental health care. Of course the book goes beyond simply documenting the development of the centre to offer a an implicit critique of mainstream psychiatric treatment and an argument "for a humane, useful and cost-effective alternative to traditional, physical, psychiatric treatments".' - Mental Health Today A major question facing therapists today is how to treat psychosis effectively while maintaining patients' dignity, self-respect and, as far as possible, their psychological and social functioning. The authors of Beyond Madness have all been associated with the Arbours Crisis Centre in London, a unique facility established in 1973 where therapists and patients, or guests, live together in order to establish a space where extremes of distress can be tolerated, understood and ameliorated. This book provides important and engaging accounts of the special personal and interpersonal care offered by the Arbours Crisis Centre and kindred facilities. The authors demonstrate different ways of working with psychotic persons within individual, group and community settings. They describe the extraordinary experience of living and working at the Centre including the five stages of stay that guests invariably pass through. In addition, they discuss different strategies for intervening, especially with people who self-harm, and provide a theoretical framework for their interventions. They explore issues of power, authority and money, and show that the work of the Centre is cost-effective in comparison to other treatment modes. At a time when biological treatments predominate, Beyond Madness illustrates and argues for a humane, useful and cost-effective alternative to traditional, physical, psychiatric interventions.Table of ContentsForeword, Robert D. Hinshelwood. General Introduction, Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides- Müller. SECTION ONE: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. 1. Introduction, Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller. 2. A Psychotic Sense of the Future, George Mak-Pearce. 3. Beyond Medication, Richard Lucas, Consultant Psychiatrist, St Ann's Hospital, London. 4. Continuities, Mats Mogren, Co-Founder and Director, Gothenburg Psychotherapy Institute. 5. The Power of the Play, Stella Pierides-Müller. SECTION TWO: WAYS OF WORKING. 6. Introduction, Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller. 7. Conjoint Therapy, Joseph H. Berke. 8. Containing Anxiety: A Resident Therapist's Experience, Catherine Sunderland, Resident Therapist, Arbours Crisis Centre, London. 9. Self-Harmers, Margaret Fagan. 10.Teamwork, Tamar Schoenfield, Psychotherapist in Private Practice, London. 11. Stepping on the Cracks, Lizzi Payne, Arbours Crisis Centre, London. 12. The State of the Art, Lois Elliott, Associate Director, Arbours Crisis Centre and Julia Saltiel, Arbours Crisis Centre and Support Programme, London. SECTION THREE: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS. 13. Introduction, Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller. 14. Survival or Revival? Martin Jenkins, Co-founder Member, Association of Arbours Psychotherapists Borderline Workshop and Arts and Psychoanalytic Thought Workshop. 15. A Fine Balance: Between Hope and Despair, Lois Elliott, Associate Director, Arbours Crisis Centre. 16. Psychotic Interventions, Joseph H. Berke. 17. Inside Outside, Kate Hardwicke. 18. The Arbours Crisis Centre: Then and Now, Laura Forti, Team Leader, Arbours Crisis Centre. SECTION FOUR: AUTHORITY AND MONEY. 19. Best Value Residential Psychotherapy, Edith David, Financial Administrator, Arbours Crisis Centre, London. 20. The Collapsing of the Pyramid, Stanley Schneider, Professor and Chairman of the Programme for advanced Studies in Integrative Psychotherapy, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 20. Conclusion, Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis practical and accessible book of case studies takes a new look at self-harm, focusing particularly on the under-explored area of `hidden' self-harming behaviour. These behaviours may not be immediately identifiable as self-harm by counsellors, therapists or their clients, but Maggie Turp shows how recognition and understanding of hidden self-harm can improve practice with those affected.The author begins by discussing extracts from infant observation studies that reflect on the role of maternal care in encouraging the tendency towards self-care. A series of detailed case studies follows, including a client who has a serious eating disorder, a client who abuses recreational drugs, works excessively to the detriment of his mental and physical health and sustains a series of unconsciously invited 'accidents', and one caught up in 'self-harm by omission', who fails to 'take care' and delays seeking vital medical care. The clinical accounts highlight the importance of attending to the client as a whole person and of building on the self-caring tendency that has prompted him or her to seek help in the form of counselling or psychotherapy.Written from a psychoanalytic perspective, but using straightforward language, Hidden Self-Harm is a valuable resource for social workers, psychologists, teachers, nurses and lay helpers as well as for counsellors and psychotherapists.Trade ReviewThis is a book that I imagine will be of interest to a wide audience. For the experienced therapist it proffers a different, broader perspective on self-harm. For those less familiar with such work, it elaborates a useful way of thinking which 'teaches' by means of its generous case descriptions and clear reflections. -- British Journal of PsychotherapyThis is a very welcome text, which covers substantial ground in a way that is both scholarly and accessible. It is intended for a broad readership including teachers, police and lay helpers as well as social workers and psychotherapists. The narratives in the book can act as a stimulus to social workers and other professionals to be active in seeking to establish the reflective environment, stimulus and support required to connect helpfully and analytically with personal experience. This text can be used on a number of levels with students and qualified workers. Significantly it offers social workers and other professionals the possibility of seeing self-harm as a continuum in which we have relevant personal experience and resources. It offers a clear strategy for practice, which would support preventive and early intervention for young people and adults and is part of the growing literature that supports service users right to needs-led care.' - British Journal of Social Work'This is an eloquent plea for revising clinical approaches to self- harm. Central to Turp's argument is the understanding of self-harm as the individual's attempt to find a way of being in her/his body - this remains a powerful argument for a more humane response to self-harming behaviours of many kinds. -- Mental Health TodayTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. What do we mean by self-harm? 3. The capacity for self-care: Observations of Esther. 4. Bodily integrity and psychic skin: Observations of Esther. 5. Themes and theoretical frameworks. 6. Trauma and dramatic repetition: Working with Lorraine. 7. The skin in question: Working with Ellen May. 8. Acting, feeling and thinking: Working with Tracey. 9. A body in pieces: Working with Peter. 10. Self-harm by omission: Working with Kate. 11. Reflections on the case study material. 12. The self-harming individual and `the system'. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisA definitve guide covering all aspects of Bipolar in children, from spotting the symptoms to getting the correct interventions to help cope with the condition. This book explains the Biological causes and helps to seperate the symptoms from those of other conditions including, Tourettes, Aspergers and ADHD, whilst acknowledging that the conditions can appear as co-morbid in some children. Full of practical help and support George Lynn discusses various case histories and how to cope as a parent, along with a guide to help the child learn strategies to live with Bipolar.'- adders.org'The author, George Lynn, is a certified medical health counselor who has pioneered the usage of psychotherapy for adults and children with neuropsychological issues. When his own son was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome in 1991, he realized that personality can be powerfully impacted by brain chemistry independent of environment…The book is orientated for parents, but I believe many professionals can find helpful tips and information.'- International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health'George T. Lynn's book, Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder is a valuable resource for parents and those in the mental health profession. The author draws on his experience as a counselor to describe the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Disorder co-existing with Asperger's Syndrome, Tourette's Disorder or ADHD. He provides a clear, comprehensive perspective on effectively parenting a child with bipolar disorder. He also explains what characteristics the disorders have in common and how they differ from each other. Lynn is skilled at developing the differential diagnosis of disorders that often have significant overlapping characteristics.In every chapter Lynn provides a comprehensive case history, parent survival strategies and simple, straightforward tips for 'surviving meltdowns.' He includes a section on brain physiology, medication management and school success. He gives practical advice about difficult decisions that parents often have to make, including when to call the police and the pros and cons of psychiatric hospitalization.With this book, George Lynn has made a major contribution in the area of parenting children with Bipolar Disorder. He successfully instructs the reader on how to understand and identify the symptoms of these disorders and at the same time how to focus on the child's strengths or "gifts". He delivers a well written and interesting book that provides realistic solutions to difficult problems, and hope to families of these exceptional children.'- Metapsychology Online ReviewUp until five years ago, the professional community did not think that Bipolar Disorder occurred in children. Children with symptoms of Bipolar Disorder were diagnosed as 'severe ADHD', 'depressed' or 'Oppositional Defiant'. Now, as it is being increasingly diagnosed, George Lynn offers clear, practical advice on recognizing the symptoms, understanding medication and accessing the necessary support at school as well as the managing the day-to-day challenges of parenting a child with Bipolar Disorder. As it is frequently found in combination with ADHD, Tourette Syndrome and Asperger's Syndrome, the author draws on case-studies from his own psychotherapeutic practice to show what these conditions have in common, how they differ, and how they relate to each other.Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder, tackles the most difficult decisions parents can face, including whether to involve police or consider hospitalization if their children are a danger to themselves and their families. At the same time, it emphasizes the positive qualities these children often have and illustrates how their gifts and abilities can build their self-esteem and help them function better in society. However severe the child's symptoms, George Lynn's book will provide guidance, support and inspiration for parents and carers as well as being a useful resource for professionals working with the families who suffer as a result of this disorder.Table of ContentsIntroduction: `I'm so sad. I'm so sad!' The inner experience of the child with Bipolar Disorder. Part One: Bipolar Disorder in Children. Dealing with sudden rage, aggressive depression, oppositionality and crazy thinking. 1. The Warrior: How to identify the presence of Bipolar Disorder in Children. 2. The brain chemistry of Bipolar Disorder and the drugs used to treat it. 3. Martha's story: Understanding and managing rage in children with Bipolar Disorder. 4. Tom's story: Charting a change strategy for a teen with Bipolar Disorder. 5. Compassion makes a big difference: The empathy factor in children with Bipolar Disorder. 6. Innovative non-pharmacological treatment approaches for Bipolar Disorder, ADD and depression in children. Part Two: Asperger's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder in Teens. Managing inertia, school resistance, stimulus craving and lack of common sense. 7. The Hermit: Asperger's Disorder - Helping the brilliant, anxious and oppositional child find his way and express his gifts. 8. Sean's Case: Helping a child with dual diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome. Part Three: Soothing the hurt of Tourette Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. 9. Tourette Syndrome: The wild heart of the Restless Explorer. 10. A shoulder to scream on: How to help children living with the fiery extremes of comorbid Tourette Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. Part Four: ADHD at Its Extremes. 11. A matter of degree: How to know the difference between ADHD and Bipolar Disorder. Part Five: Hard Decisions. 12. How to choose the best physician, therapist and teacher for the child with Bipolar-like learning issues. 13. The hardest decisions: How to decide if police involvement or psychiatric hospitalisation are necessary and how to make these actions part of your healing plan. Conclusion: When all is said and done: Six keys to personal wellness for families of children with Bipolar Disorder. Appendix 1: Online resources. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs new techniques and approaches to supervision attract interest within therapy-related professions, the contributors to this informative book consider the nature of a supervision and examine the ways in which it can be further defined and developed. Drawing together practical and theoretical perspectives, Integrative Approaches to Supervision examines the contribution that supervision can make within both organisational and individual settings.The book covers frameworks and models for supervision, supervision in clinical practice and issues within integrative supervision. Topics include: different models of the supervision practice; anti-oppressive practice; spirituality and supervision; counselling supervision in health care; supervision of organisations; self-protection for supervisors from complaints and litigation. Wide in scope but rich in detail, this book is essential reading for psychotherapists, counsellors, consultants and students involved in the supervision process.Trade ReviewMainly drawn from keynote addresses at BASPR ( the British Association for Supervision, Research and Practice ), this book presents some 20 contributors who explore the nature of supervision and its role within organisational and individual settings... The reader is left unable to avoid the challenges facing the supervisor who aspires both in their own right, and in the larger counselling field, for wider professional recognition. Recommended reading for all involved in the supervision and therapeutic processes. -- Counselling and Psychotherapy JournalThis book, written by and for those working in therapy-related professions, is based on conference material presented to the 1999 British Association for Supervision Research and Practice ( BASPR ) Conference and thus many of the chapters have a friendly, informal style. ... the book allows you to read one or two chapters, discover new ideas and tools for your supervision "kitbag" , then go away and try them out. The advantage of this book is that you only have to decide which chapter you want to read first - you dont have to miss something else that in a conference setting might be happening at the same time. -- Mediation MagazineThis book is based on the "models and framework of Integrative Supervision" and the early chapters in this book explore issues such as, Narrative Approaches to Supervision, Supervision in and for Organisations and The Cyclical Model of Supervision: A Container for Creativity and Chaos from this perspective. What looks interesting however is the specific issues that some of the chapters focus on. For example:- Supervision in Primary Care, The Spirituality of Supervision, Supervision - Researching Therapeutic Practice, Which Sub-personality is Supervising Today. I haven't read this book but just flicking through the pages indicates that it has some interesting and useful input into thinking about supervision. -- British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision NewsletterTable of ContentsPart 1: Models and frameworks of integrative supervision. 1: Cyclical Models of Supervision, Steve Page, Counselling Service, University of Hull and Val Wosket, College of Ripon and York St John. 2. Narrative Approaches to Supervision, Jane Speedy, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol. 3. A Collaborative Model for Supervision, Dagmar Edwards, Psychology Matters and private practitioner and Vanja Orlans, Psychology Matters and private practitioner. 4. Supervision in and for Organisations, Michael Carroll. 5. Integration in Supervision: Art and Science, Julie Hewson, Iron Mill Centre in Cornwall. 6. The Spirituality of Supervision, Michael Carroll. Part 2: Supervision in Clinical Contexts. 7. Supervision, Mental Health and Life Stages, Penny Henderson, independent consultant and trainer, The Counselling in Primary Care Trust. 8. Counselling Supervision in Primary Health Care, Graham Curtis Jenkins, The Counselling in Primary Care Trust. 9. Supervision in Primary Care: Corset or Camisole, Rita Arundale, primary health care counsellor and supervisor. 10. What is in the Kit Bag? Supervision in Primary Care, Jane Rosoman, psychiatric social worker and counsellor in primary care settings. 11. Food as Nutrition and as Metaphor: Supervising in Eating Disorders, Margaret Tholstrup. Part 3: Issues in Integrative Supervision. 12. An Integrative Approach to Race and Culture in Supervision, Maxine Dennis, British Psychological Society Special Interest Group in 'Race' and Culture. 13. Anti-Oppressive Practice in the Supervisory Relationship, Harbrinder Dhillon Stevens, South Bank University and Metanoia Institute. 14. A Bolt from the Blue: Using Jungian Typology to Understand Revelations in the Supervision Process, Charlotte Sills, Metanoia Institute. 15. Which Subpersonality is Supervising Today?, John Towler, freelance counsellor and University of Surrey at Roehampton. 16. Supervision: Researching Therapeutic Practice, Martin Milton, University of Surrey and Kingston, Richmond and District Community NHS Trust. 17. Supervisors' Need for Self-Protection from Complaints and Litigation, Gary Leonard, Solicitor and Joanna Beazley Richards, Wealdon College of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Epilogue: Supervision in and for the Millennium, Brigid Proctor, freelance counsellor, consultant and supervisor, formerly South West London College. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis unique guide provides a much needed overview of dementia care. With a strong focus on the importance of patients and families, it explores the multifaceted meaning behind patient wellbeing and its vital significance in the context of national policy. Adopting a positive, evidence-based approach, the book dispels the bleak outlook on dementia management. Its person-centred ideology considers fundamental areas such as independence, leisure and other activities, and end-of-life care - integrating the NICE quality standard where relevant. It also places great emphasis on patient environment including practical home and ward design, the importance of gardens, and sensory considerations. All public and health care professionals will be stimulated by Rahman's outstanding assimilation of theory and practice. Patients, their families and friends will also find much for inspiration and practical assistance.Trade Review"I would recommend this book 100%. It just makes sense to read. This will appeal to so many professionals going to be involved in the care of the elderly. And anyone who is doing research in this field should go through this book too."–BMA Medical Book Awards ProgrammeTable of ContentsDedication. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Professor John Hodges. Foreword by Sally Ann Marciano. Foreword by Professor Facundo Manes. Introduction. What is 'living well with dementia'? Measuring living well with dementia. Socio-economic arguments for promoting living well with dementia. A public health perspective on living well in dementia, and the debate over screening. The relevance of the person for living well with dementia. Leisure activities and living well with dementia. Maintaining wellbeing in end-of-life care for living well with dementia. Living well with specific types of dementia: a cognitive neurology perspective. General activities which encourage wellbeing. Decision-making, capacity and advocacy in living well with dementia. Communication and living well with dementia. Home and ward design to promote living well with dementia. Assistive technology and living well with dementia. Ambient-assisted living well with dementia. The importance of built environments for living well with dementia. Dementia-friendly communities and living well with dementia. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisParental mental health problems and substance misuse affect a significant number of families. This handbook provides practitioners with early intervention techniques and effective support strategies for ensuring the best outcomes for these vulnerable families.Featuring pointers, models and practice examples, A Practical Guide to Early Intervention and Family Support considers the concept of resilience and effective family support. Assessing the policy context and possible barriers to support, it looks at assessment of need, safeguarding children, minimising negative impact, and most importantly, keeping families together where possible. Drawing on key research on the risks and impacts, this book demonstrates the need for a unified approach from a range of adult and children's services. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect developments in policy and services. Essential reading for all professionals who are involved in providing services to families, it will also be of interest to service commissioners and those with an academic interest in what helps to support children and families in these circumstances.Trade ReviewThis handbook has been designed to meet the needs of practitioners across a wide range of agencies, including of course local authorities, and it should help those working in these complex circumstances to translate the concept of resilience into practice reality. It provides models, frameworks and crucially real examples in order to assist professionals in their task of helping families with complex needs to better meet their children's needs. -- From the Foreword by Allison O'Sullivan, President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and Director of Children’s Services in KirkleesThis thoughtful, well-researched and practical book makes a robust contribution to the literature in this complex area of practice. The range of approaches and interventions discussed - illustrated by practice examples from a range of sources - will assist a wide range of professionals to work more effectively together to assess and support families affected by parental mental health and substance misuse, while ensuring that children's voices are heard and their needs never get lost. -- Dr. Brynna Kroll, Co-author of Parental Substance Misuse & Child Welfare, Independent Trainer & Consultant and Parenting Assessor with Somerset’s Family Assessment & Support TeamTable of ContentsList of Practice Examples. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Context, Legislation and Policy. 2. The Potential Impact on Children and Families. 3. What Helps Build Resilience in These Families? 4. Professional Responses and Barriers to Effective Practice. 5. How Can Services Support Families More Effectively at the Practice Level? 6. What Else Can Services Do to Support Families More Effectively at the Strategic Level? 7. Conclusion. Further Resources. Bibliography. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisWhat is it like to suffer from depression? As Li Lanni writes, it's worse than cancer. A child of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Lanni has always persevered through hardship. Despite her many health struggles, including cancer, Lanni went through life with a smile on her face--until she was diagnosed with depression in 2003. This powerful memoir, told in part through diary entries written soon after her diagnosis, follows the extraordinary story of her life, from her upbringing on communist military bases to her coming of age in the high-pressure, freewheeling commercial centre of Shenzhen. At once deeply personal and profoundly universal, this story of cancer and mental illness captures the life and times of a generation struggling for health and happiness in a rapidly changing China.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system. This text aims to build a novel didactic curriculum addressing racism, justice, and community mental health as these issues intersect clinical practice. Unlike any other resource, this guide moves beyond an exploration of the problem of racism and its detrimental effects, to a practical, solution-oriented discussion of how to understand and approach the mental health consequences with a lens and sensitivity for contemporary justice issues. After establishing the historical context of racism within organized medicine and psychiatry, the text boldly examines contemporary issues, including clinical biases in diagnosis and treatment, addiction and incarceration, and perspectives on providing psychotherapy to racial minorities. The text concludes with chapters covering training and medical education within this sphere, approaches to supporting patients coping with racism and discrimination, and strategies for changing institutional practices in mental healthcare. Written by thought leaders in the field, Racism and Psychiatry is the only current tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, administrators, educators, medical students, social workers, and all clinicians working to treat patients dealing with issues of racism at the point of mental healthcare. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, Danielle R. Hairston, Shadé Miller, Rupinder Legha, and Steven Starks Chapter 2: The Legacy of Slavery in Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Frame the Impact of Slavery on African Americans Sannisha K. Dale and Kimberly J. Merren Chapter 3: Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Mental Health Outcomes Kellee White and Jourdyn A. Lawrence Chapter 4: The Intersection of Homelessness, Racism and Mental Illness Jeffrey Olivet, Marc Dones, and Molly Richard Chapter 5: Mental Illness, Addiction, and Incarceration: Breaking the Cycle David Beckmann, Keris Jän Myrick, and Derri Shtasel Chapter 6: Racism, Black bodies, and Psychodynamic Therapy Lisa L. Moore and Claire Carswell Chapter 7: Clinician Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment Danielle R. Hairston, Tresha A. Gibbs, Shane Shucheng Wong, and Ayana Jordan Chapter 8: Resilience and Religious Experience Morgan Medlock and Ezra E. H. Griffith Chapter 9: Addressing Cultural Mistrust: Strategies for Alliance Building Ni-Ha T. Trinh, Joey C. Cheung, Esther E. Velásquez, Kiara Alvarez, Christine Crawford, and Margarita Alegría Chapter 10: Changing Institutional Values and Diversifying the Behavioral Health Workforce Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Kimberlyn Leary Chapter 11: Medical Education and Racism: Where Have We Been and Where Might We Go? Derri Shtasel, Andrew D. Carlo, and Ni-Ha T. Trinh Chapter 12: Racial and Ethnic Minority Mental Health Advocacy: Strategies for Addressing Racism Chelsi West Ohueri, Virginia A. Brown, and William B. Lawson Chapter 13: Clinical Toolkit: Providing Psychotherapy in a Contemporary Social Context Kali D. Cyrus and Asale A. Hubbard

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Book SynopsisExplores the general consensus that societal ills were at the root of mental illness. This book chronicles the surge in influence of socially attuned psychodynamic theories along with the rise of radical therapy and psychiatric survivors' movements.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to the American intellectual history of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For older readers, Staub provides a well-researched and insightful recreation of the debates that dominated a bygone period. For younger ones, he is a thoughtful guide to the general intellectual energy that the study of sanity and madness once provided. For both cohorts, he shows how much has been lost because of the absence of a genuinely social view of mental illness in current discourse about normality and abnormality. Staub's highly readable synthesis of a wide range of material is the single best source for a thoughtful discussion of the 'anti-psychiatry' movement that at the same time is so chronologically close yet so intellectually distant from our current era." (Allan V. Horwitz, Social History of Medicine)"

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Book SynopsisBefore the 1940s, children in the United States with severe emotional difficulties would have had few options for care. The first option was usually a child guidance clinic within the community, but they might also have been placed in a state mental hospital or asylum, an institution for the so-called feebleminded, or a training school for delinquent children. Starting in the 1930s, however, more specialized institutions began to open all over the country. Staff members at these residential treatment centers shared a commitment to helping children who couldn't be managed at home. They adopted an integrated approach to treatment, employing talk therapy, schooling, and other activities in the context of a therapeutic environment. Emotionally Disturbed is the first work to examine not only the history of residential treatment, but also the history of seriously mentally ill children in the United States. As residential treatment centers emerged as new spaces with a fresh therapeutic per

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Book SynopsisIn the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness.

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the American mental health care system and its relationship with society and government."

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Book SynopsisThis work shows how and why case management and community support replaced psychiatry and mental hospitals. It examines everyday written and oral narratives to prove that the common critique of social workers - that they are state agents controlling clients - is untrue.Trade ReviewThis book provides a fascinating albeit bleak insight into the daily routine of practitioners. -- Camilla Parker European Journal of Public HealthTable of ContentsIntroduction The Formation of Community Support Services The Rise of the Case Manager Strengths Case Management Landscape for a Case Manager: The Carless Mentally Ill Oral and Written Narratives of Case Managers Money Meds Chapter 9. The Helper Habitus: Situated Knowledge and Case Management Chapter 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe sociologist Jason Schnittker looks at the multiple actors involved in crafting the DSM and the many interests that the manual hopes to serve. The Diagnostic System urges us to become comfortable with the socially constructed nature of categorization and accept that a perfect taxonomy of mental-health disorders will remain elusive.Trade ReviewThe particular strength of this very well-written critique of psychiatric diagnosis is to examine how the DSM has a variety of constituencies—clinicians, researchers, patients, and the general public—that each has its own way of approaching the manual. -- Allan Horwitz, Board of Governors Professor of Sociology, Rutgers UniversityIn an area too often marked by advocacy and polemic, The Diagnostic System provides a well-informed, judicious, and, in fact, invaluable guide to a complex body of scholarship and controversy. Perhaps most important, it addresses those complex interrelationships between individual experience and the social, cultural, and institutional circumstances that in part constitute that experience. It is an important book on a foundational if elusive set of questions. -- Charles E. Rosenberg, professor of the history of science and medicine and the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard UniversitySober, clear, and even-handed, The Diagnostic System is an indispensable work. * Contemporary Sociology *A fluent, incisive, and eminently useful account of the classificatory system that informs clinical practice and research in American psychiatry today. * American Journal of Sociology *This book brings to light the difficult task of diagnosing psychiatric disorders with accuracy, reliability, and validity. Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The Contested Ontology of Psychiatric Disorders2. What Diagnoses Are: DSM-III and the Form of Contemporary Psychiatric Diagnoses3. DSM-III and the Descriptive Science of Psychiatric Disorders4. Rethinking the DSM5. How Professionals Use Diagnoses6. How the Public Uses Diagnoses7. How Scientists Use the DSM8. How Cultures Use Diagnoses9. The Contemporary Science of Psychiatric Nosology10. The Endless Search for Validity11. The Endurance of the Diagnostic SystemNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Tackling the history of mental illness in terms of the ‘institutional dualism’ of psychiatry and vernacular healing makes Disturbing Spirits refreshing and dynamic.” —Kristina L. Richardson, author of Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World"Disturbing Spirits is a groundbreaking study written with remarkable clarity and empathy. Spanning over one hundred years of history and weaving together different disciplines, approaches, and a wealth of untapped primary sources, it tells the compelling story of the failure of the medical elites in Syria and Lebanon to impose modern psychiatry and erase local beliefs about the power of spirits to both cause and treat mental illnesses." —Sara Scalenghe, author of Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800"In this original exploration of how war in Syria and Lebanon over the last century contributed to enduring psychological instabilities in these countries, Beverly Tsacoyianis offers a valuable contribution to the study of the modern Middle East. . . . this book successfully opens new avenues of research that ethically engage social justice and disability rights’ themes." —Choice"Disturbing Spirits is an interdisciplinary and rich study of the history of illness in Syria and Lebanon that provides various contributions to scholarship in the Middle East and trauma studies, medical humanities, and the overall history of health and healing." —Journal of the History of Behavioral Science"Tsacoyianis’s book is a highly empathetic look at the history of mental illness treatment in Syria and Lebanon from the late nineteenth century to today. The importance of vernacular healing practices should not be neglected by historians simply because they are difficult to document or quantify." —H-Sci-Med-TechTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Vernacular Healing in Greater Syria 2. The Origins of Greater Syrian Medical Institutions 3. Medical Missionaries and the Lebanon Mental Hospital, 1899–1983 4. Secular Healing and Ibn Sina Mental Hospital, 1922–2018 5. Literature, Civil War, and (Ef)facing Syrian and Lebanese History Conclusion

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Book SynopsisExplores graphic pathography, long-form comics by and about subjects who suffer from disease or are impaired, and how it improves various negatively affected corporeal states through hand-drawn images. Trade Review“Monica Chiu demonstrates that the highly personalized rendering of illness experience in graphic pathographies provides readers with an embodied illness perspective that significantly differs from biomedical and clinical accounts, diagnoses, and understandings of illness. Her study on how drawing in graphic pathographies functions to retell and reimagine illness from an ill individual’s perspective is poised to make a foundational contribution to a field of study that is just now reaching maturation.”—Nancy Pedri,Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Book SynopsisExpert advice from the medical director of the country's largest state mental health system and the mental health editor of The Huffington Post.Trade Review"[Sederer] is the rare combination of public health expert, teacher, and writer and has put all of his skills together in this superb volume... This is one of the best and most practical guides for families. It will also be extremely useful in helping clinicians (physicians and other professionals) understand how to work with families and the lay language they need to use to empower families to be treatment extenders in many different settings...as well as to trainees and young clinicians embarking on practices that must include not only individuals in need but also interventions with families." -- Journal of Psychiatric Practice "Dr. Lloyd Sederer has spent his impressive medical career in psychiatry and demonstrates both his knowledge and sensitivity in his book ... The Family Guide to Mental Health Care provides families with valuable resources, but maybe everyone should read it. To change attitudes about mental illness requires that everyone listen and understand." -- America "[A] practical, easy-to-read assortment of information and advice for many persons who have adult loved ones with a mental illness." -- Psychiatric Services "If you have a family member with mental illness, then The Family Guide to Mental Health Care by Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D., is the book for you... Even more impressive than his credentials is his straightforward, warm, compassionate tone." -- NAMI Advocate "[A]n excellent resource for families struggling with a loved one's mental illness." -- The National Council for Behavioral Health "If your practice or your advocacy efforts place you anywhere near people encountering the mental health system for the first time, please have a look at this book. Piles of them - the books, not the patients - should be sitting in the waiting area of every mental health center and emergency department (ED). A brief literature search suggests there is nothing published like this book. In any case, this one is so comprehensive while remaining so welcoming; it is so authoritative and yet unintimidating, one need not look further." -- Psychiatric Times "[A] compassionate and fact-packed guide for families struggling with mental illness." -- NAMI-NYC Metro Newsletter "[P]ractical and compassionate." -- Booklist "[A] thoughtful, compassionate, and fact-packed guide for recognizing illness and getting help... With passionate optimism, Sederer examines the facts about diagnoses, treatments, and doctors, and suggests questions to ask at every step of the way... [A] remarkable resource ... With a moving foreword by actress Glenn Close, who calls mental illness 'a family affair,' this extraordinary guide offers valuable information and inspiration." -- Publishers Weekly "[A]n invaluable 'must' bible packed with resources for any family facing mental illness." -- Midwest Book Review "I respond personally to what Lloyd Sederer writes because he makes me feel like he is sitting at this very kitchen table, gently explaining to me, with great knowledge, insight and patience, what is happening to my loved one and what my family and I can do about it." -- Glenn Close (from the Foreword) "For families reeling from the fact that a loved one suffers from mental illness, knowing what to do and where to go to find the best treatment can be a daunting task. Lloyd Sederer's timely book provides an informative and accessible guide to persons faced with this challenge. Dr. Sederer is uniquely qualified to advise people given his experience in virtually every sector of psychiatric medicine and mental health care. This book is indispensable to the many people who must confront mental illness." -- Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D. President-Elect, The Am "The Family Guide to Mental Health Care is an invaluable resource for any family struggling to recognize the myths, fueled by stigma, and find the best care for their loved one." -- General Peter Chiarelli (Ret) 32nd Vice Chief of S "In a society where the disorders of the mind and mood are too seldom understood, Dr. Sederer has provided remarkable clarity in his explanations of the illnesses for the layperson. He outlines what help is needed, where to get help, and how to manage the system for caregiving and treatment. This is a complete guide to navigating a complex and all-too-challenging world faced by anyone impacted by the challenges of mental illnesses. With outstanding clarity and sympathetic understanding he brings help to the helpers and guidance to those who can aid them." -- Connie Lieber, Past President, National Alliance f "Dr. Sederer's book recognizes the essential contributions families make, discusses every challenge they face, and provides them with clear and exceptionally well-informed advice. There is no book like it. I recommend this book to families as a highly useful guide for what is too often a confusing and frightening journey." -- Linda Rosenberg, MSW, CEO, National Council for Co "Many millions of people have a mental illness but most do not get the treatment and help that they need. With the knowledge to navigate the mental health care system comes the power to recover. This uniquely accessible book provides that knowledge, and is a necessary guide for patients and their families." -- Gail Saltz, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Ps "When someone in your family may have a serious mental illness, you will wish that you had a senior psychiatrist nearby to give advice every step of the way. The Family Guide to Mental Health Care gives the reader this gift." -- Anand Pandya, MD, Past President and current consu

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Book SynopsisA dynamic approach to mental health and wellness, ready for any clinician to implement.

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Book SynopsisIn First Person Accounts of Mental Illness, the personal stories of individuals experiencing schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders, and other mental ailments will be provided for students studying the classification and treatment of psychopathology.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xv Introduction xvii About the Editors xxxi 1 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 1 Schizophrenia 6 The Best Medicine 6 Susan A. Salsman Recovery as Discovery 9 Paolo Scotti Understanding Health as a Continuum 14 Leslie Greenblat Psychiatry and Oppression: A Personal Account of Compulsory Admission and Medical Treatment 19 Benjamin Gray Powerful Choices: Peer Support and Individualized Medication Self-Determination 25 Corinna West Schizoaffective Disorders 38 Snapshots: The First Symptoms of Psychosis 38 Kristen B. Fowler Why Having a Mental Illness Is Not Like Having Diabetes 43 Anonymous 2 Mood Disorders 49 Depressive Disorders 53 Depression: Disease, Loneliness, Social Isolation, Suicide, Negative Thoughts . . . 53 Bec Morrison My Confession: My Life Had Come to a Stop 57 Leo Tolstoi Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression 61 Meri Nana-Ama Danquah I Wish I Had Gotten Help Sooner: My Struggle With Postpartum Depression 66 Marcie Ramirez My Journey Through Postpartum Depression 72 Jessica Rodrigo-Dunican Bipolar Disorders 76 Living with the Dragon: The Long Road to Self-Management of Bipolar II 76 Peter Amsel On Madness: A Personal Account of Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder 91 Anonymous Random Scribblings on Bipolar Disorder 97 Michael Napiorkowski Being Bipolar: Living on Both Sides of the Coin 101 Susan Michele Vale 3 Anxiety Disorders 105 Panic Disorder 108 You Have Anxiety? 108 Kelly Orbison Susan’s Story 115 Susan Ludeman Phobias 122 On the Outside Looking In 122 Daniela Grazia Mysophobia 133 Catherine Taylor Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 142 Flux 142 Frank R. DeFulgentis Rituals, Routines, and Recovery: Living With OCD 153 Jared Douglas Kant with Martin Franklin and Linda Wasmer Andrews “It’ll Be Okay.” How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) From Ruining My Life 160 Shannon Shy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 175 Emotional Triangle 175 Blazie Holling Panic, Anxiety, PTSD, and My Experiences of Healing Through Multiple Avenues of Psychotherapy 181 Catherine McCall The Demons of War Are Persistent: A Personal Story of Prolonged PTSD 189 Art W. Schade 4 Personality Disorders 197 My Path to Recovery 199 Melanie Green A “Classic” Case of Borderline Personality Disorder 203 Lynn Williams Loud in the House of Myself 207 Stacy Pershall 5 Substance-Related Disorders 215 Goodbye, Johnnie Walker 217 Neil Davidson Untitled 228 Aaron J. French A Nurse’s Journey Through Loss, Addiction, and Recovery 232 Michelle Walter 6 Eating Disorders 237 Dying by Inches 239 Emily Troscianko Big Little 263 Priscilla Becker Binging and Purging to Stay Alive 276 Anonymous Life With an Eating Disorder 281 Laura Bette 7 Impulse Control Disorders 285 The Numbers of My Obsession 286 Mia Zamora Memoirs of a Compulsive Firesetter 294 Sarah Wheaton Dan’s Story 298 Anonymous 8 Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders 303 Before It’s Too Late 306 Jane McAllister Poor Memory: A Case Report 310 Malcolm L. Meltzer Parkinson’s: A Patient’s View 317 Sidney Dorros 9 Somatoform Disorders 323 A Psychosomatic Study of Myself 325 F. Wertham Bigorexia: Bodybuilding and Muscle Dysmorphia 339 Anonymous Hypochondria 341 Heather Menzies Jones 10 Dissociative Disorders 345 Coping Strategies 348 Ruth Dee Family Talk 358 Barbara Hope Fractured Mind, One Heart? 361 Robert B. Oxnam 11 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders 365 Sexual Pain Disorders 369 Vaginismus: The Blessing of Botox 369 Rachel Paraphilias 374 The Armed Robbery Orgasm: A Lovemap Autobiography of Masochism 374 Ronald Keys and John Money Gender Identity Disorders 377 A Rose in Bloom 377 April Rose Schneider Time for a Good Transgender Story 388 Kam Wai Kui 12 Sleep Disorders 401 An Insomniac’s Slant on Sleep 404 Gayle Greene My Story of Narcolepsy 414 Patricia Higgins 13 Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence 421 Pervasive Developmental Disorders 426 Communication Impairment 426 John Elder Robison Alien: A Story of Asperger’s Syndrome 431 Stephanie Mayberry The Experience of Infantile Autism 440 Tony W. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 444 The Only Me That We Have Ever Known 444 Katy Rollins Tic Disorders 450 A Tourette Story 450 Rick Fowler Searching for Answers 455 Crystal Thomas Index 467

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arena. Chapters are written by leading researchers and the editors are experienced qualitative researchers, clinical trainers, and mental health practitioners Provides chapter-by-chapter guidance on conducting a qualitative study from across a range of approaches Offers guidance on how to review and appraise existing qualitative literature, how to choose the most appropriate method, and how to consider ethical issues Demonstrates how specific methods have been applied to questions in mental health research Uses examples drawn from recent research, including research with service users, in mental health practice and in psychotherapy Trade Review“In a field that at times feels dominated by obfuscating jargon and a cult-like zeal, the editors have produced an accessible, illuminating text that will be of great value to those wishing to gain an introduction to this essential and developing area of mental health research.” (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1 May 2012) "David Harper and Andrew Thompson’s book Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy provides a reference for students and practitioners who are using qualitative research to explore topics related to mental health. The book provides a rich and comprehensive text, with contributions from specialized authors on a number of key themes and research methods relevant to qualitative research. Despite being specifically aimed at those researching mental health issues, this text would be useful for any student or practitioner who wishes to get to grips with ‘big q research’..." (Feminism and Psychology, 2013) “Since receiving this book for review, I have found myself repeatedly recommending it to fellow doctoral researchers from a range of professional backgrounds, at all stages of candidature. I do so because, in my opinion, this book addresses, in an accessible, clear, yet thorough manner, the issues which all students and practitioner-researchers face in aspiring to produce high quality, creative, qualitative research in mental health and psychotherapy.” (QMiP Bulletin Issue 15, Spring 2013)Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Acknowledgements. PART I Getting Started. 1 Introduction (Andrew R. Thompson and David Harper). 2 Identifying and Synthesizing Qualitative Literature (Rachel L. Shaw). 3 Ethical Issues in Qualitative Mental Health Research (Andrew R. Thompson and Eleni Chambers). 4 Participation and Service User Involvement (Alison Faulkner). 5 Qualitative Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions (Hannah Frith and Kate Gleeson). 6 Qualitative Methods for Studying Psychotherapy Change Processes (Robert Elliott). 7 Choosing a Qualitative Research Method (David Harper). PART II Methods. 8 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Mental Health and Psychotherapy Research (Michael Larkin and Andrew R. Thompson). 9 Existentialist-Informed Hermeneutic Phenomenology (Carla Willig and Abigail Billin). 10 Grounded Theory Methods for Mental Health Practitioners (Alison Tweed and Kathy Charmaz). 11 Discourse Analysis (Eugenie Georgaca and Evrinomy Avdi). 12 Narrative Psychology (Michael Murray and Sally Sargeant). 13 Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis (Mark Rapley). 14 Q Methodological Research in Mental Health and Psychotherapy (Wendy Stainton Rogers and Phillip O. Dyson). 15 Thematic Analysis (Helene Joffe). PART III Establishing Good Quality Qualitative Research in Mental Health. 16 In Pursuit of Quality (Liz Spencer and Jane Ritchie). 17 Emerging Issues and Future Directions (David Harper and Andrew R. Thompson). Index.

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Book SynopsisCare planning and delivery are essential parts of everyday practice for all mental health practitioners. This new edition of Care Planning in Mental Health: Promoting Recovery moves away from a professionally-oriented model of care planning towards the active promotion of the personal narrative as being central to planning effective mental health care. It outlines essential concepts linked to the recovery process which is carried out in partnership with people with mental health problems and those closest to them. New to this edition: A stronger, more explicit focus on recovery A unique interpretation and explication of the recovery process A greater promotion of the centrality of personhood Examples drawing on a range of international perspectives and experiences Enhanced user-friendly pedagogy, including practical case illustrations and first-hand accounts throughout Care Planning in Mental Health: ProTrade Review“It is also a valuable learning resource for students studying mental health care and the qualified and experienced practitioner wishing to gain a fresh approach to planning recovery-focused care.” (Newbooks.lib, 4 September 2014)Table of ContentsContributors ix 1 Introduction: The Emergence of Recovery as a Key Concept 1 Stephan D. Kirby, Angela Hall and Mike Wren The chapters 10 2 Experiencing Recovery 18 Aidan Moesby and Sandra Cleminson 3 Recovery as a Framework for Care Planning 25 Jim Campbell, Theo Stickley, Sarah Bonney and Nicola Wright Introduction 25 Recovery debated 27 Historical context 28 Recovery concepts in the literature 30 The social construction of recovery 39 Models for recovery 40 Conclusion 45 Section 1: Surviving 53 4 Discovering the Person 55 Angela Hall and Donna Piper Introduction 55 Conclusion 67 5 Parity of Esteem 71 Mike Wren and Natalie Iley Introduction 71 Parity of esteem considerations 72 Personalising parity of esteem 75 6 Holistic Care: Physical Health, Mental Health and Social Factors 84 Teresa Moore and Scott Godfrey Recovery 85 Promoting health and recovery 86 Physical considerations for quality of care 87 Medical considerations for quality of care 88 Emotional considerations for quality of care 89 Social consideration for quality of care 90 Lifestyle considerations for quality of care 90 Educational considerations for quality of care 91 Practice-related considerations for quality of care 92 Emergency department and mental health 92 Preventative considerations for quality of care 94 Conclusion 96 7 Strengths and Diversities: A Substance Misuse Perspective 100 Julie Wardell Introduction 100 Background to substance misuse 101 Approaches to substance misuse 102 Government strategy and substance misuse 103 Recovery and substance misuse 104 Evaluating recovery from substance misuse 110 Conclusion 111 Section 2: Managing 115 8 The Legal and Ethical Landscape 117 Charlotte Chisnell and Gordon J. Mitchell Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 118 The Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007 120 Supervised Community Treatment (SCT)/Community treatment: section 17A–section 17G 120 Mental Health Tribunal (MHT) 121 Age-appropriate services 122 Electro-convulsive therapy 122 Advocacy and rights 122 Revised Code of Practice and principles 123 Changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 123 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 124 The authorisation of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards 127 Urgent authorisation 129 Conclusion 129 9 Enabling Risk to Aid Recovery 132 Angela Hall Introduction 132 Risk and regulation 134 Impact of inquiries 134 Exploring risk issues 136 Enabling risk 138 Risk management cycle 139 Conclusion 143 Acknowledgement 144 10 Collaborating Across the Boundaries 146 Mike Wren, Stephan D. Kirby and Angela Hall Introduction 146 Collaborating across professional boundaries 152 Policy drivers 155 Conclusions 157 Section 3: Thriving 161 11 Relationships and Recovery 163 Stephan D. Kirby The therapeutic alliance 168 A model of therapeutic alliance in mental health recovery 172 Conclusions 175 12 Holistic Care Planning for Recovery 179 Devon Marston and Jenny Weinstein The recovery approach 179 Holistic person-centred care planning 180 Barriers to person-centred care planning 181 What would good care planning look like? 181 How can change be achieved? 182 A holistic response at admission to hospital 182 Experiences of people from BME communities 183 Risk assessment and keeping women safe 187 Continuity of care planning 190 Recognising skills and potential to aid recovery 190 Planning a return to work 191 Personalisation 192 Conclusions 193 13 Recovery-Orientated Practice in Education 197 Mike Fleet Introduction 197 Challenges to implementing recovery in education 198 The quality of experience for both nurse and service user 199 Redefining service user involvement 204 Transforming the workforce to deliver service user-led education 205 Establishing a ‘Recovery Education Centre’ 205 Changing the way we approach risk assessment and management 206 Increasing opportunities for building a life ‘beyond illness’ 207 Increasing ‘personalisation’ and choice 207 Conclusion 209 14 The Recovery Journey 217 Stephan D. Kirby Survive (domain) 219 Manage (domain): ‘reconstruction’ 219 Thrive (domain) 220 ‘Deconstruction’ 221 ‘Consolidation’ 222 15 Conclusions: Reflection on the Future (Again) 223 Stephan D. Kirby, Mike Wren and Angela Hall …And in closing 225 Index 229

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Book SynopsisEvidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities responds to the recent increased focus on, and need for, the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in treating intellectual disabilities. The first book wholly dedicated to addressing EBP specifically in relation to intellectual disabilities Provides clinical guidelines based on the strength of evidence of treatments for a given problematic behavioral topography or disorder Highly relevant to a wide-ranging audience, including professionals working in community services, clinicians and parents and carers Table of ContentsContributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part I Foundational Issues and Overview 1 1 Evidence-Based Practice: An Introduction 3 Peter Sturmey 2 Adaptive Behavior 29 Peter Sturmey 3 Maladaptive Behavior 62 Peter Sturmey 4 But Is It Worth It? 85 Peter Sturmey Part II Specific Disorders and Challenging Behaviors 101 5 Aggressive Behavior 103 Olive Healy, Sinéad Lydon, and Clodagh Murray 6 Self-Injurious Behavior 133 Jeff Sigafoos, Mark F. O’Reilly, Giulio E. Lancioni, Russell Lang, and Robert Didden 7 Stereotypic Behavior 163 Timothy R. Vollmer, Amanda B. Bosch, Joel E. Ringdahl, and John T. Rapp 8 Feeding Problems 198 Keith E. Williams, Laura J. Seiverling, and Douglas G. Field 9 Sleep Problems 219 Robert Didden, Wiebe Braam, Anneke Maas, Marcel Smits, Peter Sturmey, Jeff Sigafoos, and Leopold Curfs 10 Anxiety Disorders 235 Peter Sturmey, William R. Lindsay, Tricia Vause, and Nicole Neil 11 Mood Disorders 261 Peter Sturmey and Robert Didden 12 Offenders with Developmental Disabilities 280 Peter Sturmey and Klaus Drieschner Index 292

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Book SynopsisThis is the eighteenth in the most prestigious series of annual volumes in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature of industrial psychology and organizational behavior.Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Editorial Foreword. Flexible Working Arrangement: Implementation, Outcomes and Management (Suzan Lewis). Economic Psychology (Erich Kirchler and Erik Hölzl). Sleepiness in the Workplace: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures (Autumn D. Krauss, et al.). Research on Internet Recruiting and Testing: Current Status and Future Directions (Filip Lievens and Michael M. Harris). Workaholism: A Review of Theory, Research, and Future Directions (Lynley H.W. McMillan, et al.). Ethnic Group Differences and Measuring Cognitive Ability (Helen Baron, et al.). Implicit Knowledge and Experience in Work and Organizations (André Büssing and Britta Herbig). Index. Contents of Previous Volumes.

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Book SynopsisThis is the nineteenth in the most prestigious series of annual volumes in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature of industrial psychology and organizational behaviour.Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Editorial Foreword. 1. Empowerment and Performance (Toby D. Wall, Stephen J. Wood, and Desmond J. Leach). 2. 25 Years of Team Effectiveness in Organizations: Research Themes and Emerging Needs (Eduardo Salas, Kevin C. Stagl, and C. Shawn Burke). 3. Creating Healthy Workplaces: The Supervisor’s Role (Brad Gilbreath). 4. Work Experience: A Review and Research Agenda (Miguel A. Quiñones). 5. Workplace Experiences of Lesbian and Gay Employees: A Review of Current Research (Brian Welle and Scott B. Button). 6. My Job is My Castle: Identification in Organizational Contexts (Rolf van Dick). 7. Virtual Teams: Collaborating across Distance (Carolyn M. Axtell, Steven J. Fleck, and Nick Turner). 8. Learning at Work: Training and Development (Sabine Sonnentag, Cornelia Niessen, and Sandra Ohly). Index. Contents of Previous Volumes.

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Book SynopsisSuicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals is a short, clearly written book that provides practical guidance on how to manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient. Written by two expert teachers, the book has been used in courses for trainee psychiatrists and for health professionals throughout the world. Feedback from participants on these courses has informed revision of the new edition. This book is of interest for all mental health professionals who come into contact with patients who present with suicide potential, i.e. all mental health professionals, as well as general health professionals who are often the first point of contact for a suicidal patient. The book opens with a review of the epidemiology, risk factors and associated aspects of suicide. It then presents two assessment tools: The Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR) provides instruction on how to use it appropriately in the clinic. The Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG) actsTrade Review"This manual is a scholarly and comprehensive approach to suicide. Chehil and Kutcher write in a clear, organized, and engaging style that encourages the reader of any level of experience to explore their own knowledge about suicide.I highly recommend this book to health professional." (Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2013)Table of ContentsIntroduction, vii Objectives, ix 1 The Importance of Suicide Awareness and Assessment, 1 2 Understanding Suicide Risk, 13 3 Suicide Risk Assessment, 56 4 Putting It All Together: Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR), 88 5 Special Topics in Understanding and Evaluating Suicide Risk, 94 6 Suicide Prevention, 110 7 Suicide Intervention, 115 8 Post-suicide Intervention: Caring for Survivors, 123 9 Care for the Carer: Death of a Patient by Suicide, 130 10 Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study, 135 Appendix A Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR), 140 Appendix B 6-ITEM Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale: KADS, 142 Appendix C My Safety Plan, 144 Index, 147

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Book SynopsisOutcomes measures are tests used to assess a client's improvement after treatment and overall satisfaction with mental health services. Outcomes measures are rapidly becoming the next wave of managed mental health care.Table of ContentsOutcomes Management in Managed Behavioral Healthcare. CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PRACTITIONERRESEARCH. Defining and Measuring Clinical and Utilization Outcomes. Consumer Satisfaction. Methods of Outcome Management. Consumer Characteristics and Outcomes. Using Outcomes to Improve Quality. Implementation: Barriers and the Strategies to Overcome Them. EXAMPLES FROM BEHAVIOR HEALTHCARE SERVICE SECTORS. Examples from Acute Psychiatric Services. Examples of Outcomes Management in Outpatient Services. Examples from Substance Abuse Treatment Services. Examples from Services for Children and Adolescents. Examples from Community-Based Services and Systems of Care. Appendix. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents examines the interventions made by professional workers from a range of different disciplines in families with dependent children and a mentally ill parent. The authors compare responses of professionals in ten European countries and one state in Australia.Trade Review"..Overall this is an excellent book" (Mental health Today, May2002) "...I would strongly recommend this book..." (Child& Family Social Work, Vol.7, No.3, 2002) "...Much can be learned from international comparisonstudies..." (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol.14,No.2, 2002) "...This book is fascinating reading..." (The BritishJournal of Social Work, Vol.32, No.7, 2002) "...found this book to be a comprehensive treatment of thesubject..." (Child Abuse Review, May 2003) "...an important contribution to the debate...wecan certainly learn from the evidence presented in thisbook...(Child Abuse Review, Vol 12 2003)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. About the Authors. Preface. I INTRODUCTION: USING COMPARISON. 1 The Context and the Method. 2 The Systems of the Partner Countries: Introduction and theScandinavian Law Countries. 3 The Systems of the Partner Countries: the ContinentalCountries and the English-Speaking Countries. 4 Compulsory Hospitalisation in Mental Health and StateIntervention for Child Protection. 5 The Responses of the Partner Countries to the Vignette. 6 Issues. 7 Inter-Country Reflections. II INTRODUCTION: WORKING WITH DIFFERENCE. 8 Comparisons: England, Germany and Italy. 9 The State and the Family: Explaining Variations inInterventions. 10 Risk, Childhood and Mental Health. 11 Co-operation and Communication. III INTRODUCTION: DEVELOPING NEW INFORMATION. 12 Invisible Children. 13 Meeting Needs. 14 Conclusions. Appendix: The Professions Represented in the DiscussionGroups. Glossary and Index of Acronyms. References. Index.

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