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Book SynopsisStructured clinical management (SCM) is a unified approach to the treatment of people with personality disorder, which is within reach of general mental health professionals without extensive additional training. However, implementation can be fraught with difficulties, and clinical leads, managers, and practitioners can struggle to implement SCM across complex mental health systems. This book provides an easy to read, practical, and detailed guide on how mental health services can implement SCM in their current clinical pathways and how clinicians can transform their general techniques into a coherent interventional approach for people with personality disorder. Containing insights from clinical experts, researchers, service users, and practitioners of SCM from across the UK and Europe, each chapter outlines a core aspect of the SCM model and its delivery in clinical services. Detailed case studies demonstrate real-world applications of the SCM model, and details are provided about th
Trade ReviewStructured Clinical Management is a practical, compassionate, and highly valued approach to helping people with personality disorder. This book provides an excellent guide for all those working in mental health services, whether they are delivering SCM or just want to provide better care to people with complex emotional health needs. * Mike Crawford, Professor of Mental Health Research, Imperial College London, UK *
The beauty of this book is that it not only provides a simple and comprehensive set of evidence-based ingredients of quality treatment for personality disordered patients, but it also illustrates how to implement SCM in regular clinical services. A powerful resource for any service with an interest in providing high-quality generalist treatment. * Joost Hutsebaut, de Viersprong, Tilburg University and Centre of Expertise on Personality Disorders, The Netherlands *
Adult mental health services often struggle to respond to the complex needs of people with personality difficulties and their care often falls woefully short. Yet the provision of well-structured care can lead to tangible health benefits. Structured Clinical Management (SCM) provides a pragmatic approach to delivering such care and this comprehensive textbook tells us exactly how to do this. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the delivery, management and commissioning of adult mental health services. * Paul Moran, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, UK *
Table of Contents1: Anthony Bateman: SCM Theoretical foundations and overview 2: Rachael Lester and Mark Sampson: Assessment, diagnosis and formulation 3: Mark Sampson and Sharron Kayes: The Clinical Stance and Individual SCM Sessions 4: Rebecca Bevington, Ashleigh McGuinness and Mark Sampson: Crisis work and Safety Planning 5: Stuart Mitchell: Group SCM sessions 6: Mark Sampson, Chris Berry, Catriona Gray, Allyson Jerry: Models of SCM Implementation: UK 7: Peder Bjorling, Niki Sundstrom and Helga Aalders: Models of SCM Implementation: Europe 8: Stuart Mitchell and Julia Harrison: Team working, system and service interfaces in SCM 9: Rajesh Nair, Peder Bjorling, Muhammad Abdul-Rahman and Gordon Turkington: Prescribing in SCM: UK and Europe 10: Elaine Swift, Louise roper, Genevieve Quayle, Kathryn Strom and Jill Everett: SCM & Inpatient Care 11: Genevieve Quayle and Stuart Mitchell: Managing Transitions and Endings 12: John Chiocchi, Paula Slevin, Lisa Evans, Catriona Gray, Nicola Armstrong and Kerry Anderson: Working with Families and Carers 13: Jill Everett, Mark Oliver and Katie Cummings: Adapting Structured Clinical Management for People with Intellectual Disabilities 14: Simon Graham, Jon Robinson, Rachael Juma-Smith and Sharron Kayes: Adaptations of SCM: A SCM Case Management Service and Personality Disorder Link Worker Role 15: Stuart Mitchell and Kerry Anderson: Adapting SCM for Complex Trauma and Dissociation 16: Rob Watts, Amy Maher, Lisa Weaving and Donna Potts: Service user experiences of SCM 17: Sarah Hanmer, Donna Potts, Louise Macdonald, Rob Watts, Amy Maher, Isaac McCann, Darren Ellis, John Ludden, Karen Finch, Melanie Jones, Lisa Weaving and Kris Allam: Practitioners>' Experiences of SCM 18: Julia Harrison, Rob Watts, Genevieve Quayle, Sarah Hanmer, Darren Ellis, Rachael Line, Amy Maher and Louise Macdonald: SCM Supervision in the UK 19: Stuart Mitchell, Mark Sampson and Anthony Bateman: Reflections, Synthesis and Future Directions
