Description
Book SynopsisThe provision of suitable mental health care is one of the major tasks facing general practitioners and their teams. Family-oriented primary care has moved from doctor-controlled to patient-centred consultations, with a greater emphasis on collaboration. The systemic framework uniquely lends itself to this shift in emphasis, as it views the delivery of care in social rather than merely medical terms. There is now a strong evidence base for the efficacy of systemic approaches in managing many different types of mental health and relationship issues.
This text is a practical guide for health professionals working in primary care who wish to improve their management of problem patients, problem families and problem situations. Step-by-step, it introduces both the theory and the practice of the family approach - from interviewing individual patients in routine consultations to conducting specific family crisis meetings. It includes many concrete suggestions for using simple fam
Trade Review'a must have book in every primary care setting.' -Primary Care Mental Health
Table of Contents1. Systematic Practice in a Changing World 2. Ingredients of the Systemic Approach 3. The Evolution of Systemic Work 4. Questioning and Reflecting on the Agenda 5. The Family Within Us—Genograms 5. The Family within us - Genograms 6. Not Going Round in Circles 7. Family Transitions 8. Assessing, Reflecting and Connecting 9. Working with Couples 10. Dancing with the Family 11. The Family in Crisis 12. Roots, Trunk, Shoots, Fruits and Seeds - Putting it all Together
