Description
Book SynopsisKeyed to the requirements articulated by the American College of Graduate Medical Education, this handbook is a tool no psychiatric resident can do without.
Trade ReviewAlthough this book is primarily written as a training manual for residents it is helpful in the work of most psychiatrists and timely in addressing the needs of families in present mental health services in the UK. -- Paul Foster Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry 2007 The book is well-written, easy to read and filled with useful clinical examples. It is brief, but to the point. I would recommend it to anybody who wants to learn how to work with families of her/his patients. I also hope that this volume could be used in their teaching. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 2007 It is excellent to read a book which addresses the important issue of providing family interventions within in-patient settings. -- Chris Mansell British Journal of Psychiatry 2008
Table of ContentsPreface
Abbreviations
Part I: Key Concepts
1. What It Takes to Work with Patients' Families
2. The Biopsychosocial Case Formulation and Treatment Plan
Part II: Research on Families and Family Treatments
3. Research on Families
4. Family Treatments
Part III: Mastering Skills
5. Abbreviated Assessment of the Family
6. Managing a Family Meeting
7. Other Inpatient Interventions: Multifamily Psychoeducational Groups and Genograms
Part IV: Challenges in Working with Families
8. The Resident's Perspective: Attitudes and Fears
9. The Family's Perspective: Sources of Anxiety
10. Risk Management and the Family
11. Family-Based Services after Hospitalization
Appendix: GAP Checklist for Evaluating Competency in Family-Interview Skills
References
Index
