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Professionalism in Mental Healthcare
Experts, Expertise and Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
In mental health, as in other medical disciplines, the role of the professional is changing. The availability of information, enhanced roles of other healthcare professionals and changes in training have altered the doctor-patient relationship and left professionals accountable to the needs of clients,...
Geriatric Mental Health Ethics
A Casebook
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
"The book's genuine value is that it provides the reader with a solid foundation in ethical competence. The ten-step ethical decision-making model described is a clear, structured roadmap to aid in the resolution of common ethical problemsÖ.A welcome resource to all geriatric mental health students,...
A.W.O.L.
the missing teenage brain and the impact on mental health
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
A book for parents of teens or preteens, teachers and professionals.
Adolescence is a turbulent time for young people. Not only do they have to cope with the external pressures surrounding them, such as relationships, academic and peers, they also form their adult personalities.
In...
Mental Health at the Crossroads
The Promise of the Psychosocial Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book is a challenge to the enduring status and domination of bio-medical approaches in mental health services. Contributors from four continents argue that this domination, along with modernization and multidisciplinary work, will not improve people's lives unless social and psychological perspectives...
Evaluating Mental Health Practice (Psychology Revivals)
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
With the emphasis in the 1980s on effectiveness and efficiency in health services, evaluation of practice was increasingly important. This was particularly true of mental health, where many practices were poorly evaluated and therefore might have been of questionable validity.
Originally published...
by Deborah Philips, Debra Penman, Liz Linnington
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. Although people with emotional or psychological problems can find creative writing particularly...
Tackling Mental Illness Together
A Biblical And Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
· How do we deal wisely, intelligently and compassionately with those who suffer from mental illness?
· Can we really make a difference if we aren’t professionals?
· Is it possible to discern between bad behaviour due to illness and that caused by sin?
Discover how your church can become...
The Four Domains of Mental Illness
An Alternative to the DSM-5
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
The Four Domains of Mental Illness presents an authentic and valid alternative to the DSM-5, which author René J. Muller argues has resulted in many patients being incorrectly diagnosed and wrongly medicated. Dr. Muller points out where the DSM-5 is mistaken and offers a guide to diagnosis based...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Experience Sampling in Mental Health Research provides comprehensive and user-friendly guidance on when and how to apply this methodology in the assessment of clinical populations.
Divided into three sections, the book offers step-by-step instruction on how to design, develop and implement...
Living Outside Mental Illness
Qualitative Studies of Recovery in Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. Yet recent research has demonstrated that many people afflicted with the disorder are able to recover to a significant degree.
Living Outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what people...
by Stanley Mutsatsa
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Medicines are a crucial part of the jigsaw when considering how to provide recovery-focussed care in mental health. It is important that mental health nurses understand how psychiatric drugs work, what the common treatments are and appreciate the ethical and legal dimensions that affect how medicines...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
This volume presents a state of the art account of the clinical specialty of mental health care of deaf people. Drawing upon some of the leading clinicians, teachers, administrators, and researchers in this field from the United States and Great Britain, it addresses critical issues from this specialty...
by Andrew Winokur, MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
The strong association between mental health and sleep is examined here in topics that include: Epidemiology of sleep disorders, co-morbidity with mental health disorders and impact on health and quality of life; Neurobiology of sleep; Neurobiology of circadian rhythms; Genetics of sleep disorders;...
In my Right Mind
One man's quest to challenge our thinking on mental well-being
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Hi, I’m Tony Weekes. I grew up in East London, the son of a consultant surgeon and a nurse. I have witnessed at first-hand the mental suffering of close family members. In trying to ease their suffering, I have tried, sometimes succeeded, other times failed, to surmount the problems caused by the...