Working With Serious Mental Illness: A Manual for Clinical Practice

by Catherine Gamble BA(Hons), RGN, RMN, RNT, Geoff Brennan BSc(Hons), RNMH, RMN

Overview

Working With Serious Mental Illness, Second Edition, reflects the changing nature and evolution of mental health care. With notable updates and new chapters, which include the carer's perspective, social inclusion, relapse prevention and getting support, this new edition aims to reflect the many changes at national, regional and local level during the past few years. However, overall, the adaptation of evidence based treatment methods to suit the individual remains its primary concern. Likewise, it seeks to guide, plan and suggest down-to-earth ideas for individuals working with clients on a day-to-day basis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702080340
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	01/24/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	5 MB

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Table of Contents

	Contributors	vii
	Preface	xi
Section 1	Promoting Understanding of the Manifestations of Serious Mental Illness
1	Serious mental illness: a view from within	3
2	Inside caring in mental health	11
3	Social inclusion	23
4	Stress vulnerability model of serious mental illness	43
5	An introduction to and rationale for psychosocial interventions	55
Section 2	Engaging, Assessing and Formulating Care
6	Building relationships: lessons to be learnt	73
7	Severe mental illness: symptoms, signs and diagnosis	85
8	Assessments: a rationale for choosing and using	111
9	Consolidating the assessment process: the semi-structured interview	133
10	Assessing risk	145
Section 3	Interventions
11	Dealing with voices and strange thoughts	167
12	Dealing with blankness and deadness	207
13	Working with families and informal carers	225
14	Coexistent substance use and psychiatric disorders	249
15	Working with people with severe mental illness who are angry	273
16	Working with people with serious mental illness at risk of offending	295
17	Managing medication	317
18	Integrated approaches to relapse prevention	341
19	Cultural issues	359
Section 4	Considerations for Effective Practice
20	Ethical considerations	377
21	The tip of the iceberg	389
22	Clinical support	399
	Index	413

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From the Publisher

A practical guide to quality care, backed by evidence-based research!

Editorial Reviews

The Editors are to be congratulated on marshalling a collection of chapters that provides, in distilled form, much of the essential evidence base and some inspiration to help reinvigorate practitioners in their everyday practice.

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