Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-12-564245-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Community based services for people with severe mental illness promote community integration, improved quality of life, and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation provides a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field. The book, written in an easy-to-read, engaging style, is suitable as a textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses, as a training tool for mental health workers, and as a reference for academic researchers studying mental health. Each chapter contains highlighted and defined key terms, focus questions and key topics, a case study example, sections on controversial issues of treatment or ethics, and other special features. An overview of major psychiatric disorders, the philosophy and principles of psychiatric rehabilitation, community based service approaches, case management strategies, and vocational and educational rehabilitation are included.

Key - Case study examples illustrate chapter points
- Special boxed sections address controversial issues and key topics
- Includes biographical sketches of major theorists
- Highlights and defines key terms
- Focus questions are provided
- Provides class exercises at close of each chapter

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pratt, Carlos W.

Gill, Kenneth J.

Barrett, Nora M.

Roberts, Melissa M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie Rehabilitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Understanding the Nature of Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: The Experience of Mental Illness: An Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Symptoms and Etiology of Severe and Persistent Mental Illness.
Course, Outcome, and Treatment of Severe and Persistent Mental Illnesses.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology:

Goals, Values and Guiding Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Methods.

Applications of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principle and Methodology:

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Day Programming.
Vocational and Educational Rehabilitation.
Case Management Strategies.
Residential Services and Independent Living.
Consumers as Advocates and Providers of Supports and Services.
The Role of the Family in Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos W. Pratt, Ph.D., RPRP (Registered Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner), is Professor and Director of Graduate Education, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Care, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Kenneth J. Gill, Ph.D., RPRP, is Chairperson and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Care, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Gill is President of the New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
Nora M. Barrett, LCSW, RPRP, is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Care, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Melissa M. Roberts, M.A., RPRP, is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Care, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.