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Record Nr.

UNISA996199380003316

Titolo

Changing outcomes in psychosis [[electronic resource] ] : collaborative cases from users, carers and practitioners / / edited by Richard Velleman ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-282-12283-5

9786612122835

0-470-69610-9

0-470-69535-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VellemanRichard

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Psychoses

Psychoses - Treatment

Outcome assessment (Medical care)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Psychosocial developments : towards a model of recovery / Eric Davis and others -- Shared caring for a first episode of psychosis : an opportunity to promote hope and recovery / Mandy Reed and Caroline Stevens -- Integrating family and individual approaches with people who experience bipolar disorder / Annie Higgs and Roger Thompson -- Positive risk-taking within family intervention / Gina Smith and others -- Assertive outreach and family work / Frank Burbach and others -- Relapse prevention in bipolar disorder with staff who are also service users / Eric Davis and others -- Women's experiences of psychosis : recognition of gendered difference / Vicky Macdougall, Karen Luckett, Megan Jones -- Advance agreements, advanced directives and pre-emptive care-planning / Steve Brooks, Jo Denney and John Mikeson -- Recovery from voice hearing through group work / Keith Coupland and Tim Cuss -- Recovery through sports in first episode psychosis / Sean Adams, Lydia Bishop and Jane Bellinger -- Employment, mental health, and PSI : occupation is everyone's job / Sarah Boldison and others -- Using effective management strategies to facilitate the delivery of PSI /



Debbie Capon and Eric Davis -- Carer-practitioner collaboration in research and evaluation / Willm Mistral and others -- Changing practice / Gina Smith and others.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a series of cases of psychosocial interventions with schizophrenia and other serious mental health difficulties. Co-authored by a range of professionals in different roles, as well as carers and service users.  Captures the benefits of a true alliance between the service user and their clinical worker.  Details the skills and knowledge needed for interventions in a range of settings, including outreach work and family work, treatment on acute wards, as well as organisational change.  Introductions and conclusion