Learning about mental health practice

This important new textbook introduces the diverse and vibrant field of mental health practice to students, learners and workers who are new to the subject. Written in a lively and engaging style, Learning About Mental Health Practice covers all th.

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Group Author: Stickley, Theo.; Basset, Thurstine.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470699300
Summary: This important new textbook introduces the diverse and vibrant field of mental health practice to students, learners and workers who are new to the subject. Written in a lively and engaging style, Learning About Mental Health Practice covers all th.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 614 p.) : ill.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470986622 (electronic bk.)
047098662X (electronic bk.)
9780470699300
0470699302
Index Number: RA790
CLC: R395.6
Contents: Cover -- Contents -- About the editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction Theo Stickley and Thurstine Basset -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE 8211; THE TEN ESSENTIAL SHARED CAPABILITIES -- 1 The ten essential shared capabilities: their background, development and implementation -- 2 The ten essential shared capabilities in practice -- 3 Working in partnership -- 4 Respecting diversity through acknowledging, valuing and using diversity and challenging inequalities (AVUDCI) -- 5 Practising ethically: values-based practice and ethics 8211; working together to support person-centred and multidisciplinary mental health care -- 6 Challenging inequality -- 7 Promoting recovery -- 8 Identifying people8217;s needs and strengths -- 9 Providing service user centred care -- 10 Making a difference -- 11 Positive risk taking: a framework for practice -- 12 Personal development and learning -- PART II: ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE -- 13 Social perspectives on mental distress -- 14 Socially inclusive practice -- 15 Equality and rights: Overcoming social exclusion and discrimination -- 16 Service user involvement -- 17 Connecting the parts to the whole: Achieving effective teamwork in complex systems -- 18 Problems associated with the use of the concept 8216;mental illness8217; -- 19 Drugs, alcohol and mental health -- 20 Gender inequality and the mental health of women and men -- 21 The trauma model of psychosis -- PART III: APPROACHES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE -- 22 Carers8217; experiences of mental health services and views about assessments: Lessons from the Partnership in Carer Assessments Project (PICAP) -- 23 Therapeutic relationships -- 24 Psychological approaches to mental health -- 25 Employment: What you should know and what you should do -- 26 Treating creatively: The challenge of treating the creative mind -- 27 Social inclusion and psychosocial interventions: Clash, compromise or coherence? -- 28 Spirituality and mental health -- 29 Holistic approaches in mental health -- 30 The capable practitioner of the future -- Index.