Carlos Pratt, Kenneth Gill, Nora Barrett, Melissa Roberts, School of Health Related Professions

Carlos Pratt, Kenneth Gill, Nora Barrett, Melissa Roberts, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, U.S.A.

Description Psychiatric rehabilitation refers to the community treatment of people with mental disorders. This book is an update of the first edition's discussion of types of mental disorders, including etiology, symptoms, course and outcome, types of community treatment programs, case management strategies, and vocational and educational rehabilitation. Providing a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field, this book is suitable both as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses, a training tool for mental health workers and a reference for academic researchers. The book is written in an easy to read, engaging style. Each chapter contains highlighted and defined key terms, focus questions and key topics, a case study example, special sections on controversial issues of treatment or ethics, and other special features.

Part I: 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 Illness

Part II: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology Goals, Values and Guiding Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Psychiatric Rehabilitation Methods

Part III: Applications of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology Case Management Strategies, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Day Programming, Vocational and Educational Rehabilitation, Residential Services and Independent Living, Consumers as Advocates and Providers of Supports and Services, The Role of the Family in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Providing Services to Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Who are also Chemical Abusers, Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Hospital Settings.

Bibliographic Information Hardbound, 458 pages, publication date: OCT-2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-12-564431-0 ISBN-10: 0-12-564431-0 Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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