When working in the field of mental illness, the best evidence is people’s lived experience. The third edition of Working with Serious Mental Illness maintains its focus on research data, but this is framed by clients’ personal perspectives to provide clear, practical advice for practitioners.
Aimed at nurses and healthcare practitioners working with mental illnesses such as severe depression, bi-polar disorder and psychosis, this book provides solutions for engaging and working with clients and their families. It vividly presents lived experience and the recommendations of clients, then proceeds through developing and implementing effective interventions and how to reflect on client relationships to ensure sustained success.
Easy to read and packed full of practical tips and strategies, this is the ideal book for all healthcare practitioners working with patients with serious mental illness, their families and their carers. It will also be valuable reading for staff working in acute and community mental care settings who lack specialist training in serious mental health disorders, for nursing students, mental health nurses and general nurses working in mental health, primary care and community settings.
1. Working With Serious Mental Illness - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Acknowledgements - p. xi 9. CHAPTER 1 The User’s Voice: What We Need to Hear - p. 3 10. CHAPTER 2 Social Participation - p. 9 11. CHAPTER 3 Stress Vulnerability Model of Serious Mental Illness - p. 27 12. CHAPTER 4 Working With the Principles of Trauma-Informed Care - p. 37 13. CHAPTER 5 Where Does PSI Fit With Recovery? - p. 49 14. CHAPTER 6 Building Relationships - p. 67 15. CHAPTER 7 Assessment in Practice: Diagnosis - p. 77 16. CHAPTER 8 Consolidating the Assessment Process - p. 97 17. CHAPTER 9 Parity of Esteem - p. 107 18. CHAPTER 10 Modern Risk Management - p. 121 19. CHAPTER 11 Dealing With Voices and Strange Thoughts - p. 135 20. CHAPTER 12 Assisting the Person With Motivation - p. 151 21. CHAPTER 13 Assisting Families and Informal Carers - p. 163 22. CHAPTER 14 Assisting the Person With Drug and Alcohol Issues - p. 181 23. CHAPTER 15 Working With Anger in the Context of Serious Mental Illness - p. 195 24. CHAPTER 16 Working With Complex Cases - p. 211 25. CHAPTER 17 Assisting the Person With Medication - p. 227 26. CHAPTER 18 Recovery: Assisting the Person to Stay Well - p. 241 27. CHAPTER 19 Understanding the Cultural Context - p. 253 28. CHAPTER 20 Looking After Ourselves: Wellbeing, Resilience, and Self-help Strategies - p. 261 29. Index - p. 279
When working in the field of mental illness, the best evidence is people’s lived experience. The third edition of Working with Serious Mental Illness maintains its focus on research data, but this is framed by clients’ personal perspectives to provide clear, practical advice for practitioners.
Aimed at nurses and healthcare practitioners working with mental illnesses such as severe depression, bi-polar disorder and psychosis, this book provides solutions for engaging and working with clients and their families. It vividly presents lived experience and the recommendations of clients, then proceeds through developing and implementing effective interventions and how to reflect on client relationships to ensure sustained success.
Easy to read and packed full of practical tips and strategies, this is the ideal book for all healthcare practitioners working with patients with serious mental illness, their families and their carers. It will also be valuable reading for staff working in acute and community mental care settings who lack specialist training in serious mental health disorders, for nursing students, mental health nurses and general nurses working in mental health, primary care and community settings.
1. Working With Serious Mental Illness - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Acknowledgements - p. xi 9. CHAPTER 1 The User’s Voice: What We Need to Hear - p. 3 10. CHAPTER 2 Social Participation - p. 9 11. CHAPTER 3 Stress Vulnerability Model of Serious Mental Illness - p. 27 12. CHAPTER 4 Working With the Principles of Trauma-Informed Care - p. 37 13. CHAPTER 5 Where Does PSI Fit With Recovery? - p. 49 14. CHAPTER 6 Building Relationships - p. 67 15. CHAPTER 7 Assessment in Practice: Diagnosis - p. 77 16. CHAPTER 8 Consolidating the Assessment Process - p. 97 17. CHAPTER 9 Parity of Esteem - p. 107 18. CHAPTER 10 Modern Risk Management - p. 121 19. CHAPTER 11 Dealing With Voices and Strange Thoughts - p. 135 20. CHAPTER 12 Assisting the Person With Motivation - p. 151 21. CHAPTER 13 Assisting Families and Informal Carers - p. 163 22. CHAPTER 14 Assisting the Person With Drug and Alcohol Issues - p. 181 23. CHAPTER 15 Working With Anger in the Context of Serious Mental Illness - p. 195 24. CHAPTER 16 Working With Complex Cases - p. 211 25. CHAPTER 17 Assisting the Person With Medication - p. 227 26. CHAPTER 18 Recovery: Assisting the Person to Stay Well - p. 241 27. CHAPTER 19 Understanding the Cultural Context - p. 253 28. CHAPTER 20 Looking After Ourselves: Wellbeing, Resilience, and Self-help Strategies - p. 261 29. Index - p. 279
