Velleman / Davis / Smith Changing Outcomes in Psychosis

Collaborative Cases from Practitioners, Users and Carers
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69535-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

This book presents a series of cases of psychosocial interventionswith schizophrenia and other serious mental healthdifficulties.
* * Co-authored by a range of professionals in different roles, aswell as carers and service users.
* Captures the benefits of a true alliance between the serviceuser and their clinical worker.
* Details the skills and knowledge needed for interventions in arange of settings, including outreach work and family work,treatment on acute wards, as well as organisational change.
* Introductions and conclusions to each case examine theimplications for practice and policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Velleman, Richard

Davis, Eric

Smith, Gina

Drage, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Foreword: Lu Duhig, Laurie Bryant and Professor AntonySheehan.
Preface: Richard Velleman, Gina Smith, Michael Drage and EricDavis.
1 Psychosocial Developments: Towards a Model of Recovery: EricDavis, Richard Velleman, Gina Smith and Michael Drage.
2 Shared Caring for a First Episode of Psychosis: An Opportunityto Promote Hope and Recovery: Mandy Reed and Caroline Stevens.
3 Integrating Family and Individual Approaches with People WhoExperience Bipolar Disorder: Annie Higgs and Roger Thompson.
4 Positive Risk-taking within Family Intervention: Gina Smith,Alison Drage, Emily Drage, James Drage and Michael Drage.
5 Assertive Outreach and Family Work: Frank Burbach, JohnCarter, Jane Carter and Matthew Carter.
6 Relapse Prevention in Bipolar Disorder with Staff Who Are alsoService Users: Eric Davis, Guy Undrill and Lauren Samuels.
7 Women's Experiences of Psychosis: Recognition ofGendered Difference: Vicky MacDougall, Karen Luckett and MeganJones.
8 Advance Agreements, Advanced Directives and Pre-emptiveCare-planning: Steve Brooks, Jo Denney and John Mikeson.
9 Recovery from Voice-hearing through Groupwork: Keith Couplandand Tim Cuss.
10 Recovery through Sports in First-episode Psychosis: SeanAdams, Lydia Bishop and Jane Bellinger.
11 Employment, Mental Health and PSI: Occupation isEveryone's Job: Sarah-joy Boldison, Rosie Davies, HilaryHawkes, Christine Pacé and Ruth Sayers.
12 Using Effective Management Strategies to Facilitate theDelivery of PSI: Debbie Furniss and Eric Davis.
13 Carer-Practitioner Collaboration in Research andEvaluation: Willm Mistral, Michael Drage, Gina Smith, Siobhan Floydand Nicola Cocks.
14 Changing Practice: Gina Smith, Michael Drage, Eric Davis andRichard Velleman.
Author Index.
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Velleman is Professor of Mental Health Research atthe University of Bath (UoB), a consultant clinical psychologistwith the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust(AWP), and Director of the AWP/UoB Mental Health Research andDevelopment Unit. His previous books include Clinical Handbookof Co-existing Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Problems(edited, with Amanda Baker, 2006).
Eric Davis is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at theUniversity of West of England (UWE) and a consultant clinicalpsychologist with the Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust. He isthe Trust lead, and the National Institute for Mental Health,England (NIMHE) southwest associate, for early intervention inpsychosis and helped to set up the Integrated Approaches to SeriousMental Illness course at the University of Gloucestershire.
Gina Smith is a consultant nurse with the Avon andWiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and is the Trust leadfor psychosocial interventions. She is a co-facilitator on theIntegrated Approaches to Serious Mental Illness course at theUniversity of Gloucestershire and is the Clinical Director ofStudies for the postgraduate programme in mental health practice atthe University of Bath.
Michael Drage is a carer who has been involved with theFamily Work for Psychosis service in the Avon and Wiltshire MentalHealth Partnership NHS Trust for many years, both as someonereceiving help from the service, and as a key participant intraining and information courses about the family work service. Heis now a lead carer-researcher with the AWP's Family Work forPsychosis service.