Psychology & Psychiatry : Mental Health

Mealtimes are about much more than just re-fuelling, and the importance of mealtimes in the care of people with dementia cannot be overestimated. Using her extensive experience of working with older people with dementia, Grethe Berg explains how mealtimes can be used as natural opportunities for meaningful interaction, socialising and reminiscing, and useful forums for taking part in familiar tasks. The book considers the social significance of mealtimes and their role in maintaining patients' feelings of social attachment and well-being as well as the impact of the symptoms of dementia on food and mealtimes. It also explores different types of residential care and how they can make mealtimes a focus of activity for patients. Finally, the author discusses practical implementation strategies, considering variables such as building design, interdisciplinary collaboration, organization of staff and residents, and staff participation and conduct at mealtimes. This book provides much-needed help and practical strategies for care managers and carers to reclaim mealtimes as positive experiences for people with dementia. more...

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Improving Mental Healthcare integrates practical information about quality measures—such as their clinical logic, validity and basis in scientific evidence—into a highly readable guide on how to implement measures and use results improve quality of care. For each measure, a succinct report summarizes its clinical rationale, specifications, sources of data, supporting evidence, readiness for use, and data on reliability, validity, results, case-mix adjustment, standards, and benchmarks. more...

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An Integrated Approach to Family Work for Psychosis is a manual for using cognitive behavioural approach to working with families of people with severe mental illness. The authors, all experienced clinicians, discuss the various core components of family work, including what constitutes family work, when it might be offered, and how and where it might be applied. As well as these core concerns, the authors also look at reframing challenges and overcoming common personal and external barriers to effective family work. Each chapter can be read individually or as part of the integrated manual. The central argument of the book is that family work must be individualised and it offers a clear approach to engaging and working with families to ensure that this happens, including guidance on how to link components of a service user's plan with their family's strengths and strategies for reducing stress. The book addressed both theory and practice, and concentrates on the experience of mental illness for the service user and their family, providing a focus for intervention. Exploring family work as an integrated psychosocial and educational support strategy, this manual will increase the confidence and competence of new family workers - mental health workers, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists - and broaden the knowledge of those already working in the area. more...

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PART I -- FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS. 1. CHAPTER 1: Pursuing Wellness through Mental Health System Reform. 2. CHAPTER 2: Health Promotion. 3. CHAPTER 3: Evidence-based Mental Health for Health Promotion Practice. PART II -- THEORY, PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES. 4. CHAPTER 4: Health Promotion and Theories for Mental Health Practice. 5. CHAPTER 5: Connecting Health Promotion Principles to Mental Health Policies and Programs. PART III -- INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION. 6. CHAPTER 6: Using Health Promotion Principles to Guide Clinical and Community-Based Mental Health Assessment. 7. CHAPTER 7: Integrating Health Promotion Strategies into Traditional Mental Health Interventions. 8. CHAPTER 8: Evaluating and Measuring Health Promotion Strategies for Mental Health Interventions. PART IV -- SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 9. CHAPTER 9: Health Promotion Strategies for Women with Co-Morbid Health and Mental Health Conditions. 10. CHAPTER 10: Health Promotion Strategies for the Mental Health Needs of Children and Families (Catheleen Jordan and Maria Scannapieco with Vikki Vandiver). PART V -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP, READINESS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE. 11. CHAPTER 11: Moving Health Promotion Forward: Culturally Competent Leadership, Strategic Planning and Organizational Readiness more...

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The papers in this text address current research issues important to behavioural scientists, educators and clinicians concerned with the nature of mental retardation and its prevention and amelioration. more...

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