Main description:

The third edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, discusses interventions to help individuals with mental illness improve the quality of their life, achieve goals, and increase opportunities for community integration so they can lead full and productive lives. This person centered approach emphasizes strengths, skill development, and the attainment of valued social roles. The third edition has been fully updated with new coverage indicating how to address medical problems while treating for mental illness, wellness and recovery, evidence based practices, and directions for future research. Retaining the easy to read, engaging style, each chapter includes key terms with definitions, case studies, profiles of leaders in the field, special issues relating to treatment and ethics, and class exercises. Providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field, the book is suitable as an undergraduate or graduate textbook, as well as a reference for practitioners and academic researchers.

Special Features:

Provides new coverage on comorbid medical disorders, evidence based practices, wellness and recovery, and direction for future research
Identifies controversial issues relating to treatment and ethics
Supplies case study examples to illustrate chapter points
Highlights key terms with definitions and key topics
Offers focus questions and class exercises as a teaching tool

Contents:

Part 1: Understanding the Nature of Severe Mental Illness 1. The Experience of Mental Illness 2. Symptoms and Etiology of Serious Mental Illness 3. Course, Treatment, and Outcome of Severe Mental Illnesses

Part 2: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology 4. The Goals, Values, and Guiding principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation 5. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Methods

Part 3: Applications of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology 6. Health and Wellness 7. Psychiatric Day Programming 8. Assertive community Treatment and Case Management 9. Co-occurring Disorders and Integrated Treatment 10. Employment 11. Supported Education 12. Residential Services and Independent Living 13. Self-help and Peer-delivered Services 14. The Role of the Family in Psychiatric Rehabilitation 15. Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Acute Care and Hospital Settings