Mental health services Books

A large number of primary care visits in the United States are related to behavioral health needs, and many common medical problems seen in primary care involve poor health habits that may initiate, exacerbate or perpetuate symptoms and poor functioning...

Most people fear the idea of living in a long-term care facility. Yet, there is potential for joy and meaning in these settings. This book highlights expanded roles and services that mental health professionals can provide in long-term care for older...

Most people fear the idea of living in a long-term care facility. Yet, there is potential for joy and meaning in these settings. This book highlights expanded roles and services that mental health professionals can provide in long-term care for older...

As telecommunication technologies and health apps become more ubiquitous and affordable, they expand opportunities for behavioural and mental health professionals to provide quality care. Telemental health now encompasses the full range of services,...

Edward W. Gondolf''s non-traditional strategi es and procedures are designed to help in identifying and as sessing battered women. This manual shows how to assess men who batter, assess women from differing racial backgrounds & avoid misdiagnosis. '

Expand and enrich your Best Friends activity programming with 149 all-new activities for individuals with dementia. Like the first book, this collection of fun and easy activities will add both meaning and enjoyment to the activities at your adult day...

As inpatient psychiatric facilities face bed shortages and increasingly limited insurance coverage for their programs, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs are growing within the mental health treatment community. This book provides...

As it stands, the DSM fails to address important sources of strength and resiliency that can significantly affect diagnosis and treatment. The authors of this transformative volume propose enhancements to the current diagnostic and classification system...

'Having a basic understanding of what to look for when encountering Perinatal OCD during pregnancy and their postnatal will make the difference between someone suffering silently for years, and someone receiving timely treatment for a condition that can...

Who are offenders with special needs and what kind of treatment do they need? Offering a unique multi-disciplinary look at mental health services in the correctional field, this book comprehensively examines the field, exploring the history, rights,...

A compendium of the laws in the state of Wyoming as they relate to the mental health profession. Identifying legal topics affecting mental health practices, it addresses rulings about licensing, forms of business practice, insurance reimbursements and...

Improve peoples quality of life through Planning for Inclusive Communities Together Using Reinforcement and Evaluation For person-centered planning to succeed, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities need to live, work, and learn in their...

This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of how mental health care can be improved through commitment to quality. Topics include maintaining professional ethics in a changing health care system; quality of care in an era of Wall Street medicine;...

Until recently, behavioural health was defined within the strict dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient care - a dichotomy that failed to mirror the range and complexity of human experience and clinical needs. Today's integrated system renders this...

"Managing Managed Care II: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals", second edition, provides an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use system for documenting quality of care and communicating with external reviewers. Its patient impairment profile system should...

To be effective at persuading insurance companies to pay for treatment, clinicians must know how to manage care themselves. This book offers useful tools they may need such as basic principles and methods for managing care and methods for communicating...

"Innovative Approaches for Difficult-to-Treat Populations" makes recommendations for developing and disseminating innovative mental health services. Geared toward clinicians, administrators and policy makers struggling to develop both clinically...

In this study of mental illness Lindsay Prior examines the organization of medical and social services for people with serious psychiatric disorders. The book focuses on the current transition from hospital-centered to community-centered services - the...

In this study of mental illness Lindsay Prior examines the organization of medical and social services for people with serious psychiatric disorders. The book focuses on the current transition from hospital-centered to community-centered services - the...

Depression is difficult to define. It is commonly described as a chemical imbalance, a subjective experience of despondency, or even a semiotic construct. The various theories of depression-biochemical, psychological, cultural-often reflect one's...

Anxiety, depression, and difficulty adjusting to medical conditions are just a few of the factors that can complicate recovery for hospitalized patients. This book describes how health psychologists, working with the medical team as consultants, can help...

Bringing together the empirical work of researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume provides insight into the physical, psychological and social needs of the growing number of elderly people caring for adults with developmental disabilities...