The Chronically Mentally Ill

Author : United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Steering Committee on the Chronically Mentally Ill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward a National Plan for the Chronically Mentally Ill written by United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Steering Committee on the Chronically Mentally Ill and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mohsen Mirabi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940119825X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chronically Mentally Ill written by Mohsen Mirabi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of chronic mental illness has been much discussed, but there is still no widely accepted strategy of intervention for patients suffering from disorders of this kind. These patients have received little attention until recently, because they are difficult to treat effectively. Although methods of patient care are changing rapidly, the application of new techniques has been slow. Services for chronically disabled patients have been poorly funded. Government support has decreased while deinstitutionalization has increased the demand for community services. This volume focuses on emerging trends and developments in the field and offers comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art methods of diagnosis, evalua tion, and treatment of the chronically mentally ill population. Many leading clinicians, scientists, and mental health advocates discuss new suggestions and solutions to longstanding problems, presenting biological and psychosocial perspectives. We introduce readers to current movements in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia, depression, chronic alcoholism, mental retardation, and the mental illnesses related to aging. Recent trends in psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and social management that may enable patients to live more satisfying and productive lives are particularly highlighted.

Author : Eace Bee
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496967704
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronic Mental Illness: written by Eace Bee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic Mental Illness: A Living Nightmare A plea for compassion, better understanding, and more funding to help those with mental illness and their caregivers. Eace Bee was a promising young student hoping to become an architect or a rapper when, nearing the end of high school, he was, by his own account, struck down by crippling mental illness. Diagnosed as a severe paranoid schizophrenic, he has for 20-plus years struggled with mood swings that can make him seem menacing, voices from animate and inanimate objects that only he can hear, and behavior patterns that have put him into hospitals again and again. His propensity for not taking his meds hasn't helped. In this unusual book edited by Pickles, Eace; his mother, Priscilla Bee; and his sister, Honey Bee, all debut authors, tell their intimate story of the sheer horror and stigma of mental illness. Priscilla-a teacher and school administrator and a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-adds numerous recommendations to the narrative. She calls for substantial increases in public spending to train mental health professionals, teachers, counselors, administrators, police, and others who come in contact with mentally ill or at-risk young people. Stronger emphasis is needed, she says, on job programs and early intervention that goes beyond merely funneling students into special education curriculums. For Eace, she says, what is so obviously required is long-term comprehensive care in an open and supportive environment. But her search for such a program has yielded disappointing results. Instead, the care Eace receives has been episodic, disjointed, not especially compassionate, and too often complicated by bureaucratic quagmires. Her point that the historic malady of racism has infected treatment of the mentally ill is well made. Succeeds in helping illuminate the realities of mental illness, what it does to families, and how it is treated-or mistreated.

Author : Stefan G. Hofmann
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781593850982
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders written by Stefan G. Hofmann and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2004-07-26 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recent developments in psychopharmacology have been widely disseminated, equally important advances in psychological strategies for severe mental health problems have received less attention. Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this volume brings together leading clinical scientists to present evidence-based approaches for treating schizophrenia, mood disorders, substance use problems, and severe personality disorders. Cutting-edge modalities presented include behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies, dynamic therapies, interpersonal therapies, couple and family treatments, motivational interviewing, and more. Throughout, step-by-step clinical guidelines are accompanied by illustrative case examples and patient-therapist dialogues. Particular attention is given to strategies for integrating psychological and pharmacological interventions, as well as to gender and cultural issues in treatment.

Author : Wisconsin. Advisory Committee on Long Term Care of the Chronically Mentally Ill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chronically Mentally Ill written by Wisconsin. Advisory Committee on Long Term Care of the Chronically Mentally Ill and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harris
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9783718605651
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Case Management for Mentally Ill Patients written by Harris and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case Management-what is it and how does it fit in the system of mental health care for severely mentally ill patients? Four popular case management systems, each emerging from a distinct theory of human growth and development, answer these long debated questions. Case Management for Mentally Ill Patientswill prove highly useful to mental health students and practitioners, university educators, and professionals providing hands-on help in obtaining a wide range of services including insurance, housing, rehabilitation, general medical psychiatric care, legal services and entitlements, and employment. Maxine Harrisand Helen Bergmanare co-founders and co-directors of Community Connections, Inc., in Washington, DC.

Author : Patricia A. Fennell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471462772
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach written by Patricia A. Fennell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-10-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering book to help maximize the quality of life for chronically ill patients Written by a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their clients with debilitating health problems embrace a new "normal," understand the cyclical nature of their illness, and function at the highest level possible. Patricia Fennell's groundbreaking model for understanding chronic illness identifies and describes four broad phases experienced by the chronically ill: crisis, stabilization, resolution, and integration. Using a broad array of case histories, Fennell vividly illustrates what clients need at each phase and how to assess and respond to them compassionately. Fennell also suggests how clinicians may best use their own changing experiences in their work to help clients transition through the four phases. The goal of the "Four-Phase Model" is to maximize a client's quality of life without offering false hope for a cure, making it an effective treatment strategy for diverse client populations, including people with physiological diseases; patients whose lives are being prolonged by modern medicine; and people who suffer from addiction, post-traumatic stress syndrome, intractable pain, and post-rape and abuse conditions. Complete with detailed treatment protocols for documenting a client's symptoms and quality of life at each phase, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach is a highly practical book for everyone working with chronically ill clients.

Author : Leona L. Bachrach
Publisher : American Psychiatric Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treating Chronically Mentally Ill Women written by Leona L. Bachrach and published by American Psychiatric Publishing. This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter N. Stone
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572300767
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Group Psychotherapy for People with Chronic Mental Illness written by Walter N. Stone and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1996-02-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a cost-effective treatment model that is respectful of patients' needs, their strengths, and their limitations, this book presents the first dynamic and coherent approach to group treatment for the chronically mentally ill. By structuring members' variable attendance, the flexibly bound model, which utilizes group dynamic principles to maximize therapeutic opportunities, respects the actual behavior of many chronically ill persons, making this treatment format available to a broad portion of this population. Illustrated with numerous case vignettes, the book outlines the elements of supportive treatment and therapeutic goals and then describes in detail specific strategies and interventions.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309038324
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.