Overview

'Mental Health Practice: a guide to compassionate care' examines the relationship between mental health professionals and people using services during the recovery process. The disabling distress experienced by many people with mental health problems is viewed from a holistic, person-centred perspective with the road to recovery being seen as the result of true collaboration between professionals and service users. This book is the second edition of 'Mental health Nursing: the art of compassionate care' and a companion book to 'Recovery: a guide for mental health practitioners'. The first in-depth exploration of the intentional use of self in mental health care and its significance in the recovery journey, extensively updated New content on action research, eco-psychology and organisational culture Story boxes illustrating key themes in compassionate care Self-enquiry boxes engaging readers in reflective practice A primer on humanistic psychology and its relevance to mental health care

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Author:   Peter N Watkins, MEd, RMN, RNT, DipN, Dip Hum Psych
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 18.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780750688819

ISBN 10:   0750688815
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   29 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Meaning and Behaviour1 The nature of human distress2 Social exclusion in the experience of distress 3 Transcultural issues and the experience of distress4 Gender issues and the experience of distress5 Creative solutions to crises6 Working with risk7 A person-centred approach to assessment8 Creating pathways to recovery9 Humanistic approaches to helping and healingPart 2 The working alliance10 Beginnings and the working alliance11 A framework for the working alliance12 The working alliance as an enabling relationship13 The working alliance with families and carers14 Reluctance, resistance and disengagement15 Endings and the working alliancePart 3 The therapeutic use of self16 Dynamics of therapeutic care17 Intentional use of self in developmentally needed or reparative relationships18 Person to person relationships19 Spiritual dimensions of therapeutic care20 The shadow side of helpingPart 4 Personal management21 Personal development in professional education22 Taking care of ourselves23 Being a reflective practitioner

Reviews

This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of their recovery journey. Mental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2

This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of thier recovery journey. <br>Mental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2

-This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of their recovery journey.- Mental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2 This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of their recovery journey. Mental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2

This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of their recovery journey. Mental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2

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