Working With Serious Mental Illness, 3rd Edition

by Catherine Gamble, BA(Hons), RGN, RMN, RNT and Geoff Brennan, BSc(Hons), RNMH, RMN

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ISBN: 9780702080364

Publication Date: 02-16-2023

Page Count: 296

Imprint: Elsevier

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Key Features
- Focuses on the lived experiences, observations and recommendations for practitioners of people who use mental health services
- Combines theory and practice in a skills and intervention-based approach
- Presents down-to-earth intervention ideas designed for practitioners working at the front line
- Practical advice is provided in a user-friendly, clearly accessible way
- Contributions from experts and editors who are leaders in their field
New to This Edition
- All content fully revised and updated to reflect changes in mental health service provision
- New chapters on Parity of Esteem, Working with the Principles of Trauma Informed Care and Looking After Ourselves
- All-new colour design and format
Contents

SECTION 1 Promoting Understanding
1. The User’s Voice: What We Need to Hear
2. Social Participation
3. Stress Vulnerability Model of Serious Mental Illness
4. Working With the Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
5. Where Does PSI Fit With Recovery?

SECTION 2 Engaging, Assessing, and Agreeing Care
6. Building Relationships
7. Assessment in Practice: Diagnosis
8. Consolidating the Assessment Process
9. Parity of Esteem

SECTION 3 Working With the Person
10. Modern Risk Management
11. Dealing With Voices and Strange Thoughts
12. Assisting the Person With Motivation
13. Assisting Families and Informal Carers
14. Assisting the Person With Drug and Alcohol Issues
15. Working With Anger in the Context of Serious Mental Illness
16. Working With Complex Cases
17. Assisting the Person With Medication
18. Recovery: Assisting the Person to Stay Well

SECTION 4 Considerations for Effective Practice
19. Understanding the Cultural Context
20. Looking After Ourselves: Wellbeing, Resilience, and Self-help Strategies
Authors

Catherine Gamble, BA(Hons), RGN, RMN, RNT, Consultant Nurse, South West London and St George's Mental Health Care Trust, London, UK and Geoff Brennan, BSc(Hons), RNMH, RMN, Research Fellow, City University, London, UK