Books

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Personality Disorder and Community Mental Health Teams Personality Disorder and Community Mental Health Teams Mark Sampson Practitioners in Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) frequently find that traditional forms of support are ineffective when offered to patients with personality disorder. This book considers the … OL15172952W
Building bridges Building bridges Donna Keyser "Between January 2007 and June 2010, members of the Allegheny County Maternal and Child Health Care Collaborative designed, implemented, and evaluated the Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiat… OL15587002W
Oxford textbook of community mental health Oxford textbook of community mental health Graham Thornicroft "What is the best way to provide mental health care within the community? How can these services be provided in a way that is easy to access and offer treatments that really work? Community mental he… OL15980500W
Classics of community psychiatry Classics of community psychiatry Rowe, Michael xxiii, 624 p. : 26 cm OL15991171W
Critical Community Psychology Critical Community Psychology Carolyn Kagan,Mark Burton,Paul Duckett,Rebecca Lawthom Interest in community psychology, and its potential has grown in parallel with changes in welfare and governmental priorities. Critical Community Psychology provide students of different community ba… OL16326807W
Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities Elizabeth Sullivan,Richard Shuker "Grendon opened in 1962 as an experimental psychiatric prison to provide treatment for prisoners with antisocial personality disorder. Today it is run by a prison service governor but continues to op… OL18647205W
Creating a safe place Creating a safe place Mooli Lahad "Highlighting the importance of a safe place as the foundation of the healing process for those affected by child sexual abuse, this practical book details the factors that contribute to a secure the… OL19388696W
The Praeger handbook of community mental health practice The Praeger handbook of community mental health practice Doreen Maller This title addresses the complexities of interconnectivity, therapeutic capacity, and the competencies needed in order to provide sophisticated and integrated community mental health care -- both in … OL20642763W
HIV HIV Michael B. Blank,Marlene M. Eisenberg HIV/AIDS continues to be the pandemic of our times. It is estimated that 36 to 45 million people including 2-3 million children already are infected worldwide and an additional 4-7 million more are i… OL20792735W
A clinician's brief guide to the Mental Health Act A clinician's brief guide to the Mental Health Act Tony Zigmond This is a 'how to' book guiding clinicians through the mental health legislation that they need in their daily practice. It includes practical advice on detaining and treating patients, civil and cou… OL23360980W
Mental health services Mental health services n/a Regional volumes of a directory intended to provide comprehensive, up-to-date information on various aspects of the mental health field. Covers government and private services. Each volume contains 3… OL24162017W
Working with the mentally disordered offender in the community Working with the mentally disordered offender in the community P. Vaughan,D. Badger This text is written for those who carry professional responsibilty for the care and supervision of mentally disordered offender in the community. Topics covered include the British legal and social … OL24717871W
Living with dementia Living with dementia C. J. Gilleard Presents information on the nature of dementia, its prevalence and the existing pattern of services available. It examines some of the problems of supporting sufferers, for both families and professi… OL26213496W
Hotline Hotline James L. Greenstone Listing of over 700 crisis intervention agencies in the United States. Arranged according to kind of crisis, e. g., child abuse, suicide, and rape. Also contains a section on training and a bibliogra… OL4308101W
Committed to the state asylum Committed to the state asylum James E. Moran "Committed to the State Asylum examines the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funde… OL5999714W