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Preventing Mental Illness in Practice [electronic resource]

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In this follow up to Preventing Mental Illness, Jennifer Newton describes real life examples of good practice in preventive mental health. Five areas covering the life span have been identified and promising strategies are described in detail: what is provided, how the target group is engaged, the resources required, management problems and evidence of effectiveness. Interviews with both clients and providers help to bring to life the descriptions as we learn how the support came to be needed and what benefits they themselves feel have been reaped. These descriptive studies, toget

כותר Preventing Mental Illness in Practice [electronic resource].
מהדורה 1st ed.
מוציא לאור Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
שנה 2013
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
הערת תוכן ותקציר Cover
Preventing Mental Illness in Practice
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Targeting Vulnerable Individuals
Helping People to Take Control over Their Own Lives
Making Maximum Use of Natural, Voluntary and Community Support Networks
Disease Models and Transitionary Periods
Schizophrenia
Causes of Depression: The Bedford College Model
The Significance of the Research
Opportunities for Prevention
A Note About Prevention
1. Preventive Work with Under-Fives and Their Families
Prediction and Early Identification of Parenting Difficulties, Abuse and Neglect
Optimum SupportA Brief Outline of Some Innovative Projects and Services
The Child Development Programme
Befriending Mothers: Newpin
Conclusion
2. Adolescence to Independence
Possibilities for Early Preventive Work by Schools
Preventive Work After School-Leaving Age
Young People Leaving Care: Some Statistics
Optimum Support
Minimising Risk: 1-Support During the Transition to Independence: Bradford After-Care Team
Minimising Risk: 2-Support During and After Pregnancy
St Michael's Hostels, South London
Related Issues: Education
Summary
3. Supporting People Through Crises
Detecting Psychiatric Symptoms in General PracticeWhat Sort of Help Is Needed by Patients Dealing with Crisis ?
Access to Resources
4. Preventing Relapse in Schizophrenia
Preventive Interventions with Sufferers of Schizophrenia and Their Families: The Research
Preventive Interventions with People Treated for Schizophrenia and Their Families: The Practice
A Support Group for Those Living with Someone with Schizophrenia
A Comprehensive Prevention Programme as a Component of a Mental Illness Treatment Service: West Birmingham
5. Preventing Mental Illnesses Among Elderly PersonsThe Development of Mental Illness in Old Age
Focus of This Chapter
Frailty, Support and Independence
Hawthorne House
The Kent/Gateshead Community Care Scheme
Conclusions: Prospects, Pitfalls and Possibilities
Factors Influencing Effectiveness
Possibilities: Lessons About Method
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
היקף החומר 1 online resource (235 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997011546173205171
תצוגת MARC

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