Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

Reaching Out

The Psychology of Assertive Outreach

• Edited by Caroline Cupitt.

Published August 2009

Assertive outreach is a means of helping people with serious and persistent mental health difficulties who have not engaged with conventional mental health services. Reaching Out examines the application of psychological approaches in assertive outreach – a process which involves forming new…
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Activity Groups in Family-Centered Treatment

Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Approaches for Parents and Children

Published December 2006

Get the tools for practical family-based interventions for children or adolescents with mental illness Providing parent-child occupation-based interventions can be one of the most important therapeutic services offered to children or parents with mental illness and their families. Activity Groups…
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Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness

A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals

• By Alan S. Bellack, Melanie E. Bennett and Jean S. Gearon.

Published November 2006

The correlation between schizophrenia and substance abuse in psychology is recognized as a growing issue, yet it is one that many practitioners are often ill-prepared to address. Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness addresses the specific…
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Community Mental Health

Challeneges for the 21st Century

• Edited by Jessica Rosenberg, and Samuel Rosenberg.
• Foreword by Sylvia Nassar.

Published February 2006

Community Mental Health is a significant interdisciplinary resource for students, practitioners, or policy planners, engaged in the evaluation and development of programs in the human services. Jessica and Sam Rosenberg have carefully pulled together a book containing twenty-two original…
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Psychological, Political, and Cultural Meanings of Home

• By Mechthild Hart, and Miriam Ben-Yoseph.

Published August 2005

Discover different dimensions of the meaning of home across political, cultural, and geographic boundaries!Psychological, Political, and Cultural Meanings of Home brings a unique multidisciplinary, multicultural approach to address the interconnection of diverse experiences with the meaning of home…
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The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist

Psychopharmacosocioeconomics and the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Residential Care Facilities

• By Terry S Trepper, and Martin Fleishman.

Published February 2005

Discover an alternative realm of psychiatry—without offices or couches! The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist: Psychopharmacosocioeconomics and the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Residential Care Facilities addresses the problems involved in the onsite treatment of mentally ill…
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Culture and Self-Harm

Attempted Suicide in South Asians in London

• By Dinesh Bhugra.

Published September 2004

Attempted suicide is a matter of serious public health concern. Culture and Self-Harm considers the factors that may contribute to this increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London, which cannot be blamed on migration alone. Cultural pressures that dictate the way stress is…
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Six Community Psychologists Tell Their Stories

History, Contexts, and Narrative

• By James G Kelly, and Anna Song.

Published September 2004

Six Community Psychologists Tell Their Stories: History, Contexts, and Narrative presents the unique opportunity to examine how culture and social norms have combined with chance, coincidence, and serendipity to form the professional identities of men and women who were among the first generation…
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Diary of a Country Therapist

• By Marcia Hill.

Published August 2004

Gain remarkable insight about practicing therapy in a rural community! In Diary of a Country Therapist, Dr. Marcia Hill chronicles more than a decade of her thoughts and feelings about practicing therapy in rural Vermont. The author reveals her empathy for her clients, her frustration in money…
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Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists

• By Kia J. Bentley.

Published May 2004

Learn more about psychiatric medications to better understand your clientele! Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists explores a range of issues and dilemmas in psychopharmocology practice that emerge especially for social workers, counselors, and…
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