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"This book presents evidence-based guidance on the prevention and management of aggression and violence by patients with mental disorder. It provides a comprehensive overview of best practice and will be of use to a wide range of mental health professionals working in community, in-patient and prison settings"--

'A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health' Dazed'Exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing, and teaches us how to transform the ways we understand madness, illness, and disability to build a better world' Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of Health CommunismMental health is a political issue, but we often discuss it as a personal one. How is the current mental health crisis connected to capitalism, racism and other social issues? In a different world, how might we transform the ways that we think about mental health, diagnosis and treatment?These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be an urgent political concern that needs deeper understanding beyond today's 'awareness-raising' campaigns.Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of care; Mad World is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologisation, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination.Micha Frazer-Carroll is a columnist at the Independent. Micha has written for Vogue, HuffPost, Huck, gal-dem and Dazed. She was nominated for the Comment Awards' Fresh New Voice of the Year Award, and the Observer/Anthony Burgess Award for Arts Criticism.

Stolen Summers: A heartbreaking tale of betrayal, confinement and dreams of escapeAll she has left is her sanity. Will the asylum take that from her too?In 1939, Matilda is admitted to Ghyllside hospital, cut off from family and friends. Not quite twenty, and forced to give up her baby for adoption, she feels battered by the cruel regime. Yet she finds a surprising ally in rough-edged Doris, who risks harsh punishments to help her reach out to the brother she left behind.Twenty-five years later, the rules have relaxed, and the women are free to leave. How will they cope in a world transformed in their absence? Do greater dangers await them outside?The poignant prequel to Matilda Windsor Is Coming Home is a tragic yet tender story of a woman robbed of her future who summons the strength to survive.

The Dementia Care Training Library is a unique modular suite of person-centred, dementia-specific content designed to provide everything required for professionals working in relevant care services to deliver authoritative in-house training. Once users have delivered the two core introductory modules contained within the Starter Pack binder, they can expand the resource by adding any or all of twelve further DCTL modules (Modules 3-14), to be published regularly throughout 2022 and 2023. The optional modules are provided as loose-leaf pages to be added to the master binder. All Dementia Care Training Library materials take an Action Learning approach, providing a balance of information and practice-based activities that allow learners to reflect on and apply new knowledge in real time as a staff team, and which ultimately lead to changes in practice in the care environment.

This book looks at decades of research on people with severe mental illness (SMI) and asks two questions: Why do people with SMI die at an earlier age than those in the general population without these disorders? And, what can be done to address these deadly health inequities? Readers will come away with a better understanding of the factors that shape the physical health of people with SMI and an awareness of the interventions, programs, and policies aimed at improving the health of this underserved population.

This book provides an in-depth understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological health of people and communities in India.Focusing on the current discourse on mental health literacy in India, the book also analyses COVID-19-specific health beliefs and their convergences and divergences with COVID-19 protocols and advisories. It discusses the impact of the pandemic on survivors of COVID-19 including their quality of life, psychological well-being, and coping mechanisms while tackling loneliness, loss, and grief. It explores the psychological and social challenges which children have faced during the pandemic and offers techniques to address and adequately manage mental health challenges.Grounded in theoretical and empirical research, this book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, social psychology, mental health and wellness studies, and sociology. It will also be useful for academicians, social workers, healthcare workers, and psychologists.

Healing Hearts and Minds offers hope for people living with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) by providing comprehensive information, self-care guides, coping skills and strategies to thrive as well as giving support for loved ones and health care providers. Thanks to remarkable medical advancements in the past 50 years, babies born today with CHD have a good chance of surviving, but many may face surgeries, invasive treatments, lifelong monitoring, medical check-ups, and significant limitations on physical activity throughout their entire lives. While much attention has rightly been focused on the medical needs of these children, very little has been given to the psychosocial impacts of living with a chronic medical condition - until now.

This timely analysis sets out the full impacts of policy reform, austerity and marketisation on our country's mental health services. Rooted in the experiences of service users and providers, it provides valuable perspectives on our evolving practical and organisational responses to mental distress.

Now in its 5th edition, Mental Health in Intellectual Disabilities continues to address the need for a handbook which, while well-grounded in research and latest clinical practice, is essentially non-academic and accessible for staff occupying many roles. For example support workers and managers in learning disability service settings, GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists, community learning disability teams and other professionals who may find themselves supporting a person with an intellectual disability from time to time, as well as students of mental health and intellectual disability. The new edition represents a complete revision and updating, aiming to address key knowledge requirements and concerns of people working in the field and provide opportunities for reflection and continuing professional development. The content is illustrated by case studies to help the reader explore how best to address mental health issues in practice.

This fully revised and updated edition of Learning Disability Today provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to some of the key issues in the lives of people with learning disabilities and the practice of those who support them. Learning Disability Today was first published in 2007 to meet the need for a handbook which, while well-grounded in latest research and practice, was accessible for staff occupying many roles, such as support workers and managers in learning disability service settings, community learning disability teams and professionals who may find themselves supporting a person with an intellectual disability from time to time, families and voluntary supporters, as well as students of learning disability/intellectual disability. It has continued to be a highly successful title, and has been published in three previous editions over the past nine years. This new, fourth edition is a complete revision, aiming to address key knowledge requirements, challenges and concerns for people working in the field and provide opportunities for reflection and continuing professional development. The content is illustrated throughout by case studies to help the reader explore how best to address issues in practice.

Comment les soins donnés et reçus au domicile des personnes « démentes » (malades d¿Alzheimer et de troubles apparentés) sont-ils vécus par celles-ci, les proches et les professionnelles qui en prennent soin ? Quelles formes prend leur expérience, selon la diversité des configurations soignantes ? Quelle portée politique a-t-elle ? Qüest-ce qui la favorise ? Pour répondre à ces questions, l¿auteure a mené une enquête ethnographique durant sept années au domicile de personnes « démentes », dans des centres de soins de jours et dans des collectifs en dehors du face à face quotidien.Dans la première partie de l¿ouvrage, les récits issus de l¿enquête suivent le fil du soin, la fragilité de celles et ceux qüil relie, le temps qüil exige et qui parfois permet d¿accorder personnes soignantes et soignées. Par une présence de longue durée au domicile, le nombre et la variété des situations suivies, une attention sensible aux personnes malades, plus difficiles à rejoindre, l¿auteure donne accès à l¿expérience du soin de tou·te·s ses protagonistes. Elle élabore à partir d¿elle les questions morales et politiques qui sont en jeu, trop peu présentes dans nos espaces publics, en s¿inspirant de l¿approche pragmatiste de J. Dewey.Dans la seconde partie du livre, l¿enquête se poursuit dans des lieux permettant une élaboration morale et politique du soin à ses protagonistes : réunions de professionnel·le·s sous différentes formes, temps de parole et de formation offertes par des associations du champ spirituel à des bénévoles et des soignant·e·s ou groupe de travail politique des personnes malades elles-mêmes. Dans quelle mesure ces espaces favorisent-ils la contribution de chacun·e aux soins donnés et reçus, soutenant ainsi le développement d¿un soin démocratique ? Cette contribution dépasse-t-elle le face à face du soin pour porter sur ses conditions collectives ? Des récits de soin supplémentaires sont gratuitement disponibles sur le site www.aufildusoin.be

The first textbook to consider the Best Interests Assessor (BIA) role in depth, offering practical guidance and exploring its particular challenges in the context of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legal framework.

"Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words ... Written by Dr. Ken Duckworth with the wisdom of a psychiatrist and the vulnerability of a peer, this comprehensive guide centers the poignant lived experiences of over 125 individuals from across the country whose first-person stories illustrate the diversity of mental health journeys ... This singular resource--the first book from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and with all sales proceeds going back to the NAMI community--is a powerful reminder that help is here, and you are never alone"--

Livet med og efter bipolar lidelse er er en biografisk selvhjælpsbog skrevet af Sara Vafai-Blom.Mød seks mennesker, der alle på forskellig vis er kommet sig fra bipolar affektiv sindslidelse. Nogle er raske i klinisk forstand, andre oplever at have et meningsfuldt og tilfredsstillende liv. Selvom de i perioder har gener, som de forbinder med deres sindslidelse. Deres rørende fortællinger om, hvad de har gennemgået, kan bidrage til håb og inspiration til såvel dem, der selv har fået en diagnose, som deres pårørende og professionelle.”Jeg har skrevet denne bog, fordi vores familie manglede den, da vi var allerhårdest ramt. Hvor havde det været en hjælp både for vores datter og for min mand og mig, hvis vi havde haft nogle fortællinger om rigtige mennesker af kød og blod, der havde klaret at finde vej.”Ph.d. Agnete Neidel skriver om recovery i et teorikapitel.

This Handbook gathers together empirical and theoretical chapters from leading scholars and clinicians to examine the broad issue of adult mental health.

Community Planning to Foster Resilience in Children reviews a variety of innovative approaches and actions that can be used at the community level to promote resilience in children and adolescents.

Ansvar og etik i socialpædagogisk arbejde sætter fokus på, hvad det vil sige at tage ansvar for egen praksis i mødet med brugeren. Udgangspunktet er den enkelte socialpædagogs direkte møde med klienten og oplevelsen af, hvilket ansvar der ligger i mødet – både i forhold til borgeren, situationen her og nu og resten af personalegruppen. Faglighedens muligheder og begrænsninger ses i lyset af de vilkår for etisk handling, som selve mødet med borgeren giver. De forskellige kapitler tager afsæt i en konkret fortælling. Vi møder Katrine, som ikke vil stå op om morgenen, en personalegruppe, som har mistet modet i et hav af procedurer, og den reflekterede rebel Tommy, som nægter at lade sig reducere til systemets ’forlængede arm’, og som søger en anden relationel tilgang til beboeren. I dette spændingsfelt udspiller rollen som socialpædagog sig. Bogen henvender sig til pædagogstuderende og professionelle inden for det socialpædagogiske område herunder studerende på efteruddannelser og masteruddannelse i pædagogik og specialpædagogik.