Integrated Mental Health Care: A Comprehensive, Community-Based Approach (Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry) - Hardcover

Falloon, Ian R. H.; Fadden, Grainne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521394279 ISBN 13: 9780521394277

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This challenging book describes a new approach to the provision of mental health service to a community. Taking as their theoretical basis the vulnerability-stress model of mental illness, the authors place their findings and recommendations in the wider context of mental health care provision, and draw widely on international research in this field. They insist on a rigorous approach to the provision and evaluation of care, and use telling case studies to reveal the benefits as well as some of the difficulties that may be experienced. The practical, problem-solving and cost effective approach described in this book will be of the greatest interest to health care professionals in whatever treatment setting they may be working.

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Book Description:

Using the vulnerability-stress model of mental illness, this text describes a practical, problem-solving and cost effective approach to the provision and evaluation of care. It includes case studies to reveal the benefits as well as the difficulties that may be experienced.

Review:

"...a valuable introduction to comprehensive community care for primary physicians and community nurses...health care administrators...or faculty who teach in the mental health disciplines." Hospital and Community Psychiatry Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry

"...written in a coherent way by people who obviously have 'hands on' experience of the development and practice of community psychiatry...junior doctors and community based staff will find the descriptions of clinical interventions such as working with the families of mentally ill people and the case examples useful guidelines to good practice. Professionals,,,will also find the sections on models of service, assessment schedules for individual clients and service evaluation procedures to be sensible introductions to these topics...likely to have appeal to most mental health professionals." Jan Scott, The Psychiatric Bulletin

"...a good focused summary of the available research....offers insightful descriptions of the enhancements this Project has added to typical community-based mental health services." Ray Carlson, Social Work in Health Care

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521394279
• ISBN 13: 9780521394277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 353