Prevention in mental health care : time for a new approach / Dorien Nieman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nieman, Dorien, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness.

Psychiatry.

Mental Disorders.

Psychiatry--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders.

Psychiatry--methods.

Physical Description:

xiii, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a new approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research. Many professionals working in mental health care, as well as patients with psychiatric symptoms, are dissatisfied with what is currently offered by the discipline, with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This book discusses possibilities and opportunities for change, and is the first to combine recent scientific research results with insights from philosophy and art. Illustrating these points with elaborate case studies, Prevention in Mental Health Care promotes a deeper understanding and a new model of mental health care, with an emphasis on prevention and natural recovery. Prevention in Mental Health Care will be of use to qualified or trainee practitioners, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists and nurses working with the current classification systems and treatment methods in psychiatry. Furthermore the book will appeal to students, lecturers and researchers, as well as those with a general interest in mental health care. Book jacket.

Contents:

Categorical classification

Scientific research and its omissions

The nature of social contact

Mystic experiences

The mind-brain problem

Transdiagnostic phenomenological symptom-dimensions

Biological markers in psychiatric disorders

From clinical staging and profiling to prevention in psychiatry

Evidence for preventive treatment in psychiatry

The stress-relaxation continuum

Redefinition of health and illness in psychiatry

The authentic self

Thomas

Lizzie

Martin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138918153

1138918156

9781138918160

1138918164

OCLC:

927162555