Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents : A Multidisciplinary Treatment Approach / edited by Philip Hazell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazell, Philip.

Contributor:

Hazell, Philip, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Mental health.

Psychiatry.

Medicine.

Health, Medicine and Society.

Mental Health.

Clinical Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Health, Medicine and Society.

Mental Health.

Psychiatry.

Clinical Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

2022.

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is drawn from the multidisciplinary team that supports the Walker Adolescent Unit, located in Sydney, Australia. The book begins with an account of the planning and development of the unit, an examination of the physical environment, and the adaptations that have been made to ensure its functionality. There follows a consideration of the therapeutic milieu. The book describes clinical processes such as admission and discharge planning, formulation and case review. There is information about the specific roles of professionals and the therapies that they provide. The book describes the steps taken to maintain and enhance the physical wellbeing of patients. There are chapters dedicated to governance, and to training and education. The final chapter describes how the unit responded to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Philip Hazell is Conjoint Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with The University of Sydney and a consultant psychiatrist with the Sydney Local Health District. In former roles as director of child and adolescent mental health services he was responsible for the commissioning of two psychiatric inpatient units for adolescents.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Physical Environment

3. The Milieu

4. Admission and Discharge Planning

5. Formulation and Case Review

6. Nursing Care

7. Learning Centre and School Reintegration

8. Family Therapy

9. Group Therapies. 10. Individual Psychotherapy

11. Art Therapy

12. Music Therapy

13. Occupational Therapy

14. Speech and Language Therapy

15. Food and Eating

16. Physical Wellbeing

17. The Pharmacist and Pharmacotherapy

18. The Policy Context and Governance

19. Training and Education

20. Postscript: Responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ISBN:

9789811919503

981191950X

OCLC:

1333708011