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Dealing with the mentally ill person on the street : an assessment and intervention guide for public safety professionals / by Daniel M. Rudofossi , PSY.D., PH.D. Retired Sgt./Uniform Psychologist NYPD.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudofossi, Daniel, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mentally ill.
- Homeless persons.
- Public safety.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This unique guide will serve as a street survival guide for public safety officers and supervisors alike. The author, Doctor Daniel Rudofossi, a sworn police officer and police psychologist in the NYPD and DEA among other agencies, offers a thorough assessment and intervention guide for clinicians and public safety professionals in dealing with mentally ill persons. Using his technique, the Eco-Ethological Existential Analytic method, he presents an original approach toward compassionate and safe interventions with mentally ill citizens who become involved with public safety officers. It will
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Chapter 1: PRESERVING LIFE: ACTIVE LISTENING AND EMPATHY WITH MENTALLY ILL CITIZENS; Chapter 2: ENCOUNTERING VARIETIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN MENTALLY ILL CITIZENS; Chapter 3: STREET ENCOUNTERS USING AMBULATORY TACTICS WITH MENTALLY ILL CITIZENS; Chapter 4: DEALING WITH OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANCE-CONDUCT DISORDEREDTEEN CITIZENS; Chapter 5: DEALING WITH COMPLICATED/COMPLEX TRAUMA-GRIEF WITH ELDERLY CITIZENS; Chapter 6: DEALING WITH PARANOID,SCHIZOID-SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDERED CITIZENS; Chapter 7: DEALING WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY/BIPOLAR-DISORDERED CITIZENS
- Chapter 8: DEALING WITH THE SCHIZOPHRENIC CITIZENChapter 9: DEALING WITH THE ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY-DISORDERED CITIZEN; Chapter 10: DEALING WITH DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS' IMPACTON YOU-"OFFICER"; EPILOGUE; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08124-7
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