Learning about mental health practice [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Contents -- About the editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction Theo Stickley and Thurstine Basset -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE 8211; THE TEN ESSENTIAL SHARED CAPABILITIES -- 1 The ten essential shared capabilities: their background, development and implementation -- 2 The ten essential shared capabilities in practice -- 3 Working in partnership -- 4 Respecting diversity through acknowledging, valuing and using diversity and challenging inequalities (AVUDCI) -- 5 Practising ethically: values-based practice and ethics 8211; working together to support person-centred and multidisciplinary mental health care -- 6 Challenging inequality -- 7 Promoting recovery -- 8 Identifying people8217;s needs and strengths -- 9 Providing service user centred care -- 10 Making a difference -- 11 Positive risk taking: a framework for practice -- 12 Personal development and learning -- PART II: ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE -- 13 Social perspectives on mental distress -- 14 Socially inclusive practice -- 15 Equality and rights: Overcoming social exclusion and discrimination -- 16 Service user involvement -- 17 Connecting the parts to the whole: Achieving effective teamwork in complex systems -- 18 Problems associated with the use of the concept 8216;mental illness8217; -- 19 Drugs, alcohol and mental health -- 20 Gender inequality and the mental health of women and men -- 21 The trauma model of psychosis -- PART III: APPROACHES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE -- 22 Carers8217; experiences of mental health services and views about assessments: Lessons from the Partnership in Carer Assessments Project (PICAP) -- 23 Therapeutic relationships -- 24 Psychological approaches to mental health -- 25 Employment: What you should know and what you should do -- 26 Treating creatively: The challenge of treating the creative mind -- 27 Social inclusion and psychosocial interventions: Clash, compromise or coherence? -- 28 Spirituality and mental health -- 29 Holistic approaches in mental health -- 30 The capable practitioner of the future -- Index.

This important new textbook introduces the diverse and vibrant field of mental health practice to students, learners and workers who are new to the subject. Written in a lively and engaging style, Learning About Mental Health Practice covers all th.

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