Psychiatric Rehabilitation

About this book

Psychiatric rehabilitation refers to community treatment of people with mental disorders. Community treatment has recently become far more widespread due to deinstitutionalization at government facilities. This book is an update of the first editions discussion of types of mental disorders including etiology symptoms course and outcome types of community treatment programs case management strategies and vocational and educational rehabilitation. Providing a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field this book is suitable both as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses a training tool for mental health workers and a reference for academic researchers studying mental health. The book is written in an easy to read engaging style. Each chapter contains highlighted and defined key terms focus questions and key topics a case study example special sections on controversial issues of treatment or ethics and other special features. New chapters on supported education and integrated dual diagnosis treatment servicesComprehensive overview of all models and approaches of psychiatric rehabilitationSpecial inserts on Evidence-Based PracticesNew content on Wellness and RecoveryClass exercises for each chapterProfiles of leaders in the fieldCase study examples illustrate chapter points