The Mental Health Desk Reference (eBook)

A Practice-Based Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Professional Ethics

Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel, R. Elliott Ingersoll (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2002 | 1. Auflage
552 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-44162-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A practical, easy-to-use, and comprehensive reference for mental
health professionals

The Mental Health Desk Reference is the ultimate guide to effective
and responsible mental health practice. It provides authoritative,
concise, and up-to-date information from more than seventy experts
regarding diagnosis, treatment, and ethics of practice. Each entry
summarizes key constructs and terminology associated with the
topic, major findings from research, and specific recommendations
on theory and practice. Important topics covered include:

* Adjustment disorders and life stress

* Diagnosis and treatment of adults

* Diagnosis and treatment of children

* Crisis intervention

* Diverse populations

* Group and family interventions

* Practice management

* Professional issues

* Ethical and legal issues

* Professional resources

These detailed, readable entries-based on the most extensive and
reliable research available-form a comprehensive, straightforward,
and quick-reference resource applicable to practitioners across
every field in mental health. The Mental Health Desk Reference is
the single resource no mental health professional can afford to be
without.

Autor

ELIZABETH REYNOLDS WELFEL, PhD, is Professor of Counseling at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. R. ELLIOTT INGERSOLL, PhD, is Associate Professor of Counseling at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Rezensionen

A wide range of practice-based topics are addressed in this
fact-packed reference book for mental health professionals. Divided
into nine major sections, it covers both practical and ethical
concerns. The first section focuses on the diagnosis and treatment
of common mental illnesses through the life cycle and includes
issues relating to specific groups, crisis interventions, and
practice management concerns. This is followed by discussions of
legal/ethical issues and how mental health workers can cope with
the formidable demands and stresses (e.g., compassion fatigue and
burnout) of their occupations. The chapters are succinct, typically
including statistics, current research, statements of the "best
practice," and notable bibliographies. The editors, both professors
of counseling at Cleveland State University, have done an admirable
job of assembling into a coherent whole contributions from more
than 70 experts from a variety of fields. The result is a wealth of
useful information handily packaged for the working professional.
The practical, direct, and authoritative tone of the book makes it
suitable for a diverse audience needing a bridge between the
divergent worlds of practice and multidisciplinary research in the
field. Recommended for specialized collections serving mental
healthcare providers. --Antoinette Brinkman, MLS, Evansville,
IN (Library Journal, December 2001)

The Mental Health Desk Reference is the most comprehensive
text available for finding out essential and practical information
on working with clients across the life span and in diverse
settings. Within these pages is a wealth of knowledge essential for
every student in a mental health specialty.

--Samuel T. Gladding, Chair, Department of Counseling, Wake
Forest University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Psychologie • Psychology • Wissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-471-44162-7 / 0471441627
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-44162-5 / 9780471441625