Alternatives to Mental Hospital Treatment
Author : L. Stein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 1978-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Author : L. Stein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 1978-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Author : Richard Warner
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Because of the increased focus on managed care there is a growing demand for alternatives to psychiatric hospital treatment. In Alternatives to the Hospital for Acute Psychiatric Care, a range of acute nonhospital treatment programs from the United states and abroad are described, including locked- and open-door, voluntary and involuntary, public and private, and nontraditional and strictly medical settings. Alternatives to the Hospital for Acute Psychiatric Care describes various cost-effective alternatives to psychiatric hospital care and provides specific details for mental health administrators to evaluate the usefulness and feasibility of the various models for their own mental health care setting.
Author : Jean Mercer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Alternative medicine
ISBN : 9781442234918
"[This book] examines a series of unconventional treatmenmts in terms of the research supporting them, their theoretical and historical backgrounds, and the potential or documented adverse events that may be associated with them. ..."--Back cover
Author : Harry Gottesfeld
Publisher : Gardner Press, Incorporated
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 34,35 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Author : David S. Heath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 2005-09-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1135953066
In the U.S., when a patient is in need of rigorous psychiatric care, the first step is hospitalization. However, elsewhere in the world, psychiatric home treatment is proposed as an alternative. Model programs in Canada and the United Kingdom are publicly administered by community health agencies or teaching hospitals. Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders provides a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world. This timely volume reviews treatment plans for different disorders with case illustrations, explains the administration of a PHC program and offers guidelines to case workers. It will be of interest to psychiatrists and policy makers working on the issue of patient hospitalization.
Author : H. Richard Lamb
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Crisis intervention (Mental health services).
ISBN :
Author : Judi Chamberlin
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This is a book about psychiatry and alternatives to it, written from a patient's point of view. For too long, mental patients have been faceless, voiceless people. We have been thought of, at worst, as subhuman monsters, or, at best, as pathetic cripples, who might be able to hold down menial jobs and eke out meagre existences, given constant professional support. Not only have others thought of us in this stereotyped way, we have believed it of ourselves. It is only in this decade, with the emergence and growth of the mental patients' liberation movement, that we ex-patients have begun to shake off this distorted image and to see ourselves for what we are- a diverse group of people, with strengths and weaknesses, abilities and needs, and ideas of our own. Our ideas about our "care" and "treatment" at the hands of psychiatry, about the nature of "mental illness," and about new and better ways to deal with (and truly to help) people undergoing emotional crises differ drastically from those of mental health professionals.
Author : Scott Shannon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080533418
Scott Shannon is an MD, president elect of the American Holistic Medical Association, and considered a national expert on holistic psychiatry. In this book he brings together a comprehensive overview of CAM treatments, with information on their effectiveness and safety for specific patient populations and for use in treating specific disorders. Modalities covered include Acupuncture, Nutritional Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Meditation, Biofeedback, Aromatherapy and others. Coverage also includes chapters on the best CAM modalities for treatment of Anxiety and PTSD, Depression, ADD, and Addictions. Each chapter will be in a similar template, beginning with a description of the treatment, its safety, compatibility with conventional treatments and/or contrindications, scientific documentation of its efficacy, discussion of which disorders it is best used for, and references. Most comprehensive overview of rapidly expanding field Includes chapters by 24 leading psychiatric/psychological experts in these fields Documents and rates the research base in each area Offers practical clinical approaches for four common mental health concerns—depression, anxiety, ADHD, and addictions Areas not yet covered in professional training Practices commonly employed by the public (40-50% of the American public use complementary or alternative approaches) No previous book of this nature or scope
Author : Peter Stastny (ed.)
Publisher : Peter Lehmann Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3987567708
The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, current possibilities for self-help for individuals experiencing madness or depression, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment. Sixty-one authors (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives from all five continents report about their alternative work, their objectives and successes, and their individual and collective experiences. +++ These are the main questions addressed by the 61 authors from all five continents: What helps me if I go mad or depressive? / How can I find trustworthy help for a relative or a friend in need? / How can I protect myself from coercive treatment? / As a family member or friend, how can I help? / What should I do if I can no longer bear to work in the mental health field? / What are the alternatives to psychiatry? / How can I get involved in creating alternatives? / Assuming psychiatry would be abolished: what do you propose. instead of psychiatry?
Author : Harry Gottesfeld
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1977
Category :
ISBN : 9780898760576