Tackling Mental Health Crises

by Kingdon; David

• ISBN13: 9781583919798
• ISBN10: 1583919791
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Tackling Mental Health Crisesprovides a practical guide to combining social and psychological responses to mental health problems. David Kingdon and Marie Finn look at what constitutes a crisis, be it an individual crisis presentation or a situational crisis for services. They reject current diagnostic approaches to mental health, focussing instead on a symptom-led approach and keeping an awareness of the intervention experience for clients and carers throughout. Subjects covered include: engaging and assessing the client risk assessment and management emotional, behavioural, cognitive and physical presentations service teams and settings. The emphasis throughout is on taking a holistic look at crisis prevention and management, encompassing both the work that takes place at an individual level and the wider impact of societal and political issues. Containing clear direction and practical advice, combined with numerous case studies and commentary from users and carers themselves, this book will be of great use to anyone involved with dealing with mental health crises.

Author Biography

Maria Luca is the Director of the MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regent's College, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
What is a crisis?	5	(10)
Engaging and assessing the client	15	(38)
Crisis planning	53	(16)
Risk assessment and management	69	(18)
Emotional difficulties	87	(32)
Behavioural problems	119	(32)
Troublesome thoughts	151	(18)
Physical symptoms	169	(14)
Service teams and settings	183	(26)
Preventing crises	209	(16)
Notes	225	(4)
Appendix 1 Making sense	229	(2)
Appendix 2 Anxiety pamphlet	231	(6)
Appendix 3 Depression leaflet	237	(2)
Index	239