Maddy Loat

Mutual Support and Mental Health

A Route to Recovery

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781843105305
• ISBN-10: 1843105306
• Artikelnr.: 32699247

Autorenporträt

Maddy Loat is a clinical psychologist currently working in Acute Inpatient Services within Camden & Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust. Prior to training as a psychologist at University College London, she worked in a number of therapeutic communities and developed an interest in how social processes, especially those of mutual support, affect mental health.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. Processes and Functions of Mutual
Support. 1. What is Mutual Support? 2. Mutual Support from a Developmental
Perspective. 3. Mental Health Difficulties and Social Functioning. Part II.
Mutual Support and Mental Health Provision. 4. Formal and Informal Help. 5.
Group Therapy. 6. Therapeutic Communities. Part III. Applications of Mutual
Support. 7. Does Mutual Support Work? Exploring the evidence base. 8.
Putting Theory into Practice: How to Make a Difference. 9. The Future of
Mutual Support. Further Information. References. Subject Index. Author
Index.