Jenny France, Sarah Kramer

Communication and Mental Illness (eBook, ePUB)

Theoretical and Practical Approaches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

`This is a unique book that addresses an interesting aspect of work in mental health settings.' - Mental Health OT

Communication and Mental Illness is a comprehensive and practical textbook written by a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field of mental health which will be of interest to all those interested in improving their understanding of individuals with mental illness. The book is divided into three parts. The first of these offers both student and experienced clinicians in the mental health field an improved theoretical knowledge of the methods of communication commonly adopted by individuals with a variety of diagnoses of mental illness. It also provides practical suggestions of how this information can improve the individual professional's management of patients. Part Two looks at how information about communication in mental illness can influence service provision, ending with suggestions for future policy and practice. Communication and Mental Illness concludes with a final part describing the state of current research into different facets of communication and mental illness, offering an insight into the variety of research methodology and points of interest to those involved in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846422737
• Artikelnr.: 44872247

Autorenporträt

Jenny France developed the speech and language therapy service at Broadmoor Hospital over a period of twenty years. She set up training and research facilities at the University of London and played an active role in the Speech and Language Therapy Special Interest Group in Psychiatry, which she co-founded. Sarah Kramer is a speech and language therapist. In addition to her current clinical work at Broadmoor Hospital and involvement in a number of research projects, she is chair of the Speech and Language Therapy Special Interest Group in Mental Health and lecturer at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels on language and mental health issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Background 1. Introduction: Disorders of Communication and Mental Illness
Jenny France and Sarah Kramer
University College London. 2. Anxiety Disorders: Neurotic
Stress Related and Somatoform Disorders
Jenny France. 3. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 4. Depression and other Mood Disorders
Jenny France. 5. Personality Disorders
Jenny France. 6. Communication
Language and Mental Illness
Trevor Walt
Broadmoor Hospital
Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 7. Assessment of Speech and Language in Mental Health
Karen Bryan
Broadmoor Hospital/University College London and Jan Roach
St. Andrews Hospital
Northampton. 8. Neuro-Psychiatry and Language
Karen Bryan
University College London. 9. Neuropsychology in Psychiatric Practice
Mary Hill
Broadmoor Hospital. Part II: Management of Mental Health Services 10. Introduction to Management and Patient Care
Niki Muir. 11. The Multidisciplinary Team and Speech and Language Therapy
Margaret Orr
Broadmoor Hospital. 12. The Speech and Language Therapist as a Member of the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team
Yvette Crompton. 13. Setting Up an Speech and Language Therapy Network in Mental Health
Kathleen Gilmore. 14. Developing a Speech and Language Therapy Service in Mental Health
Elaine Hodkinson. 15. General Psychiatry
Andy Hamilton. 16. Services for Older People in Mental Health Settings
Jane Maxine
University College London and Cathy Sullivan
Kings College Hospital
London. 17. Child Psychiatry
Alison Wintgens
St Georges Hospital
London. 18. Mental Health
Offenders and the Criminal Justice System
Karen Bryan and Nicci Forshaw
19. Forensic Psychiatry
Sarah Kramer and Jenny France. 20. People with Borderline-Mild Learning Disability
Karen Elliott
Rampton Hospital and Nicci Forshaw. 21. What We Learn from the Deaf Patient
Alice Thacker
St Georges Hosptital
London. 22. Communication and Mental Health in People with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Jane Shields and Dougal Hare
Clinical Psychologist 23. Gender Identity Problems
Judith Challoner 24. Milieu Therapy
Tim Brett
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Eric Wilkinson
Psychiatric Nurse
Broadmoor Hospital. 25. Personal Construct Psychology
Carmel Hayes and Louise Collins
Camden and Islington Health Authority. 26. Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Laurie MacDonald
Sevenoakes. 27. Group Work
A Cognitive/Behavioural Approach
Marie Quayle
Broadmoor Hospital. 28. Interpersonal Skills as part of Social Skill Training for Schizophrenic Patients
Rachael Henton and Vasilki Sideras
West Park Hospital. Part III: The Way Forward. 29. Human Communication
Language and Mental Health: Some General Challenges for Research in this Field
Pam Taylor
Broadmoor Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry
London. 30. Communication and Formal Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia
David Newby
High Roydes Hospital. 31. Language and Communication in Schizophrenia: A Communication Processing Model
Irene Walsh
Trinity College Dublin. 32. Linguistic Deviance in Schizophrenia
Preliminary Report
William Sledge
Ralph Hoffman
Keith Hawkins
Nancy Docherry
Donald M. Quinlan and Jaak Rakfeldt. 33. Discourse Analysis in Psychiatry
Ian Thompson. 34. What is Different About the Language of Subjects with Mental Illness
Sarah Kramer. 35. Language Difficulties or Emotional Difficulties - What Comes First?
Sarah Kramer 36.Communication and Mental Health: The Way Forward Sarah Kramer. Appendix 1 Useful Addresses of Organisations Linked to Mental Health Work. References. Index.