The Mental Health Desk Reference P - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471652962 ISBN 13 : 9780471652960

Editeur : J.W., 2003

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Quatrième de couverture :

"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, PhD,
Chair, Department of Counseling, Wake Forest University

The Mental Health Desk Reference: A Practice–Based Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Professional Ethics is the ultimate guide to providing effective and responsible mental health care. It provides authoritative, concise, and up–to–date information from more than seventy experts covering a broad array of presenting problems and practice–related issues in a variety of settings. 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:

• Counseling for adjustment disorders and life stress
• Diagnosis and treatment of adult disorders
• Diagnosis and treatment of childhood disorders
• Crisis intervention
• Diverse populations
• Group and family interventions
• Practice management
• Professional issues
• Ethical and legal issues

Each detailed, readable entry based on the most extensive and reliable research available features practical information that can be integrated into any behavioral science curriculum and proven methods for helping clients. Together, they form a comprehensive, straightforward guide to best practices that no student or mental health professional can afford to be without.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: J.W.
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471652962
• ISBN 13: 9780471652960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 550