Coaching Intervention for Psychosis - A Lifestyle Redesigning Approach

Eric Yu-hai Chen, Iris Hiu Hung Chan, Kwok-fai Leung, Nicole Ka Man Lau

ISBN 10: 9888390910 / ISBN 13: 9789888390915

Edité par Hong Kong University Press, HK, 2018

Despite recent advances in pharmacotherapy, psychosocial casework, and early interventions, improving the treatment of psychotic disorders is still a major challenge for mental health professionals. The coaching approach discussed in this book specifically addresses that difficulty. It is a recovery-oriented approach that attempts to help mental health patients function better in everyday life.The book starts with a short introduction to psychotic disorders, the principles of psychosocial intervention, and the challenges inherent in such interventions. It then provides a systematic review of the lifestyle redesigning approach, i.e., the coaching approach in the context of an early psychosis intervention program in Hong Kong (the Jockey Club Early Psychosis Program). There is also a step-by-step guide to conducting group intervention sessions using the coaching approach.Intended for mental health professionals working with psychosis patients, Coaching Intervention for Psychosis: A Lifestyle Redesigning Approach provides useful instructions for basic training. It is also invaluable to patients and caregivers who wish to understand and facilitate the intervention procedures. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9789888390915

Synopsis :

China's ascent to the rank of the world's second largest economic power has given its revolution a better image than that of its Russian counterpart. Yet the two have a great deal in common. Indeed, the Chinese revolution was a carbon copy of its predecessor, until Mao became aware, not so much of the failures of the Russian model, but of its inability to adapt to an overcrowded third-world country. Yet instead of correcting that model, Mao decided to go further and faster in the same direction. The aftershock of an earthquake may be weaker, but the Great Leap Forward of 1958 in China was far more destructive than the Great Turn of 1929 in the Soviet Union. It was conceived with an idealistic end but failed to take all the possibilities into account. China's development only took off after--and thanks to--Mao's death, once the country turned its back on the revolution.

Lucien Bianco's original comparative study highlights the similarities: the all-powerful bureaucracy; the over-exploitation of the peasantry, which triggered two of the worst famines of the twentieth century; control over writers and artists; repression and labor camps. The comparison of Stalin and Mao that completes the picture, leads the author straight back to Lenin and he quotes the observation by a Chinese historian that, "If at all possible, it is best to avoid revolutions altogether."

À propos de l'auteur: Kwok-fai Leung is manager of the Occupational Therapy Department in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. Iris Hiu Hung Chan was a case intervention officer for the Jockey Club Early Psychosis Project. Nicole Ka Man Lau is a professionally trained life coach under the International Coach Federation (ICF) Accredited Coach Training Program. Eric Yu-hai Chen is Chi-Li Pao Foundation Professor of Psychiatry and head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Hong Kong.

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Titre : Coaching Intervention for Psychosis - A ...
Éditeur : Hong Kong University Press, HK
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : New