Auteur : Marsh, Diane T.

Maison d'édition : Professional Resource Press

Date de publication : 2001

Collation : xiv, 96 p.

Collection : Practitioner's resource series

ISBN : 1568870698

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Working with families -- 2. Promoting recoveru and preventing relapse -- 3. Promoting recovery and preventing relapse (continued) -- 4. The family experience of mental illness -- 5. Developing family-focused services -- 6. Developing family-focused services -- 7. Family interventions -- 8. Working with individual family members -- 9. Coping with challenges -- 10. Professional issues -- 11. Notes

Résumé : Families coping with severe mental illness need help in maintaining themselves as a support system for a loved one. In this valuable book, Diane Marsh offers a wealth of clinical tools based on empirical research and experiential realities, with specific attention to kinship diversity. This comprehensive training manual for mental health professionals is illuminated by respect for caring families and a powerful message of hope for improved prognosis and quality of life.

Mots-clés : Malades mentaux - Relations familiales / Maladies mentales - Traitement / Thérapie familiale / Service social familial

Cote : WM 430.5.F2 M365f 2001