Routledge

Specific Settings and Presenting ProblemsThis Handbook offers a much-needed resource of theoretical knowledge, evidence-based interventions, and practical guidelines for professionals providing group psychotherapy to youth clients.  Written by leading professionals in the field of child and adolescent cognitive-behavioral therapy, this...

Stories from Health and Social CareThis reader provides a diverse selection of accounts of interpersonal communication and relationships in the context of health and social care. Most of the contributions are personal narratives by people using or working in care services; the majority are contemporary and many have been written especially for this...

The Practitioner's GuidePrescribing Mental Health Medication is a text for nursing and medical practitioners who are learning how to diagnose and treat mental disorders with medication. Skills-based, it focuses on the following key issues:how to start and stop medicationhow to dosewhen to change medicationdealing with particular kinds of...

The Promise of Integrated Care and Diagnostic ReformUnderstanding the Behavioral Healthcare Crisis is a necessary book, edited and contributed to by a great variety of authors from academia, government, and industry. The book takes a bold look at what reforms are needed in healthcare and provides specific recommendations. Some of the serious...

Strategies for the New MillenniumLearn the best new approaches from the world's leading OT educators!This timely book presents the most effective, innovative approaches to teaching the next generation of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Examining both fieldwork and classroom programs, Occupational Therapy in Health Care...

A Lifeworld ApproachSomething is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient's experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise health and social care and keep...