Psychiatric rehabilitation

Psychiatric rehabilitation has grown tremendously as a field since the 1999 publication of the first edition of this work. With increased funding, evidence-based practice guidelines, a certification program, and increased academic programs at both graduate and undergraduate levels. The volume of information in this area keeps expanding exponentially. This book was written explicitly to serve as a text for the field and follows a logical progression from an intro to the field to the symptoms and etiology of severe mental illness, to treatment and outcome in a variety of settings. The new edition will discuss impending changes in DSM-V regarding diagnosis, new information on evidence-based treatment, skills training across mental disorders for better daily living, taking into account patient physical as well as mental health in treatment planning and outcome assessment. There will also be a new instructor website with ppts, and test questions and answers. Class exercises and biographical sketches will be moved from printed matter to the website on the basis of reviewer suggestions. Instructor website with ppts and test questions. Relocated boxed biographical sketches and class exercises to new website. Adds new coverage of DSM-V diagnosis, evidence based treatment, daily living skills training. Retains case studies, boxed controversial issues, glossary.

Front Cover; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part 1 -- Understanding the Nature of Severe Mental Illness; Chapter 1 -- The Experience of Mental Illness: An Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Introduction; The Story of Paul; The Serious Mental Illnesses; Psychiatric Disability; The Stigma of Major Mental Illness; What Does the Term "Psychiatric Rehabilitation" Mean?; Summary; Chapter 2 -- Symptoms and Etiology of Serious Mental Illness; Introduction; Symptoms; Phases of Schizophrenia; Mood Disorders.

How are Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders Different?Relevance to Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Dual Diagnosis and Co-occurring Disorders; Etiology; Summary; Chapter 3 -- Course, Treatment, and Outcome of Severe Mental Illnesses; Introduction; Course; Treatment; Understanding Course, Treatment, and Outcome: What Is Not Known Can Hurt!; Summary; Part 2 -- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Methodology; Chapter 4 -- The Goals, Values, and Guiding Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Introduction; The Concept of Recovery; The Ongoing Study of Recovery.

Recovery-oriented Mental Health SystemsThe Goals, Values, and G…