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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on older adults with mental illness, and Geriatric Mental Health Care was conceived in response.
A Clinician's Guide to Integration and Stepped Care
The impetus for writing Good Psychiatric Management and Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Clinicians Guide to Integration and Stepped Care was the realization that the availability of specialized care for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is far outstripped by the number of patients who need treatment.
Six percent of people in North America will develop borderline personality disorder (BPD) in their lifetime, and about 46% of BPD patients will also have alcohol use disorder (AUD). Alcohol use exacerbates the symptoms of both diseases, rendering treatment more challenging and increasing the risk of suicide. Integrated treatments have been lacking.
Grief and bereavement are a universal part of the human experience. The impact of grief on human lives is increasingly evident as the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters, and—in the United States in particular—gun-related violence upend normal life and expose vast swaths of society to recurring and profound trauma.
The book discusses how modern group therapy can be successfully employed in a variety of hospital and medical settings. It includes the needs of special populations such as adolescents, elderly patients, HIV-positive and AIDS patients, patients who abuse substances, and trauma patients.
Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5 (R)
This is the Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5 (R). It includes the fully revised diagnostic classification and all of the diagnostic criteria from DSM-5 (R). This convenient guide will assist all mental health professionals as they integrate the DSM-5 (R) diagnostic criteria into their diagnoses.
This important, multidisciplinary volume presents evidence-based analyses and risk assessment strategies for mental health clinicians, trainees, and those interested in finding more effective interventions to decrease the costs of the serious public health problems of gun violence and mental illness.
This is the first book to offer guidelines for the systematic assessment of dissociation and posttraumatic syndromes. This book provides a comprehensive overview of dissociative symptoms and disorders, as well as an introduction to the use of the SCID-D, a diagnostic interview for the dissociative disorders.