A New Psychiatric Assessment of Patient Functioning
Mastering the Kennedy Axis V is a versatile, practical workbook developed to help clinicians (including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and nurses) gain essential knowledge and skills in using the K Axis. An excellent training tool, this easy-to-use guide walks you step-by-step through the concepts and uses of the seven subscales.
In this book, experts address the sequential clinical steps to be taken in treating difficult-to-treat psychiatric patients by offering a blend of evidence-based clinical recommendations, detailed case vignettes, treatment algorithms, and the clinical wisdom of leaders in the field.
The number of criminal offenders with mental health problems has increased steadily. Yet few graduate programs offer courses that deal with the many complex assessment, treatment, and management issues encountered by correctional mental health workers. The Correctional Mental Health Handbook is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview ......
Family relationships change dramatically when one or more members stops drinking. Far from offering a "quick fix" to family problems, in fact, the first years of sobriety are often marked by continuing tension. This text covers this topic.
Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill
Written to help remedy today's dearth of up-to-date, research-based literature, this unique volume brings together a multidisciplinary group of 17 experts who focus on the psychiatric perspective of this tragic cause of infant death.
This volume represents a far-reaching attempt to stimulate research and discussion in the field in preparation for the start of the DSM-V process, still several years away, and to integrate information from a wide variety of sources and technologies.
Mental Health Policy and Practice Today brin gs together practitioners and researchers to describe and re flect upon the dynamic nature of US mental health practice i n a period of rapid social change. '
Models of Clinical Intervention With Infants and Their Families
Written by clinicians who work with infants and children and their families every day, this reality-based approach addresses the most common and important problems in infant psychopathology, covering models of intervention from pregnancy through infancy, attachment issues, and transgenerational themes.
A comprehensive review of the research on etiology and treatment of this chronic condition for which there is no known apparent cure. Leading researchers examine a new generation of models and theories with a level of specificity far beyond what was heretofore imagined possible.
