{"product_id":"mental-health-practice-a-guide-to-compassionate-care-paperback-9780750688819","title":"Mental Health Practice; A guide to compassionate care (Paperback) 9780750688819","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMental Health Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA guide to compassionate care\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter N Watkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780750688819, Elsevier Health Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.9 x 24.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This second edition has much new content relevant for today's mental health services. Particular tribute is paid to the strengths of people who use mental health services and to their rights to determine the nature of their recovery journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMental Health Practice, October 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Mental Health Practice: a guide to compassionate care\" examines the relationship between mental health professionals and people using services during the recovery process. The disabling distress experienced by many people with mental health problems is viewed from a holistic, person-centred perspective with the road to recovery being seen as the result of true collaboration between professionals and service users.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first in-depth exploration of the intentional use of self in mental health care and its significance in the recovery journey, extensively updated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew content on action research, eco-psychology and organisational culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory boxes illustrating key themes in compassionate care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-enquiry boxes engaging readers in reflective practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA primer on humanistic psychology and its relevance to mental health care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart 1 Meaning and Behaviour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1  The nature of human distress\u003cbr\u003e2  Social exclusion in the experience of distress \u003cbr\u003e3  Transcultural issues and the experience of distress\u003cbr\u003e4  Gender issues and the experience of distress\u003cbr\u003e5  Creative solutions to crises\u003cbr\u003e6  Working with risk\u003cbr\u003e7  A person-centred approach to assessment\u003cbr\u003e8  Creating pathways to recovery\u003cbr\u003e9  Humanistic approaches to helping and healing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2  The working alliance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10  Beginnings and the working alliance\u003cbr\u003e11  A framework for the working alliance\u003cbr\u003e12  The working alliance as an enabling relationship\u003cbr\u003e13  The working alliance with families and carers\u003cbr\u003e14  Reluctance, resistance and disengagement\u003cbr\u003e15  Endings and the working alliance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 3  The therapeutic use of self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16  Dynamics of therapeutic care\u003cbr\u003e17  Intentional use of self in developmentally needed or reparative relationships\u003cbr\u003e18  Person to person relationships\u003cbr\u003e19  Spiritual dimensions of therapeutic care\u003cbr\u003e20  The shadow side of helping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 4  Personal management\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21  Personal development in professional education\u003cbr\u003e22  Taking care of ourselves\u003cbr\u003e23  Being a reflective practitioner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychiatric nursing [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychiatric nursing\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychiatric%20nursing%20%5BMQCL5%5D%22\"\u003eMQCL5\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Butterworth-Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648229560600,"sku":"9780750688819","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780750688819.jpg?v=1694089474","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mental-health-practice-a-guide-to-compassionate-care-paperback-9780750688819","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}