Working with Dual Diagnosis: A Psychosocial Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781137337665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str.

Darren Hill; Bill Penson; Divine Charura

Opis

In the UK it is estimated that a third of patients in mental health services have a substance use problem, and that half of patients in drug and alcohol services have a mental health problem. Part of Palgrave's Foundations of Mental Health series, this book explores the intertwined issues of substance use and mental health as a social phenomenon and offers a critical, informative guide to understanding dual diagnosis.
Written by authors with extensive experience within mental health and drug treatment services, Working with Dual Diagnosis explores areas that are key to understanding the relationship between the two, including:
models for understanding substance use, mental health and the correlation of complex social and psychological factors;
treatment processes for working with individuals, groups and families and within a community setting;
the historical social, political, economic and legislative context of mental health and substance use;
practice implications for dual diagnosis, including how practitioners can work with and promote better treatment, after care and support for those experiencing dual diagnosis issues.
Enriched with reflective exercises, case studies and key points, this book will inform all work related to dual diagnosis populations within health, social and criminal justice service, and is an essential text for social work, nursing, occupational therapy and probation students.
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Spis treści

Introduction PART I: HISTORY, POLITICS AND CONCEPTS 1.The historical context of substance use, mental health and dual diagnosis 2. The socio-politics of dual diagnosis; psychiatry, law and economics 3. Key models for understanding dual diagnosis PART II: WORKING IN PRACTICE 4. Working with individuals; the broader picture and getting started 5. Psychosocial interventions 6. Working with groups and families 7. Working in community settings: dual diagnosis and the recovery movement in a community context

O autorze

Darren Hill is a Principal Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, a registered Social Worker and a former Community Drug Worker.

William J Penson is currently a PhD student at UCLAN and a mental health trainer with the UK charity Community Links (Northern).

Divine Charura is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University in Counselling and Psycho-therapy. He is also an independent trainer, coach and a UKCP registered Psychothera-pist and Supervisor.