Supporting People with Learning Disabilities to Stay Mentally Well
This training pack is for learning disability professionals and others who wish to facilitate a course to help people with learning disabilities improve their mental health by raising awareness of mental health problems and developing personal strategies to improve or maintain their mental health.
Written to provide clinically useful information about diagnosis and management, this manual is a comprehensive collection of empirical evidence, case studies, and the growing number of evidence-based reports on pediatric bipolar disorder over the past five years.
Evidence Base and Contextual Factors for Psychosocial, Psychopharmacolog
A comprehensive report, based on a review of the literature, on the effective use, sequencing, comparative risks/benefits, and integration of psychotropic medications and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents.
Provides a comprehensive overview about how to evaluate whether a mother with a mental illness is able to safely care for her children. This book synthesizes the research about psychiatric disorders and parenting and outlines eight principles for sound assessment methodology. It provides a step-by-step description of a parenting evaluation.
An Ecological, Family-centered Approach to Mental Health Care
Describing the authors' family-centered, ecological approach, this work demonstrates how they examine psychopathology in children and adolescents in the context of the ecology (families, peer groups, communities, and schools) in which they live. It also illustrates how developmentally and culturally relevant interventions are shaped.
For person-centred planning to succeed, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities need to live, work, and learn in their own communities. Professionals can make that happen with this book, a complete step-by-step guide to the easiest, most practical person-centred planning method available.
A compendium of the laws in the state of Wyoming as they relate to the mental health profession. Identifying legal topics affecting mental health practices, it addresses rulings about licensing, forms of business practice, insurance reimbursements and deductions for services, and more.
This book provides vital information on psychotropic medications that are frequently prescribed to children. Guidelines are outlined for monitoring use, documenting effects, and facilitating collaboration among providers, teachers, and parents. Pub . 8/05.
Provides a model for the important role that psychologists can play in ensuring that end-of-life care balances physical care with psychosocial and spiritual care, and deals with the psychological and interpersonal issues that arise. This volume brings multiple perspectives to bear on the topic and lays out a blueprint for future research and care.
