Main description:

This volume contains current evidence-based diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for people with mental disorders. Students and professionals alike will find the mental health field addressed as a whole in a coherent and understandable way. Readers are offered a unified presentation of psychological and sociological approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Contents:

Mental Health.- Is Mental Health Founded on Truly Scientific Conceptions?.- Aetiology.- Theories and Ideologies in Mental Health.- Relational Aspects of Mental Health.- Relational Aspects of Mental Health.- Clinical Assessment.- Relational Assessment.- Relational Assessment.- Relational Diagnosis.- Organic, Including Symptomatic, Mental Disorders (F00-F09).- Mental and Behavioural Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substances (F10-F19).- Schizophrenia, Schizotypal, and Delusional Disorders (F20-29).- Mood (Affective) Disorders (F30-39).- Neurotic Disorders (F40-49).- Stress-Related Disorders.- Somatoform Disorders (F45).- Disorders of Adult Personality and Behaviour (F60-69).- Individual Psychotherapy.- Group Therapy.- Milieu Therapy.- Combined Treatments.- Community Mental Health Interventions.- Efficacy of Psychosocial Interventions.- Mental Health Professionals.- Psychiatrists.- The Therapeutic Team.- The Professional in the Institution.- The Burn-Out Syndrome.- Training Tomorrow's Mental Health Workers.- Training of Non-Psychiatrist Professionals.