Book description
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
is a comprehensive ready- reference for mental health practitioners and
students, providing practical advice on the full range of interventions
for psychosocial rehabilitation. It contextualises the interventions
described and provides pointers to enable the reader to explore the
theory and research.
This manual recognises the wide-ranging impact of
mental illness and its ramifications on daily life, and promotes a
recovery model of psychosocial rehabilitation and aims to empower
clinicians to engage their clients in tailored rehabilitation plans.
The book is divided into five key sections.
Section 1 looks at assessment covering tools available in the public
domain, instruments, scoring systems, norms and applications for
diagnosis and measurement of symptoms, cognitive functioning,
impairment and recovery.
Section 2 covers the full range of therapeutic interventions and
offers advice on training and supervision requirements and evaluation
of process, impact and outcome.
Section 3 provides manuals and programs for interventions effectively
provided as group activities.
Section 4 explains how to design a full programme that integrates
therapeutic interventions with group programmes as well as services
provided by other agencies.
The final section looks at peer support and self help, providing
manuals and resources that support programmes and interventions not
requiring professional or practitioner direction.
Robert King, Professor of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia.
Chris Lloyd, Principal Research Fellow for the Gold Coast Health
Service District, Senior Research Fellow for the Behavioural Basis of
Health, Griffith University, Australia.
Tom Meehan, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Queensland, Director of Service Evaluation and Research at the
Park, Centre for Mental Health.
Frank Deane, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Clinical
Psychology programs, Director of the Illawarra Institute for Mental
Health, University of Wollongong, Australia
David Kavanagh, Research Professor at the Institute of Health &
Biomedical Innovation and School of Psychology and Counselling,
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
