Mental illness : a homecare guide
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Mental illness : a homecare guide
Wiley, c1989
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Bibliography: p. 265-266
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780471611578
Description
This guide helps families decide whether home care is appropriate for their family member and family situation and assess its impact. Offers sound guidance that details both the special needs of patients and the problems faced by family care--givers. Covers treatment planning, consultations with the doctor, wardrobe selection, sexuality, and behavior in public places, and includes thoughtful discussion of the mixed feelings that families often experience with a disordered family member in the home.
Table of Contents
BEING AT HOME WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. What Is Mental Illness?. The Decision to Provide Homecare. Choosing the Homecare Coordinator and the Primary Care Physician. The Role of the Primary Care Physician and the Homecare Team. BASIC PLANNING. Planning Homecare. Transition from Hospital to Home. Medication. INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS. The Recovering Person. Sexuality. Behavior in Public Places. Crisis Intervention. SOCIETY AND THE RECOVERING PERSON. Support from the Community. Long--Term Planning. A Look Toward the Future. Appendices. Recommended Reading. Index.
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ISBN 9780471611585
Description
With the trend away from institutionalization of the mentally ill, more disturbed persons are living at home. This book is a guide for the family on how to minister to and cope with the chronic mental patient in the home setting. It provides both a general understanding of what mental illness is all about, discussion of family reactions to having a disordered family member in the home (including guilt, fear, denial, hostility etc), and several chapters on the practical details of home care. The text will benefit psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health workers.
Table of Contents
- Being at home with mental illness: what is mental illness?
- the decision to provide homecare
- choosing the homecare co-ordinator and the primary care physician and the homecare team
- basic planning - planning homecare
- transition from hospital to home
- medication
- individual problems - the recovering person
- sexuality
- behaviour in public places
- crisis intervention
- society and the recovering person - support from the community
- long-term planning
- a look toward the future.
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