To meet these challenges, Dr. Carlin Barnes and Dr. Marketa Wills have written this necessary and comprehensive, practical guide to educate and help everyone better understand mental health.
Most of us know someone who suffers from a mental illness. This book helps those who may be struggling with mental health problems, as well as those who want to help others achieve mental health and well-being.
The book is a unique guide for readers who want to think carefully about the mind, mental disorders, and the practice of psychiatric medicine.
The book emphasizes the importance of collaborating with youth and caregivers, importance of addressing issues from a strengths and trauma informed perspective, and of cultural humility practice.
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies ...
This led George L. Engel (1913–1999), a psychiatrist at the University of Rochester (1977), to become deeply concerned about the state of the field of psychiatry at the time. He saw the field as a random mix of mostly unscientific ...
Mental health is a vast and fascinating subject but knowing where to begin can be challenging. This book focuses on the fundamentals of mental health care.
Understanding Mental Illness: A Layman's Guide
Bringing together treatment and referral advice from existing guidelines, this text aims to improve access to services and recognition of common mental health disorders in adults and provide advice on the principles that need to be adopted ...
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