Psychiatric rehabilitation refers to community treatment of people with mentaldisorders. Community treatment has recently become far more widespread due todeins... » 

Psychiatric rehabilitation refers to community treatment of people with mentaldisorders. Community treatment has recently become far more widespread due todeinstitutionalization at government facilities. This book is an update of thefirst editions discussion of types of mental disorders including etiologysymptoms course and outcome types of community treatment programs casemanagement strategies and vocational and educational rehabilitation. Providinga comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field this book is suitableboth as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses a training tool formental health workers and a reference for academic researchers studying mentalhealth. The book is written in an easy to read engaging style. Each chaptercontains highlighted and defined key terms focus questions and key topics acase study example special sections on controversial issues of treatment orethics and other special features.New topics not covered in the previous edition will include Evidencebased practices as a section to each chapter Directions for future research at the close of each chapter New chapter on providing services to people with persistent mental illnessand substance abuse problems Additional information on rehabilitation treatment via psychiatric hospitals A section on Wellness added to chapter 4 Each chapter is thoroughly updatedNew chapters on supported education and integrated dual diagnosis treatmentservicesComprehensive overview of all models and approaches of psychiatricrehabilitationSpecial inserts on EvidenceBased PracticesNew content on Wellness and RecoveryClassexercises for each chapterProfiles of leaders in the fieldFirst person vignettes «