Download or read book Holistic Mental Health Revised written by Dave Disano and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holistic Mental Health Revised is a concise guide that compares traditional western medicine or allopathic medicine to alternative or holistic treatments for mental disorders. A new section on Spiritual Healing attempts to begin to explain the unexplainable! HMH-R will add clarity to the often confusing and misleading information the media and physicians promote when discussing alternative therapies such as herbs, nutritional interventions and supplements. HMH-R answers the questions of which treatment is more harmful, and which is more beneficial, traditional or alternative. It gives specific recommendations using treatments other than prescription medications and backs the suggestions with current research. HMH-R is the most thorough guide to date, comparing all the available treatment options for mental disorders and illness. Anyone affected by, or has a family member with Alzheimer's, anxiety, stress, depression ADHD, chronic headaches or migraines, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia needs to read Holistic Mental Health Revised

Download or read book Treatment Alternatives for Persons with Mental Health Problems written by Richard N. Sweet and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry written by Peter Stastny (ed.) and published by Peter Lehmann Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, current possibilities for self-help for individuals experiencing madness or depression, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment. Sixty-one authors (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives from all five continents report about their alternative work, their objectives and successes, and their individual and collective experiences. +++ These are the main questions addressed by the 61 authors from all five continents: What helps me if I go mad or depressive? / How can I find trustworthy help for a relative or a friend in need? / How can I protect myself from coercive treatment? / As a family member or friend, how can I help? / What should I do if I can no longer bear to work in the mental health field? / What are the alternatives to psychiatry? / How can I get involved in creating alternatives? / Assuming psychiatry would be abolished: what do you propose. instead of psychiatry?

Download or read book The Psychospiritual Clinician s Handbook written by Sharon Grace Mijares and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of people are moving beyond psychological therapy to seek alternative spiritual perspectives to medical and mental health care such as yoga and meditation. The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders provides leading-edge theoretical perspectives and practical applications by recognized experts in positive and integrative psychotherapy. Readers will find helpful illustrations of body positions used in yoga and meditation plus photographs, tables, figures, and detailed case studies that illustrate the process.

Download or read book Mental disorders diagnostic and statistical manual written by Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics American Psychiatric Association and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Common Mental Health Disorders written by National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) and published by RCPsych Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 to develop appropriate referral and local care pathways.

Download or read book Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. 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 for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.

Download or read book Alternative Treatments of Depression written by James Lake MD and published by James Lake. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is offered as a practical resource on safe, effective and affordable alternative treatments of depression. If you are struggling with depression this book provides valuable information about non-medication alternatives that will help you manage depressed mood using lifestyle changes such as exercise and nutrition, herbals and other natural supplements, meditation and mind-body practices. This book is written to give you the maximum amount of information in the least amount of time. From the contents you can instantly navigate to sections that will help you: • Understand depression better • Take inventory of your symptoms • Identify treatments that make sense for you based on the research evidence • Learn about alternative treatments of depression • Develop a customized treatment plan that is right for you • Re-evaluate your treatment plan and make changes if your initial plan doesn’t work If you are a mental health professional this book provides concise, jargon-free summaries of alternative treatments of depression. An appendix with links to valuable internet resources is included to help you find quality brands of natural supplements and important safety information. This book is part of a series on alternative and integrative treatments of mental health problems. Other books in the series cover: · Alcohol and drug abuse · Anxiety · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) · Bipolar disorder · Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) · Insomnia · Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) · Schizophrenia

Download or read book Alternatives to Mental Hospital Treatment written by L. Stein and published by Springer. This book was released on 1978 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alternative Psychotherapies written by Jean Mercer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative Psychotherapies: Evaluating Unconventional Mental Health Treatments addresses concerns about current and newly-emerging mental health treatments that are considered "unconventional." As a parallel to complementary and alternative medical treatments, alternative psychotherapies lack research support, are at odds with established information about human personality and development, and may actually be harmful. Professionals and students in the helping professions may find such treatments confusing and difficult to differentiate from emerging therapies that have not yet established a foundation of evidence; this is especially problematic if clients propose using unconventional therapies they have found on the Internet. Alternative Psychotherapies examines a series of unconventional treatments in terms of the research supporting them, their theoretical and historical backgrounds, and the potential or documented adverse events that may be associated with them. Therapies for both adults and children are included, and topics range from recovered memory therapies to bodywork to treatments for autism and to special education issues. Alternative psychotherapies frequently share certain historical backgrounds, and psychotherapists can use historical insights as well as an understanding of basic research rules and psychological theory to identify unconventional treatments other than the ones discussed. The book concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of greater regulation of alternative therapies, as compared to the current situation in which few mental health interventions are banned or limited by law.

Download or read book Healing and Wholeness Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health written by Dr. Randi Fredricks and published by Author House. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific disorders. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, and addictions. The therapies covered are both state-of-the-art and ancient, including naturopathy, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, meditation, and others. Each chapter begins with a description of the classification of the disorder, followed by discussions of scientific documentation on diet, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative therapies, psychotherapy, and lifestyle changes. This compendium of integrative and holistic therapies provides the reader with access to a multitude of options for improving their mental health. This is a thorough guide to alternative therapies in the mental health field, organizing a large amount of information in a relevant, easy-to-use format. Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health can be used as a standard reference for the mental health care professional, the graduate student, or anyone looking to improve their emotional health. To learn more about Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health and to read excerpts, visit www.HealingandWholeness.org.

Download or read book On Our Own written by Judi Chamberlin and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1978 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about psychiatry and alternatives to it, written from a patient's point of view. For too long, mental patients have been faceless, voiceless people. We have been thought of, at worst, as subhuman monsters, or, at best, as pathetic cripples, who might be able to hold down menial jobs and eke out meagre existences, given constant professional support. Not only have others thought of us in this stereotyped way, we have believed it of ourselves. It is only in this decade, with the emergence and growth of the mental patients' liberation movement, that we ex-patients have begun to shake off this distorted image and to see ourselves for what we are- a diverse group of people, with strengths and weaknesses, abilities and needs, and ideas of our own. Our ideas about our "care" and "treatment" at the hands of psychiatry, about the nature of "mental illness," and about new and better ways to deal with (and truly to help) people undergoing emotional crises differ drastically from those of mental health professionals.

Download or read book Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders written by David S. Heath and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative studies of mobile crisis home treatment, 1958-2001 -- Studies of home visiting and early intervention, 1992-1993 -- Mobile crisis home treatment in a US managed care organization -- Mobile crisis teams in US -- Summary and discussion -- Mobile crisis home treatment and psychiatric beds -- Disadvantages of hospital treatment -- How is mobile crisis home treatment an alternative to hospital admission? -- How does mobile crisis home treatment compare to other alternatives to hospital? -- Mobile crisis home treatment, early intervention and modified outpatient services -- Mobile crisis home treatment and psychiatric emergency services -- Mobile crisis home treatment and crisis intervention -- Mobile crisis home treatment and outreach -- Mobile crisis home treatment services in three countries: seven site visits : USA, Canada, Britain -- Key elements and principles of mobile crisis home treatment -- Key elements and principles of mobile crisis home treatment -- How to set up and operate a mobile crisis home treatment service -- Starting up a mobile crisis home treatment service -- Should the mobile crisis home treatment team be a separate team, or integrated with a standard mental health team? -- Operating a mobile crisis home treatment service -- Daily program operations -- The process of mobile crisis home treatment from start to finish -- Mobile crisis home treatment of specific mental disorders. part I -- A mobile crisis home treatment service for schizophrenia -- Mobile crisis home treatment of specific mental disorders. part II.

Download or read book Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care written by James H. Lake and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread use of nonconventional treatments, or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and the increasing evidence supporting their therapeutic benefits call for a concerted scientific effort to integrate treatments that work into mainstream medicines. Answering that call is the groundbreaking Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care, a concise, practical reference that reviews the many CAM approaches used in North America and Europe to treat -- or self-treat -- mental health problems, and the history and rationale for a variety of CAM treatments, including the risks and benefits of their integration into mainstream mental health care. Two dozen contributors with both conventional and nonconventional expertise present current information about safe, effective mental health treatments -- including herbals and other natural products, stress management, homeopathy, Ayurveda, and traditional Chinese medicine -- that have not yet been fully examined or endorsed by the institutions of conventional biomedicine. This book: Covers background issues, including conceptual and historical foundations, emerging ideas and trends, safety issues, potential drug interactions and adverse effects, and medical-legal issues pertaining to use of nonconventional treatments in mental health care. Reviews the evidence and offers practical clinical guidelines for the most widely used nonconventional treatments. Twelve chapters cover specific nonconventional modalities or alternative professional systems of medicine currently used to treat mental illness, addressing historical uses of the specified modality, significant recent research findings, unresolved safety issues, and evidence supporting use of the specified approach in common psychiatric disorders, from major depressive and bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and generalized anxiety disorder to obsessive-compulsive disorder, dementia, and sleep and substance abuse disorders. Practical clinical applications of complementary and alternative approaches are discussed throughout the book. Closes with three appendixes and a subject and author index. Appendix A ranks evidence for the various treatment modalities by major psychiatric disorder and is cross-referenced with the material in Part II. Appendix B lists important Web sites, textbooks, professional associations, and other resources. Appendix C contains a glossary of key terms used in complementary and alternative medicine. Written for both conventionally and nonconventionally trained mental health care professionals, Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care provides both an ideal reference for clinicians whose patients inquire about the uses of many CAM therapies and a critical, balanced review of the nonconventional modalities most widely used in Western countries to treat mental or emotional problems.

Download or read book Alternative Services in Community Mental Health written by William G. Hollister and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative Services in Community Mental Health: Programs and Processes

Download or read book Alternatives to Psychiatric Hospitalization written by Harry Gottesfeld and published by Gardner Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1977 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Consumer s Guide to Mental Health Services written by Jeffrey K. Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique consumer resource for understanding mental health treatment With over 250 models of counseling and psychotherapy currently used to treat emotional problems and serious mental illness, figuring out where to look for the right services can be a daunting task. A Consumer’s Guide to Mental Health Services offers pragmatic solutions for those considering or already beginning treatment. It helps you to make important decisions regarding whether seeing a psychiatrist, a social worker, a counselor, or a psychologist is best for your particular needs. It also explores health insurance and coverage of treatment as well as how long it may take for you to begin feeling like yourself again. This valuable text looks at the intricacies of the mental health care system and provides a helpful summary that is both accessible and useful. If you’ve ever tried to find help for a major life transition, depression, or anxiety and have been overwhelmed by the options for mental health treatment, you are not alone. A Consumer’s Guide to Mental Health Services is a unique text that breaks down the vast array of service options with a critical eye so consumers can get the vital information they need in a straightforward and accessible way. This comprehensive text even includes a “Questions to Ask” section that will help you find the right clinician to fit your exact needs. Some of the topics A Consumer’s Guide to Mental Health Services covers in detail are: causes of mental health problems the three main models of mental health how clinicians who use the different models view mental health types of providers available and the different services they offer talk therapies and medications ethical codes of all professions consumers’ rights the insurance industry, its history and current role matching treatment to the problem alternatives to therapy and much more! A Consumer’s Guide to Mental Health Services is a valuable and practical resource for anyone considering or beginning mental health treatment or their family and friends. It is also a useful addition for educators or students working through introductory courses in all of the major mental health fields.