Promotes a more humane and effective response to treating severely distressed people that will prove essential reading for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists and of great interest to all those who work in the mental health service.
In this revised edition, the authors focus on the what and how of effective community mental health. They present guidelines that should enable clinicians to provide services that are cost effective, humane and growth-promoting.
This text examines the role of psychotherapy in the treatment of schizophrenia. It describes psychiatric workers' approaches and methods and includes research and pracitcal clinical material on dealing with schizophrenics.