Learning About Mental Health Practice

This textbook outlines the key areas of mental health practice for those in the early stages of their training, who may not necessarily come from psychology backgrounds. Accompanies the lecturer's book 'Teaching Mental Health' Focuses on the 'Ten Essential Shared Capabilities' that have been developed by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health In partnership with the BABCP, Lord Layard is recommending that more mental health graduates be trained in order to meet demand for mental health services in the UK

Theo Stickley trained in counselling and mental health nursing, and practised in both professions for many years. He now teaches mental health at the University of Nottingham and has published widely in the nursing and mental health press. The focus of his research is mental health and the arts, and he has led on a number of research projects in collaboration with people who use mental health services. Theo is a keen gardener, motorcyclist and artist (but has not yet found a way to combine all three simultaneously).

Thurstine Basset trained as social worker and worked as a community worker and social work practitioner, mostly in the mental health field. he is now an independent training and development consultant and runs his own company, which is based in Brighton. He works for national voluntary agencies, such as Mind, together and the Mental Health Foundation. With the Richmond Fellowship, he is the joint course leader for its Diploma in Community Mental Health, which is accredited by Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Brighton. He has written mental health learning materials, many of which are published by Pavilion Publishing, with which he works in an advisory role. He likes to walk and watch cricket.

About the editors	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Preface	p. xxi
Acknowledgement	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Foundations for Mental Health Practice - The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities	p. 7
The ten essential shared capabilities: their background, development and implementation	p. 9
The ten essential shared capabilities in practice	p. 23
Working in partnership	p. 39
Respecting diversity through acknowledging, valuing and using diversity and challenging inequalities (AVUDCI)	p. 53
Practising ethically: values-based practice and ethics - working together to support person-centred and multidisciplinary mental health care	p. 79
Challenging inequality	p. 105
Promoting recovery	p. 119
Identifying people's needs and strengths	p. 141
Providing service user centred care	p. 157
Making a difference	p. 173
Positive risk taking: a framework for practice	p. 195
Personal development and learning	p. 213
Issues for Mental Health Practice	p. 233
Social perspectives on mental distress	p. 235
Socially inclusive practice	p. 253
Equality and rights: Overcoming social exclusion and discrimination	p. 271
Service user involvement	p. 291
Connecting the parts to the whole: Achieving effective teamwork in complex systems	p. 311
Problems associated with the use of the concept 'mental illness'	p. 329
Drugs, alcohol and mental health	p. 347
Gender inequality and the mental health of women and men	p. 381
The trauma model of psychosis	p. 401
Approaches for Mental Health Practice	p. 417
Carers' experiences of mental health services and views about assessments: Lessons from the Partnership in Carer Assessments Project (PICAP)	p. 419
Therapeutic relationships	p. 439
Psychological approaches to mental health	p. 463
Employment: What you should know and what you should do	p. 479
Treating creatively: The challenge of treating the creative mind	p. 495
Social inclusion and psychosocial interventions: Clash, compromise or coherence?	p. 511
Spirituality and mental health	p. 531
Holistic approaches in mental health	p. 555
The capable practitioner of the future	p. 571
Index	p. 575
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