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Great book for mental health professionals!

Families as Partners in Mental Health Care: A Guidebook for Implementing Family Work by Diane Froggatt, Grainne Fadden, Dale L. Johnson, Margaret Leggatt and Radha Shankar. 

 

From the back cover:

This guidebook is written by people with an enormous commitment to those who have psychiatric illnesses and their families. In a down-to-eath way it describes how professionals can involve themselves in working with families of their clients for better relationships and superior outcome. Terms such as psychoeducation, family interventions, etc. are not well understood even in the mental health field, despite decades of positive research. The aim of this book is to inform and motivate more people and more mental health services to adopt and implement family work as a part of basic care for those they treat and care for.

It is for all those who are involved with the care of people with mental health problems: psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and other health professionals, as well as policy makers, service managers, families, carers and persons themselves who are unwell.

Excerpt from a review in Australasian Psychiatry Vol 16, No.5 October 2008 by internationally known Professor Helen Herrman:

. . . The book succeeds in its aim to provide a simple and clear guide to family work for all those involved in the care of people with mental illness: psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers and other mental health professionals along with policy-makers, service managers, families, carers and persons with experience of mental health problems. It provides encouragement as well as a guide. After reading this many will see the value and the possibility of using family work, as well as the possibility of undertaking its adaptation and evaluation in a range of settings. Others will be encouraged by the work of WFSAD in supporting the development of family self-help groups and the role of family members in service development. I recommend it highly to all those working and training in psychiatry and mental health services, and to the mangers and policy-makers in our countries and beyond.

Excerpt from a review in the ISPS(International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses) February Newsletter by Alex Reed:

. . . this book therefore couldn’t be more timely. Edited by an impressive international team who bring vast experience and passion to the task, it includes contributions from around the globe. It is striking, (and perhaps says something about the fairly homogenous culture of psychiatry), that although the contributors are writing from different countries, all of the chapters have relevance for a UK readership. . .

The book is inspiring in that it is crammed full of practical advice about how to influence the culture of mental health services towards family inclusiveness. . .

This highly readable and inspiring book is a major contribution to the field, directly addressing the complexities of implementation and compellingly re-asserting the requirement for family involvement and family work to be at the centre rather than the margins of psychiatric care. It needs to be read widely and should be required reading on training programmes for all mental health staff.

 

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Information Papers

Below is the complete list of our information papers on schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and schizo-affective disorder. These papers and booklets will inform you about the possible causes, the symptoms and the treatment of the disorders. They will also assist carers and people with mental illness, giving them information on living, coping and dealing day-to-day with these conditions.

Download: You may download many of our information papers in English. See the box below for papers in Russian. For Spanish pamphlets go to our Spanish section.

Books and Websites: You can also see our Resource Section for information about recommended books and websites.

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Information Papers:

1	Booklet #1 Information for Families: About Schizophrenia; How to Behave; Maintaining Your Own Health; Taking Medications and PORT Medication Table for Schizophrenia		English
2	Booklet #2 Information for Families: Warning Signs of Mental Illness or Relapse; Managing a Crisis; Risk of Suicide		English
3	Booklet #3 Information for Families: Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder & Schizoaffective Disorder		English
4	Suggestions to Help Your Relative Take Medications		English
5a	My Brother, My Sister: Siblings of People with Schizophrenia		English
5b	Leave My Stuff Alone: Schizophrenia Explained to Teen Siblings		English
6	A Million Stories: One Family’s Journey Towards Recovery – Keynote Talk @ World Health Assembly – D. Froggatt		English
7	Biological Basis for Schizophrenia		English
8a	Families in Limbo – Address to WFSAD Members - M. Leggatt, PhD		English
8b	The Contribution of Families – Address to WFMH Congress  - D. Froggatt		English
8c	Consumers, Carers, Clinicians in Collaboration – Address in Kyoto -  M. Leggatt, PhD		English
9	How to Deal with Some Common Symptoms of Schizophrenia - Dr. P. Weyden & Dr. L. Havens	English
10	Self Help Pointers for Consumers - no longer available
11	Developing Self-help & Support Organizations for Families		English
12a	When a Parent has Mental Illness: Helping Children Cope		English
12b	When a Parent has Mental Illness: I Grew up Very Fast		English
13	What to Ask the Doctor		English
14	Tips for Families Living with People with Mood Disorders (In preparation)
15	Conference Proceedings: WFSAD`s 7th International Conference, Canada, 2007		English
16	Book List		English
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Also see the World Health Organization`s website for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for descriptions of the mental illnesses: F00-F99.

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