Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services: "I Am More Than My Label"

by Joel K. Simon and Thorana S. Nelson

Book Overview

Valuable patient-centered ideas for treating mental illness

Traditional forms of mental health care can often center more on simply avoiding hospitalization than on promoting wellness by focusing on a patient's personal feelings and hopes. In fact, these established methods can even have a dehumanizing and devaluing effect on a patient. Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services is a practical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789027941
• ISBN13: 9780789027948
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.8"