Understanding MCS: A Therapist's Guide to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Illness

By Roselle P O'Brien

Newly Updated --Understanding MCS is an accessible introduction to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Environmental Illness, and mast cell related disorders that is aligned with the DSM-5. Written primarily for therapists--social workers, mental health counselors, expressive/creative arts therapists, psychologists--it is intended to inform all clinicians and healthcare professionals on how to recognize environmental illnesses and the signs and symptoms with which clients may present. Understanding MCS offers DSM-5 assessments and coding for these hard to recognize and often difficult to manage chronic diseases as well as providing client-focused supports, guidelines for reasonable accommodations, insights regarding treatment planning, and practical suggestions for ways to adapt counseling practices in order to best serve individuals living with these chronic illnesses.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991050428
• ISBN13: 9780991050420
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Center for English Language Arts Publishing
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"