Clients & Patients – Page 3 – A New Vision for Mental Health

Building for Better Health: How Architecture & Design Can Address the Mental Health Crisis

Author: Editorial 28th July 2021 0 Comments

This article by Aditi Desai appears on the website of the Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology. It begins: “The term ‘psych ward’ calls to mind grim, often uncomfortable, images: from the stereotypical “deranged” mental patient who is dangerously violent to…
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Aditi Desai, architecture, Banner-University Medical Center South, building design, Clients & Patients, Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology, in-patients, Scrivner Center for Mental Health & Addiction Services

Counselling And Psychotherapy For Beginners And Life Skills For Everyone

Author: Editorial 15th March 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Judith Schuepfer-Griffin. The publishers say: “Are you thinking of starting therapy and are unsure what to expect? Or have you reached a point in your life where you feel stuck; where you want to peel…
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books, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, Judith Schuepfer-Griffin, life skillls, psychotherapy

The Patient Revolution: How We Can Heal the Healthcare System

Author: Editorial 12th February 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by David Gilbert. It applies to healthcare across the board, but this of courses includes mental healthcare, and is relevant to the person-centred approach. The publishers say: “The NHS is in crisis – it’s in record…
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books, Clients & Patients, David Gilbert, patient-led healthcare, person-centred

Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach

Author: Editorial 14th December 2020 0 Comments

This book has been edited by by Nicholas Procter, Helen Hamer, Denise McGarry , Rhonda Wilson and Terry Froggatt. The publishers say: “Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach aligns leading mental health research with the human connections that can and should be…
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Australia, books, Clients & Patients, Denise McGarry, Helen Hamer, New Zealand, Nicholas Procter, person-centered, person-centred, Rhonda Wilson, Terry Froggatt

Too Many Pills

Author: Editorial 7th February 2020 0 Comments

The full title of this book (published 2018) is Too Many Pills: How Too Much Medicine is Endangering Our Health and What We Can Do About. Written by Dr. James Le Fanu, a General Practitioner in South London, it focuses on…
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a wellbeing society

book, Clients & Patients, James Le Fanu, medicalisation, pharmaceutical industry, prescription drugs, wellbeing

‘My doctor mistook my OCD for paedophilia’

Author: Editorial 31st January 2020 0 Comments

For Matt [not his real name], speaking out about his mental health problem had serious unintended consequences. Reporting for the BBC, Natasha Preskey writes : “‘They treat him like a paedophile. They treat him like the worst kind of abuser. This…
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BBC, Clients & Patients, Natasha Preskey, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, paedophilia, Risk-averse culture, safeguarding referrals

Beyond Best Practice: How Mental Health Services Can Be Better

Author: Editorial 29th November 2019 2 Comments

“… massive amounts of time and energy are spent defining the scope of clinical practice and standardizing service delivery. Despite our best intentions … rules ultimately replace our client’s reality. Defining their problems, and regulating the methods used to treat…
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books, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, David Prescott, feedback, Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT), psychotherapy, Scott Miller

The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 28th November 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Daryl Chow. The publishers say: “Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do people disengage so early, when we have so much to…
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books, client engagement, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, Daryl Chow, dropout rates, psychotherapy

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Author: Editorial 17th October 2019 0 Comments

A member of in2gr8mentalhealth writes : “I can’t believe it’s been nearly a year since I started my clinical doctorate. People ask me – how is it going? Is it what you expected? I never know how to answer, or even what…
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Clients & Patients, healing the healer, In2gr8mentalhealth, mental health professionals, stigmatisation, training

Psychology, Mental Health and Distress

Author: Editorial 9th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by John Cromby, David Harper and Paula Reavey. The publishers say: “What does the word ‘schizophrenia’ mean to you? Perhaps your first thought is of someone with a medical condition that involves some kind of brain…
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abnormal psychology, books, Clients & Patients, David Harper, John Cromby, Paula Reavey, psychiatry, psychology, psychopathology