Community mental health teams : a guide to current practices /
Burns, Tom, 1946-
Community mental health teams : a guide to current practices / Tom Burns. - xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford medical publications . - Oxford medical publications. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.
The origins of community psychiatry -- Modern multidisciplinary mental health working -- Generic adult CMHTs -- Assertive outreach teams -- Early intervention teams -- Crisis resolution and home treatment teams -- Highly specialized teams -- The wider context and the research development agenda. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This is the first book to provide practical advice for those working within these teams. It addresses the needs of the individual specialists within the CMHT, and provides clinical advice based on what has been seen to work. The book also looks at the recent development of 'functional' CMHTs - assertive outreach, crisis resolution, and early intervention services, describing how these teams work, their similarities, and their differences." "Written by a leading authority in this field, the book aims to present the difficulties and variations in such team approaches, as well as those in best practice (often overlooked by enthusiastic proponents). It will become the standard text for all those specialists working within and close to Community Mental Health Teams."--BOOK JACKET.
0198529996 9780198529996
2004274612
Community mental health services--Employees
Mental health care teams
RA790.6 / .B87 2004
362.12
Community mental health teams : a guide to current practices / Tom Burns. - xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford medical publications . - Oxford medical publications. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.
The origins of community psychiatry -- Modern multidisciplinary mental health working -- Generic adult CMHTs -- Assertive outreach teams -- Early intervention teams -- Crisis resolution and home treatment teams -- Highly specialized teams -- The wider context and the research development agenda. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This is the first book to provide practical advice for those working within these teams. It addresses the needs of the individual specialists within the CMHT, and provides clinical advice based on what has been seen to work. The book also looks at the recent development of 'functional' CMHTs - assertive outreach, crisis resolution, and early intervention services, describing how these teams work, their similarities, and their differences." "Written by a leading authority in this field, the book aims to present the difficulties and variations in such team approaches, as well as those in best practice (often overlooked by enthusiastic proponents). It will become the standard text for all those specialists working within and close to Community Mental Health Teams."--BOOK JACKET.
0198529996 9780198529996
2004274612
Community mental health services--Employees
Mental health care teams
RA790.6 / .B87 2004
362.12