Community Mental Health Teams (Oxford Medical Publications)

community Mental Health Teams (cmhts) Have Evolved Over The Last 30-40 Years To Serve Patients With Mental Illnesses Who Would Previously Have Been Treated In Large Mental Hospitals. They Play A Pivotal Role In The Provision Of Mental Health Care In The Developed World. Consisting Of Nurses, Doctors, Social Workers, And Psychologists, The People Within These Teams Work Together To Care For Individuals With Severe Mental Illnesses Outside The Hospital. Because Cmhts Have Evolved, Rather Then Been Developed, Little Has Been Written About How They Should Work - How The Multidisciplinary Members Of The Teams Can Work Effectively Together, Who Should Do What Within The Team. 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 Will Become The Standard Text For All Those Specialists Working Within And Close To Community Mental Health Teams. doody Review Services reviewer: jayalakshmi Jambunathan, Phd, Msn, Ma, Bsn, Bsc(university Of Wisconsin-oshkosh) description: this Book About Community Mental Health Teams (cmht) Addresses The Needs Of The Specialists Within These Teams And Provides Clinical Advice Based On What Has Been Working. In Addition, Recent Development Of Functional Cmhts, Such As Assertive Outreach, Crisis Resolution, And Early Intervention Services, Is Described. purpose: the Purpose Is To Delineate The Difficulties And Variations In Community Mental Health Team Approaches As Well As Those In Best Practice. These Are Worthy Objectives As The Author Attempts To Emphasize The Important Differences In Structure And Function Between The Different Cmhts In Order To Make Them Better Adapted To Different Patient Needs. The Author Has Not Only Described The Different Cmhts, But Also Their Different Approaches With An Emphasis On Their Similarities And Differences; The Book Meets The Objectives. audience: the Book Is Written For All Practitioners -- Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, And Other Therapists -- Comprising The Mental Health Team. The Author Is A Credible Authority, A Professor Of Social Psychiatry At The University Of Oxford. He Was The Consultant In Charge Of The Wandsworth Assertive Outreach Team. features: the Book Describes The Pivotal Role Of Community Mental Health Teams In The Provision Of Mental Healthcare Throughout The World. The Professionals In These Teams Of Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists And Other Therapists Work Together To Provide Care For Individuals With Severe Mental Illnesses Outside The Hospital Setting. The Book Briefly Describes The Evolution Of The Cmhts, But Delves Deeply Into How The Multidisciplinary Treatment Team Members Can Work Effectively Together, And Who Within The Team Should Do What. Each Content Area Is Enhanced Further By Tables Illustrating Criteria, Elements, And Services Of The Different Teams, Making It Easy To Follow. assessment: this High Quality Book Will Be Useful Not Only To Professionals Who Are Part Of The Multidisciplinary Treatment Teams, But Also To Those Aspiring To Be Team Members. As The Author Aptly States, The Intent Of The Book Is To Describe The Similarities And Differences (more The Similarities) Because Too Often The Differences Are Exaggerated. 0198529996......Page 1 Contents......Page 12 1 The origins of community psychiatry......Page 14 The asylum era......Page 16 The 1930s and new optimism......Page 17 World war II and the origins of modern social psychiatry......Page 18 The open door policy and early social psychiatry developments......Page 20 The welfare state......Page 21 Deinstitutionalization......Page 23 The multidisciplinary community mental health team......Page 34 Person-skills and temperament......Page 36 Team leadership......Page 46 Diversity......Page 47 Procedures and paperwork......Page 48 Communication......Page 54 Care pathways......Page 55 Conclusions......Page 59 3 Generic adult CMHTs......Page 62 Who is the team for?......Page 63 Assessment procedures......Page 69 Systematic reviews......Page 76 Origins of assertive outreach......Page 86 Who is assertive outreach for?......Page 89 Team structure and routines......Page 92 Hours of operation......Page 96 Team meetings......Page 98 Inpatients......Page 106 Referrals and discharge......Page 107 Discharge from AO......Page 108 Team days and development......Page 113 Conclusions......Page 114 Origins of early intervention teams......Page 116 Who is it for?......Page 122 Team components......Page 126 Specific EIS interventions......Page 133 Responsibility for inpatient care......Page 146 Relationships with inpatient services and other teams......Page 148 Conclusions......Page 149 Crisis intervention theory and the history of crisis teams......Page 150 Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)......Page 152 Crisis resolution and home treatment teams......Page 155 Who are CR/HT teams for?......Page 156 Team structure and staffing......Page 160 Hours of operation and shift working......Page 164 Referrals and assessments......Page 167 Caseload management......Page 171 Liaison and handover......Page 174 Gatekeeping and inpatient care......Page 176 Dispensing and medication management......Page 177 Using the ward, day hospitals, and day centres......Page 178 Conclusions......Page 179 Age specific teams......Page 182 Teams serving special populations......Page 185 Conclusions......Page 189 The importance of wider social developments......Page 192 The importance of ‘unimportant’ activity......Page 197 The research agenda......Page 199 Conclusions......Page 201 References......Page 204 B......Page 218 D......Page 219 H......Page 220 N......Page 221 S......Page 222 V......Page 223 Z......Page 224 Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have evolved over the last 30-40 years to serve patients with mental illnesses who would previously have been treated in large mental hospitals. They play a pivotal role in the provision of mental health care in the developed world. Consisting of nurses, doctors, social workers, and psychologists, the people within these teams work together to care for individuals with severe mental illnesses outside the hospital. Because CMHTs have evolved, rather then been developed, little has been written about how they should work - how the multidisciplinary members of the teams can work effectively together, who should do what within the team. 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 will become the standard text for all those specialists working within and close to community mental health teams. Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have evolved over the last 30-40 years to serve patients with mental illnesses who would previously have been treated in large mental hospitals. They play a pivotal role in the provision of mental health care in the developed world. Consisting of nurses, doctors, social workers, and psychologists, the people within these teams work together to care for individuals with severe mental illnesses outside the hospital. Because CMHTs have evolved, rather than been developed, little has been written about how they should work - how the multidisciplinary members of the teams can work effectively together, who should do what within the team. 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 will become the standard text for all those specialists working within and close to community mental health teams. Addresses the needs of the individual specialists within the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT). This book also looks at the development of 'functional' CMHTs - Assertive Outreach, Crisis resolution, and early intervention services, describing how these teams work, their similarities, and their differences. Provides practical advice for those working within community mental health teams, addressing the needs of individual specialists and providing clinical advice based on proven methods