Community Mental Health Reader
Author: Samuel J Rosenberg
The Community Mental Health Reader is an interdisciplinary resource for students preparing to become mental health professionals, those functioning as practitioners in community mental health settings or policy planners engaged in the evaluation and development of programs in the human services. Drs. Samuel and Jessica Rosenberg seek to clarify the issues surrounding community mental health.
Starting with an overview of the field, focusing on the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, the Reader goes on to cover: various treatment modalities (psychoeducation, self-help, peer groups, clubhouse programs and assertive community treatment teams); the economic, policy and treatment issues unique to vulnerable populations; .the issues surrounding September 11, 2001, and the many distinct aspects of post-9/11 care and preparedness planning. The final section five considers the present state of community mental health and future trends in managed care, potential terrorism and current research.
Table of Contents:
| Introduction : conceptualizing the challenges in community mental health | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | Patient, client, consumer, survivor : the mental health consumer movement in the United States | 7 |
| Ch. 2 | Consumer-providers' theories about recovery from serious psychiatric disabilities | 15 |
| Ch. 3 | Pursuing hope and recovery : an integrated approach to psychiatric rehabilitation | 25 |
| Ch. 4 | In the community : aftercare for seriously mentally ill persons from their own perspectives | 35 |
| Ch. 5 | The wraparound process : individualized, community-based care for children and adolescents with intensive needs | 47 |
| Ch. 6 | Evidence-based treatment for adults with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders | 61 |
| Ch. 7 | Putting values into practice : involuntary treatment interventions in mental health | 73 |
| Ch. 8 | Neuropsychiatric perspectives for community mental health theory and practice | 83 |
| Ch. 9 | Public mental health systems : breaking the impasse in the treatment of oppressed groups | 103 |
| Ch. 10 | Stigma, sexual orientation, and mental illness : a community mental health perspective | 117 |
| Ch. 11 | African Americans and mental health | 125 |
| Ch. 12 | Mental health issues of Chinese Americans : help-seeking behaviors and culturally relevant services | 141 |
| Ch. 13 | Psychological intervention with Hispanic patients : a review of selected culturally syntonic treatment approaches | 153 |
| Ch. 14 | Homeless shelters : an uneasy component of the de facto mental health system | 169 |
| Ch. 15 | The practice effectiveness of case management services for homeless persons with alcohol, drug, or mental health problems | 181 |
| Ch. 16 | We'll meet you on your bench : developing a therapeutic alliance with the homeless mentally ill patient | 195 |
| Ch. 17 | Social work in a managed care environment | 209 |
| Ch. 18 | Networks and organizational identity : on the front lines of behavioral health | 221 |
| Ch. 19 | The uncertain future of public mental health systems : a West Virginia case study | 233 |
| Ch. 20 | Mental health leadership in a turbulent world | 247 |
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Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues
Author: Janice E Nichols
"Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues is a comprehensive look into the struggles that older people with HIV face. The interviews offer an insight into the complicated struggles of a segment of the HIV population that has often been forgotten. Sex and substance use are alive and well in the older population. Providers involved with the care of older people need to have in-depth information on the impact of HIV on aging. This book is a real 'eye opener' for clinicians, care managers, and anyone who makes decisions about HIV care."
--Donna Gallagher, Director, New England AIDS Education and Training Center, Boston, U.S.A.
"The interweaving of descriptive findings from the 172 HIV+ subjects and the in-depth data from the 15 people living in Florida, along with a comprehensive application of the professional literature, enhances our understanding of the realities of aging and living with HIV/AIDS. This work is a 'must have' resource for providers and researchers interested in the lives of middle-aged and older people living with HIV/AIDS."
--Kathleen M. Nokes, CUNY, U.S.A.
"In one of the first scientific book length reports of older HIV positive people, the authors sensitively reveal the vulnerability, depression, poverty and isolation of one of the fastest growing portions of the epidemic. Their attention to these often hidden people, often living in minority communities, calls upon all of us to change our thinking about older adults and develop education, service, and support programs to address their needs."
--Nathan L. Linsk, Principal Investigator, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, Founding Co-chair, National Association of HIV OverFifty, University of Illinois at Chicago
Although the percentage of total HIV cases attributed to older adults is increasing, we know little about how the disease affects them. From providing appropriate medical and social services to combating ageism and social discrimination, health and social services workers can significantly increase their effectiveness if they recognize the differences between HIV/AIDS in younger and older people.
This study uses a broad, interview-based survey of people living with HIV over the age of 45 in the West Central Florida area. Encompassing demographics, health, treatment, accessed services and patients' social lives and mental health, its quantitative and qualitative data offers a thorough and useful profile of older adults with HIV.
Booknews
Referring to a West Central Florida research project survey of adults 45 and older living with HIV as a chronic rather than terminal illness, Nichols (aging and mental health, U. of South Florida, Tampa) and her colleagues discuss the growing incidence of the disease among older adults, and the prevention, medical, attitudinal, and support services challenges that this population poses in addition to the usual issues of aging. Based on their findings validating that such variables as education level, substance abuse, and pre-infection medical status correlate with mental health, recommendations are made regarding policy and service planning. Project details and the interview schedule are appended. The authors are also affiliated with the Louis de la Plarte Florida Mental Health Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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