Psychiatry (Oxford Medical Publications) Review

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(More customer reviews)For students of any mental health profession, this is an essential text. It is written, though, with practice in the U.K. predominantly in mind. Nevertheless, if you have ever come across Maurice Sainsbury's "Key to Psychiatry", found its approach direct, concise and waffle-free and longed for a more up-to-date text like it, this is it. It is linked throughout to the ICD-10 and DSM-IV (as every psychiatry text should!) The text doesn't spare a word, the language is rich and free of vague opinionating. Packed as it is with key facts and concise, clear explanations there is little room left for waxing lyrical! But if you like your text books to-the-point, with plenty of bullet-pointed tables elucidating concepts at-a-glance and set out under easy-to-find headings in bite-size chunks, this text does it without losing the rich detail needed. Get it!

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Psychiatry introduces medicine students to the subject in a concise, innovative and memorable way. Its patient-centred approach blends a discussion of the theoretical basis of different psychiatric disorders with an explanation of the management of these disorders in everyday clinical practice, using genuine case histories to place the content in a realistic context.Recognizing that having positive interactions with a patient is central to the provision of successful psychiatric care, the book includes guidance on history-taking and assessment, while also reflecting best practice as set out by current clinical guidelines.Having undergone an extensive revision for this fourth edition, and covering all the major psychiatric conditions in a logically-structured way, the book is an invaluable guide to all individuals who are likely to encounter those with psychiatric problems, including students of medicine, healthcare, and social work. Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre to accompany Psychiatry features DT Figures and tables from the book in electronic formatDT Self-assessment materials for studentsDT Updates on the latest clinical guidelines

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Play in Family Therapy Review

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(More customer reviews)Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques[
[ASIN:0968519962 Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions (Sociology Family Relationships)]]
I originally read this book as a requirement for a one-credit graduate course taught by Eliana Gil. The class was one of the most useful I took in my play therapy training, and I use this book as a regular refresher for the skills I learned. Parents and children respond well to her techniques and they can be used to fit a number of presenting issues. This book is a must-have resource for any clinician who has wanted to engage and help families.

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"At a national conference, I presented a workshop entitled "Do Children Hate Family Therapy?" The attendance was good. Too good. Clearly, the title struck a chord, because children often seem to dislike family therapy. And who could fault them for it? The fact is that many family therapists either exclude young children or do not know how to involve them actively in family sessions...."This is where Dr. Gil's new book succeeds so wonderfully. By drawing on her extensive training and experience as both a child therapist and a family therapist, she shows us how to use all family members' capacities for expressive play simultaneously. Never before have we been treated to such a variety of family play techniques that are presented in such vivid clinical detail....Her methods are captivating to read about and described with sufficient depth so that the reader can visualize their application in everyday clinical situations." --From the Foreword by Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.In Play in Family Therapy, Dr. Eliana Gil provides a hands-on guide to a wealth of play therapy techniques for working with children ages 3 to 12, and shows how to adapt these techniques to conjoint family therapy. Illustrating the inexhaustible potential that play techniques hold for enhancing relatedness, communication, and understanding among families, this essential new volume represents a major step toward merging child and family therapy.Chapters in Part One cover the history of play therapy and the integration of play into family therapy. In Part Two, clinical vignettes illustrate in user-friendly detail the application of such techniques as puppet interviews, art therapy, and story-telling. Dr. Gil covers the presenting problems and family configurations clinicians are likely to encounter when working with children. Throughout, the text describes the problems that may arise--such as family members' reluctance to use play--and shows how to overcome them by setting a positive tone and conveying the expectation that families will find play enjoyable and rewarding.Providing clinicians with useful play techniques with which to expand their repertoire of family interventions, this work will be invaluable to all therapists and students who work with children and their families.

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Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Third Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great foundation book for clinicians who work with children and families in crisis. It covers a range of issues including domestic violence, foster care, divorce, bereavement, and serious illness, and it presents a number of current psychotherapy approaches such as Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. Other books I recommend for clinicians who provide therapy to children and families include:Structured Play-Based Interventions for Engaging Children and Adolescents in Therapy
Techniques-Techniques-Techniques: Play-Based Activities for Children, Adolescents & Families
Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions (Sociology Family Relationships)
Engaging Children in Family Therapy: Creative Approaches to Integrating Theory and Research
Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques
Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families VOLUME TWO: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
Blending Play Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Evidence-Based and Other Effective Treatments and Techniques

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This practical casebook and widely adopted text presents effective, creative approaches to helping children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and natural disasters. While the book retains the focus on in-depth case studies that made prior editions so popular, 17 of the 21 chapters are entirely new, and all chapters reflect the latest knowledge on crisis intervention, trauma, and short-term play therapy. Timely new topics include the crisis of parental military deployment, the impact of Hurricane Katrina on families, immigration-related trauma, terrorism, and disrupted adoption.

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