Assertive outreach : a strengths approach to policy and practice /

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Author / Creator:Ryan, Peter, 1945- DPSW.
Imprint:Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
Description:xi, 274 p.
Language:English
Subject:Community Mental Health Services -- Great Britain.
Mentally Ill Persons -- psychology -- Great Britain.
Chronically ill -- Services for.
Community mental health services.
Mentally ill -- Services for.
Great Britain.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5172790
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Other authors / contributors:Morgan, Steve, occupational therapist.
ISBN:0443073759
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. A guide to policy
  • 1.. The origins of and evidence for case management
  • 2.. The transformation of case management into Assertive Outreach: the policy context 1985-2003
  • 3.. The purpose and principles of a 'strengths' approach
  • Part 2. A guide to practice
  • 4.. Ethical dilemmas
  • 5.. The foundations of creative collaboration
  • 6.. Targeting: who is the client?
  • 7.. Developing trusting working relationships
  • 8.. Strengths assessment
  • 9.. Care planning and care co-ordination
  • 10.. Using psychosocial interventions with the service user
  • 11.. Risk taking
  • 12.. Practice-based evidence
  • Index