Attachment Narrative Therapy
by:  Rudi Dallos

Product Description

• What are some of the central connections between narrative, systemic and attachment therapies?
• How do early emotional experiences in families shape our narratives about ourselves and our families?
• In what ways do family attachments shape our narrative abilities, such as being able to reflect on and integrate our experiences?

This book sets out a framework for practice – Attachment Narrative Therapy – that provides a new approach to working with families, couples and individuals. This is not offered as a prescriptive model but as an aid and guide to practice that draws aspects of narrative and attachment therapy into systemic work. The synthesis of these ideas offers clinicians a new integrative way to approach their practice – one in which the three approaches are used to create a greater whole than their constituent parts.The book includes:

• Clinical examples
• Personal reflections
• Frameworks for clinical practice
• Therapeutic guides that include details of the application of core techniques
• Extensive reading guides that offer connections to related theory and practice

Attachment Narrative Therapy is essential reading for a wide variety of therapists and counsellors along with researchers and trainers in those fields. It also provides insight into good practice for health and social welfare professionals in the area of family and child welfare.

About the Author

Rudi Dallos is a Consultant Clinical psychologist and Programme Director of the D.Clin. Psychology training programme at the University of Plymouth. He also teaches on qualifying systemic family therapy courses, an intermediate family therapy course and conducts a variety of guest lecturing. He offers extensive clinical and research supervision, especially in areas related to this proposed publication.

Product details Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: Open University Press (1 May 2006) Language English ISBN-10: 0335214177 ISBN-13: 978-0335214174 Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm

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Geriatric Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry)

Geriatric Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry) (v. 22)

ISBN-10: 1585621161 | ISBN-13: 978-1585621163 | Publication Date: May 2003 | Edition: 1

With an aging baby boomer population and life-prolonging medical advances, psychiatrists must brace for an estimated 10 million late-life patients by the year 2020. Geriatric Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry, Volume 22) outlines current research on this burgeoning patient group, with practice implications for clinicians. In Geriatric Psychiatry renowned experts review the latest information on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment options, including pharmacological and behavioral therapies, for a range of late-life disorders: -Depression and anxiety disordersAA look at late-stage depression and anxiety, with specific information on depression that complicates dementia -DementiaAResearch advances for better understanding of pathophysiology, improved treatment options, and identification of risk factors -Late-life psychotic disordersATreating late-life schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder, as well as comorbidity associated with disorders such as AlzheimerAs disease, ParkinsonAs disease, and others -Late-life addictionsAScreening, assessment, treatment, compliance issues, and outcomes for patients with prescription drug and alcohol addictions and comorbid conditions Also included is an overview of the mental health delivery system for older adults today, including trends in federal expenditures, managed care, long-term-care regulatory trends, special concerns for older adults with severe mental illness, and legislative and policy initiatives. Every psychiatrist who treats adults must prepare for a major increase in older patients. Geriatric Psychiatry serves as a vital update on current knowledge and practice options for improving quality of life in older adults with mental illnesses.

Review

"With the help of a well-selected group of authors from his and other institutions, Dr. Mellow provides a timely and scholarly overview of some hot issues in geriatric psychiatry."-- "James Ellison, M.D., Psychiatric Services", "Mrch 2004"

About the Author

Alan M. Mellow, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan and Director of the Mental Health Service Line in the Veterans Healthcare Network 11 at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Product Details Paperback: 212 pages Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 1 edition (May 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1585621161 ISBN-13: 978-1585621163

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