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Author Eack, Shaun M., author

Title Mental health case management : a practical guide / by Shaun M. Eack, Carol M. Anderson and Catherine G. Greeno
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, [2013]
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, 2013
©2013

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Description xiii, 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Importance of the Case Manager in Community Mental Health -- Why a Manual for Case Management? -- How to Use This Manual -- 2.Getting Started as a Case Manager -- Logistics and Responsibilities -- Your First Clients -- Working With Other Professionals -- Working With Families -- Working With Issues of Culture, Race, and Class -- 3.The Recovery Model -- What Is Recovery? -- Components of Recovery -- Recovery and Case Management -- 4.Being an Ethical Case Manager -- Personal Practice Guidelines of Case Management -- Big Ethical Pitfalls -- Mandated Reporting -- Psychiatric Advance Directives -- What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do -- 5.Identifying and Managing the Symptoms of Severe Mental Illness -- It's Not All About Symptoms -- Symptoms of Psychotic Disorders -- Symptoms of Mood Disorders -- Symptoms of Personality Disorders -- Helping Consumers Manage Symptoms of Severe Mental Illness --
Contents note continued: 6.Medications for Managing the Symptoms of Severe Mental Illness -- Medications for Managing Psychotic Disorders -- Medications for Managing Mood Disorders -- Medications for Managing Personality Disorders -- Enhancing Medication Use -- Shared Decision Making Regarding Medications -- 7.Resource Brokering: The Big Two -- Overview of Disability Benefits -- Applying for Disability Benefits -- Overview of Housing Benefits -- Applying for Housing Benefits -- Keeping in Touch During the Process -- Collaborating With Community Resource Providers -- 8.Managing Crises as a Case Manager -- Preventing Crises -- Developing a Crisis Plan -- Assessing for the Risk of Suicide -- Acting on Crises -- 9.Identifying and Managing Substance Use Problems -- Knowing When Substance Use Is a Problem -- A Client Has a Substance Use Problem-Now What? -- Tips for Working With Individuals Who Have Substance Use Problems -- 10.Comorbid Health Problems --
Contents note continued: Health and Severe Mental Illness -- You Need to Advocate -- Obesity and Diabetes -- Smoking and Tobacco -- Beyond Life-Threatening Conditions -- You're Not the Doc -- 11.Helping Clients Find Work and Stay Employed -- The Importance of Work -- How to Support Employment as a Case Manager -- Tips for Getting Past the Barriers to Employment -- 12.Taking Care of Yourself -- What Exactly Is Burnout? -- Why Taking Care of Yourself Is Important -- Guidelines for the Ongoing Nurturance of Your Professional Energy and Spirit -- When Burnout Occurs -- Summary
Summary "The guide is purposely devoid of extensive theoretical and historical discourse, and rather focuses on a direct and to-the-point approach that time-pressed readers will appreciate when learning the fundamentals of providing mental health case management." -- Publisher
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Managed mental health care -- Textbooks.
Community mental health services -- Administration -- Textbooks.
Mentally ill -- Services for -- Textbooks.
Mentally ill -- Care.
Mental health services.
Management.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Author Anderson, Carol M., 1939- author
Greeno, Catherine G., author
LC no. 2012010924
ISBN 9781452235264 (paperback)