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The multimodal treatment of acute psychiatric illness is an integrated, systematic set of interventions stabilizing individuals with severe mental illness and helping them avoid the trauma of unnecessary psychiatric hospitalization. Focusing on patients suffering from schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, severe anxiety, and substance dependence, this volume provides individual practitioners and professional teams with the necessary tools for responding to crisis and delivering acute care, reinforcing lessons with real-world hospital case studies, exercises, and resources.
List of contents
Preface1. Hospital Diversion ProgramsWhy Do Hospital Diversion Programs Exist?Do Hospital Diversion Programs Work?2. Integrative and Multimodal TreatmentIntegrative TreatmentMultimodal Therapy3. Severe Mental Illness Treatment Literature: An OverviewSchizophrenia and Schizoaffective DisorderBipolar and Major Depressive DisorderPTSD and Panic DisorderSubstance-Related Disorders4. Multimodal Acute CareA Review of Crisis and Brief Intervention ModelsA Proposed Acute Care ApproachTheoretical Basis of the ApproachA Recovery-Oriented ApproachComponents of Multimodal Acute Care5. Fundamental Tools and TechniquesSuicide/Self-Harm AssessmentDrug ScreenCrisis Action PlanContractsImprove Coping SkillsActivity SchedulingAssertiveness TrainingMedication AdherenceGeneral Tips for Addressing Social and Environmental Issues6. Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective DisorderPerform AssessmentEstablish EquilibriumAddress Social and Environmental IssuesRelapse Prevention7. Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder Perform Assessment Establish Equilibrium Address Social and Environmental Issues Relapse Prevention8. PTSD and Panic DisorderPerform AssessmentEstablish EquilibriumAddress Social and Environmental IssuesRelapse Prevention9. Substance-Related Disorders Perform Assessment Establish Equilibrium Address Social and Environmental Issues Relapse Prevention10. Important Treatment Considerations Unique Challenges Associated with the Borderline Personality Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health Treatment Religion and Spirituality as a Coping Resource ConclusionAppendix A: Crisis Action PlanAppendix B: Thought Change WorksheetAppendix C: Stress-Vulnerability Model DiagramsReferencesIndex
About the author
Justin M. Simpson is a licensed psychologist with a private clinical practice in Mount Vernon, New York. Glendon L. Moriarty is a licensed psychologist and professor in the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University.
Summary
Integrated, systematic interventions that focus on those suffering from schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, severe anxiety, and substance dependence
