Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition discusses interventions to help individuals with mental illness improve the quality of their life, achieve goals, and increase opportunities for community integration so they can lead full and productive lives. This person-centered approach emphasizes strengths, skills development, and the attainment of valued social roles. It has been fully updated with new coverage indicating how to address medical problems while treating mental illness, wellness and recovery, evidence-based practices, and directions for future research.

Retaining the easy to read, engaging style, each chapter includes case studies, profiles of leaders in the field, special issues relating to treatment and ethics, and class exercises. Providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field, the book is suitable as an undergraduate or graduate textbook, as well as a reference for practitioners and academic researchers. A new test bank is available for professors teaching the course.