The Mental Health Desk Reference: A Practice-Based Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Professional EthicsElizabeth Reynolds Welfel, R. Elliott Ingersoll A practical, easy-to-use, and comprehensive reference for mental health professionals The Mental Health Desk Reference is the ultimate guide to effective and responsible mental health practice. It provides authoritative, concise, and up-to-date information from more than seventy experts regarding diagnosis, treatment, and ethics of practice. Each entry summarizes key constructs and terminology associated with the topic, major findings from research, and specific recommendations on theory and practice. Important topics covered include: * Adjustment disorders and life stress * Diagnosis and treatment of adults * Diagnosis and treatment of children * Crisis intervention * Diverse populations * Group and family interventions * Practice management * Professional issues * Ethical and legal issues * Professional resources These detailed, readable entries-based on the most extensive and reliable research available-form a comprehensive, straightforward, and quick-reference resource applicable to practitioners across every field in mental health. The Mental Health Desk Reference is the single resource no mental health professional can afford to be without. |
Contents
Counseling Clients with Underlying ADULTS WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS | 10 |
Counseling with Unemployed and DevelopmentalWellness | 18 |
Effective College Counseling | 25 |
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | 55 |
NONI K GAYLORD | 83 |
Using Test Data in Counseling | 99 |
Treating Anxiety Disorders | 106 |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult | 112 |
Treatment for Violent Children | 245 |
Responding to Survivors | 252 |
Suicide Risk Assessment | 259 |
Disability and Rehabilitation | 314 |
Counseling Older Adults | 320 |
Counseling Older Adults | 326 |
Affirmative Assessment and Therapy with | 333 |
Counseling Women from | 341 |
Guidelines | 119 |
Clinical Practice Issues in Assessing | 128 |
Management of Personality | 135 |
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT | 153 |
Diagnostic Evaluation of Mental | 162 |
and Victims | 191 |
Assessment and Treatment | 199 |
Counseling Interventions for Children | 205 |
Effective Use of DSMIV | 213 |
Enlisting Appropriate Parental | 219 |
Understanding and Promoting Resilience | 225 |
Substance Abuse | 231 |
Using Brief Groups Effectively | 351 |
Exploring Diversity | 358 |
SolutionFocused Family | 365 |
Assessment in Couple | 372 |
Measuring Outcomes 387 66 Responsible Documentation 459 | 387 |
Advertising Marketing and Financing a 67 Managing Boundaries 465 BARBARA HERLIHY | 393 |
JUDITH A DETRUDE Elder Abuse 478 | 404 |
THE PROFESSION Concepts and Practices 490 | 413 |
Mental Health Disciplines 503 | 426 |
Opportunities | 432 |
Procedures for Filing | 441 |
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