Assertive Outreach in Mental Healthcare (eBook)

Caroline Williams is Company Director of User Friendly Psychiatry Ltd and a Programme Director and Clinical Tutor at Lancaster University. She was previously Assertive Outreach Manager at Five Borough Partnership NHS Trust, Warrington, Merseyside and has provided consultancy and training to Assertive Outreach teams in England and Wales. Caroline was also a National Steering Group Member of the National Forum for Assertive Outreach. Mike Firn is Clinical Service Development Lead at South West London & St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust. He is also Chair of the National Forum for Assertive Outreach. Simon Wharne is the South East Regional Representative for the National Forum for Assertive Outreach and Team Leader for the Hastings and Rother Outreach Team. Dr Rob Macpherson is Consultant Psychiatrist in rehabilitation and assertive outreach, based at Wotton Lawn Hospital, Gloucester. He is also Training Programme Director for general adult psychiatry, Severn Deanery.

Contributors.

Foreword (Kim T. Mueser, PhD).

Editors' preface (Caroline Williams, Mike Firn, Simon Wharne
and Rob Macpherson).

1 What does research tell us about assertive community
treatment? (Andrew Molodynski and Tom Burns).

2 Multi-professional working in assertive outreach teams
(Hannah Steer and Steve Onyett).

3 Fidelity and flexibility (Caroline Williams, Rob Macpherson
and Mike Firn).

4 Cognitive behaviour therapy for assertive outreach service
users (Robert Griffiths, Caroline Williams and Neil
Harris).

5 Dual diagnosis: putting policy into practice (Rory Allott,
Ian Wilson and Mike Firn).

6 Use of medication in assertive outreach (Rob Macpherson and
Tom Edwards).

7 Relatives', friends' and carers' experiences:
involvement and support (Simon Wharne, Sara Meddings, Tizzie
Coleman and Jo Coldwell).

8 Service user experience: engagement and recovery (Simon
Wharne and Kamal Spilsted).

9 Assertive outreach: stigmatising treatment or social
inclusion? (Simon Wharne).

10 Meeting the black and ethnic minority agenda (Simon Wharne
and Neil Sanyal).

11 Diversity and assertive outreach (Simon Wharne and
Caroline Williams).

12 Personal autonomy, leverage and coercion (Mike Firn and
Andrew Molodynski).

13 Targets, outcomes and service evaluation (Mike
Firn).

14 Funky mental health (Steve Morgan and Sue Jugon).

Index.

"In addition to providing information for individuals
providing assertive outreach services or interested in the nature
of these services, how these services are delivered, and their
outcomes, this book also looks at a variety of ways to
conceptualize the goals of these services and the perspectives of
those who receive them." (Doody's, 23
March 2012)