Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

• By Alison Wertheimer

Every year, 8,500 people in the UK will have a subarachnoid haemorrhage, of whom about 50 per cent will survive this traumatic brain injury which often occurs without warning. Survivors can make a ‘good’ neurological recovery but the psychosocial impact can be longer lasting. Drawing from her own experience of surviving a subarachnoid haemorrhage, together with other people's journeys of recovery and recent research findings, Alison Wertheimer covers:

• themes of recovery

• leaving neurocare and early days of recovery

• looking for help

• physical, sensory and cognitive effects

• the emotional impact of subarachnoid haemorrhage

• the survivor’s relationship with family and friends

• returning to work

• what helped the survivors with their recovery

• subarachnoid haemorrhage as a life-changing event.

A Dented Image will be of interest to a wide-ranging audience: survivors and their families and friends; health professionals working with people recovering from acute brain injury in hospital and community-based services including doctors, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other members of rehabilitation teams. It may also be of interest to people recovering from other traumatic illnesses or injuries.

ISBN: 9780415386715

Published July 02 2008 by Routledge.

Continuing Bonds in the 21st Century

• By Christine Valentine

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best or only way to help the bereaved. In a radical departure, it emphasises normality and social and cultural diversity in grieving.

Exploring the significance of the dying person’s final moments for those who are left behind, this book sheds new light on the variety of ways in which bereaved people maintain their relationship with dead loved ones and how the dead retain a significant social presence in the lives of the living. It draws practical conclusions for professionals in relation to the complex and social nature of grief and the value placed on the right to grieve in one’s own way – supporting and encouraging the bereaved person to articulate their own experience and find their own methods of coping.

Based on new empirical research, Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an innovative and invaluable read for all students and researchers of death, dying and bereavement.

ISBN: 9780415457293

Published June 30 2008 by Routledge.

Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide

• By Heather Fiske

• current knowledge about preventing suicide at the individual level
• helping clients to utilize their strengths even when they are in crisis
• how research in diverse areas supports the solution-focused approach
• effective treatment for couples and families when one member is suicidal
• basic approaches to effective therapy with young children and teens who have attempted suicide
• respectful, effective therapy with people who seem to have adopted being suicidal as their primary coping strategy
• therapeutic tools that help the therapist to stay hopeful about clients and strengthen the therapeutic relationship

ISBN: 9780789033932

Published May 28 2008 by Routledge.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

• Edited by Stephen Briggs, Alessandra Lemma, William Crouch

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide presents original studies and research from contemporary psychoanalysts, therapists and academics focusing on the psychoanalytic understanding of suicide and self-harm, and how this can be applied to clinical work and policy.

This powerful critique of current thinking suggests that suicide and self-harm must be understood as having meaning within interpersonal and intrapsychic relationships, offering a new and more hopeful dimension for prevention and recovery. Divided into three sections, the book includes:

• a theoretical overview
• examples of psychoanalytic practice with self-harming and suicidal patients
• applications of psychoanalytic thinking to suicide and self-harm prevention.

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide will be helpful to psychoanalytic therapists, analysts and mental health professionals wanting to integrate psychoanalytic ideas into their work with self-harmers and the suicidal. This text will also be of use to academics and professionals involved in suicidal prevention.

ISBN: 9780415422567

Published April 04 2008 by Routledge.

• By Steven N. Gold

• childhood trauma is related to psychotic disorders
• dissociation can be confounded with psychotic symptoms
• auditory hallucinations can be diagnostic of dissociation rather than psychosis
• psychosis is related to the quality of family of origin environment and to age of onset of childhood abuse
• bipolar and trauma-related disorders sometimes overlap
• individuals with SMIs suffer related trauma even in treatment facilities
• and much more!

ISBN: 9780789036506

Published March 25 2008 by Routledge.

Theory, Research, and Practice

• Edited by Frederick T.L. Leong, Mark M. Leach

Suicide is increasingly understood and predicted as an intersection of biological, psychological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors. We have some basic knowledge of these factors and how they interact, but presently we know very little about how culture can play a role as a variable that influences suicide. Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups will go a long way towards filling that gap by pulling together cutting edge empirical research from general cultural diversity literature and applying it to suicide assessment, treatment, and prevention theory and practice. By looking outside of the limited cross-cultural studies done within suicidal populations, the contributors – all established experts in both multicultural counseling and suicidology – expand the available empirical literature base in order to provide a deeper look into how culture can act as an important catalyst in suicidal intentions.

Following theoretical overviews, the text focuses on six broad ethic groups classified in the literature (African American, American Indian, Asian American, European American, Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, and Hispanic), with a main chapter devoted to each, relating each culture to suicide research, highlighting specific variables within the culture that can influence suicide, and presenting appropriate treatment considerations. A final section of the book consists of practical applications within specific settings (therapy, outreach, schools, psychiatric services) and prevention and training issues.

ISBN: 9780415955324

Published December 19 2007 by Routledge.

Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention

• Edited by Stephen Palmer

All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do? Should I refer on? Should I break confidentiality? Have I assessed this client correctly? Both experienced practitioners and trainees wish to have more knowledge about assessing and dealing with suicidal clients.

Suicide: Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention examines myths about suicide, explores facts and statistics at national and international levels, and uses client cases to uncover thoughts leading to suicidal behaviour. The editor offers an insight into what can be done in the community, and within therapeutic settings when working with this challenging client group. Contributions are divided into four parts, covering:

• suicide: statistics, research, theory and interventions
• personal experience of suicide
• three therapeutic approaches to prevent suicide
• group interventions.

Featuring chapters from a range of experienced practitioners, this book provides a wealth of information on strategies and possible interventions. The addition of a self-harm management plan, assessment checklists, and list of useful organizations makes it essential reading for both mental health professionals, and those in training.

ISBN: 9781583919941

Published November 08 2007 by Routledge.

Through the Cracks

• By Lois Weinberg

• an introduction to the child protective services system
• the general route by which children in the United States are removed from their parents’ custody because or abuse and neglect
• the major components of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the problems in getting foster children’s educational needs met
• the difficulties in securing stable out-of-home placements
• strategies for stabilizing home placements
• problems in funding for out-of-home placements
• strategies for advocating the removal of children from inadequate out-of-home placements
• legislation and practices for bringing about needed policy changes
• and much more

ISBN: 9780789023926

Published November 07 2007 by Routledge.

Measures, Methods, and Youth in Context

• By Kathleen Nader

In this volume, Kathleen Nader has compiled an articulate and comprehensive guide to the complex process of assessment in youth and child trauma. There are many issues that are important to evaluating children and adolescents, and it is increasingly clear that reliance on just one type of assessment does not provide the most accurate results. From history to recent advances, this book covers a wide range of methods and measures for assessing trauma, including case examples to illustrate the integration of these different facets. Altogether, the broad scope and inclusive depth of this work make it an essential addition to the field of trauma assessment.

ISBN: 9780415960731

Published September 26 2007 by Routledge.

• By Anthony P. Jurich

This book describes a blend of insight-oriented, behavioral, and strategic family therapy, which the author has developed over thirty-four years of dealing with suicidal adolescents. It aims not to replace other forms of therapy but to augment the therapist’s own therapeutic style.

The book offers an informative and personally told story bringing together scholarship and meaningful glimpses into the thought processes of suicidal youth. Written in an understandable, friendly, and practical style, it will appeal to those in clinical practice, as well as graduate-level students pursuing clinical work.

ISBN: 9780415960861

Published September 19 2007 by Routledge.