The Mental Health Worker: Psychiatric Aide (Clinical Allied Healthcare Series) [Paperback]

Beverly Marshburn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 089262437X | ISBN-13: 978-0892624379 | Publication Date: March 23, 1999 | Edition: 1

Aspiring allied healthcare workers will learn the skills necessary to work in an entry-level posistion in a psychiatric or mental welfare setting. The Mental Health Worker: Psychiatric Aide provides information on normal growth and development, general patient care, common psychiatric disorders, developmental disorders, dementias, and a variety of other conditions. Other chapters include chemical dependency, patient rights, developmental anomalies, trust, and communication, and safety in the workplace.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (March 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089262437X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892624379
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #918,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not needs to be updated!!!, December 29, 2010

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This review is from: The Mental Health Worker: Psychiatric Aide (Paperback)

As a Veterans Employment Career Counselor, and holder of a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, I have several clients who are seeking jobs as Mental Health Technicians (MHT). In our area we have an excellent local training center that provides training and certification for MHT using this as their text book.

Unfortunately, this is the only book of its kind. The book is well organized however, the author needs to update the book with current research. Originally written in 1996, the authors glumped Frued's Psychosexual Stages with Erikson's Psychosocial Stages. For the most part the author is on track. However, it would better if the author would compare them side by side.

The chapters on anxiety, chemical dependency, common psychiatric disorders, developmental disorders in children and adults, and mental retardation should be updated in accordance with the DSM-IV-TR. I fully understand that MHTs are not diagnosing, or treating these patients, but need a current, updated textbook to better serve their patients.