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PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners Spi Edition, Kindle Edition
- What diagnoses should I consider for a client who presents with psychotic symptoms?
- What is my legal responsibility towards a client who presents a danger to himself or others?
- What clinical assessments can I use for children who may be suffering from ADHD?
Mental health professionals face tricky questions like these every day. But locating reliable sources of information takes considerable time, a luxury that many hard-working clinicians today simply don't have.
PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners is a quick but comprehensive guide that helps mental health clinicians locate the answers to these common and often urgent questions. User-friendly chapters are arranged chronologically to address the typical progression of therapy, and describe a wealth of publicly available resources from standardized screening measures and various clinical assessment and risk evaluation measures, to state laws regarding child and elder abuse reporting, symptoms for mental health diagnosis, commonly prescribed drugs, and resources for the implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies.
- ISBN-13978-1433811173
- EditionSpi
- PublisherAmerican Psychological Association
- Publication dateFebruary 15, 2012
- LanguageEnglish
- File size5157 KB
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This clear and comprehensive guide is filled with answers to the everyday questions that psychologists confront in clinical practice. It should be in the hands of every practicing psychologist. ----Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD, Clinical Professor, Clinical and Forensic Psychology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
PsycEssentials is an excellent quick guide to a broad range of clinical problems and issues. It s an accessible and valuable resource for clinicians across disciplines.--Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, Professor of Psychology, St. John s University, Jamaica, NY
This unique resource is a compendium of key clinical, professional, ethical, and legal topics conveniently arranged in text and outline format for ready access by the busy psychotherapist. It helps both neophyte and experienced clinicians locate information commonly needed in clinical practice and is rich with references. Therapists from a variety of disciplines will want this gem within arm s reach. -- --Thomas F. Nagy, PhD, Stanford Hospital s Integrative Medicine Clinic; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of medicine; private practice, Palo Alto, CA
This book is a most welcome practitioner guide, easy to use and contemporary in its orientation and approach. True to its purpose, you can look up answers to many of the questions that arise in day-to-day practice -- as such I recommend it enthusiastically to novice professionals. The book also points you in the right direction to gather additional information about a specific concern or inquiry that may not have been addressed completely. I suggest further that experienced clinicians consider the book because it is current and references seminal practice and research material that should not be overlooked. I plan on having PsycEssentials close at hand, and you should too, as a reliable and indispensable go-to guide. --New England Psychologist
PsycEssentials is an excellent quick guide to a broad range of clinical problems and issues. It s an accessible and valuable resource for clinicians across disciplines. ----Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, Prof
This book is a most welcome practitioner guide, easy to use and contemporary in its orientation and approach. True to its purpose, you can look up answers to many of the questions that arise in day-to-day practice -- as such I recommend it enthusiastically to novice professionals. The book also points you in the right direction to gather additional information about a specific concern or inquiry that may not have been addressed completely. I suggest further that experienced clinicians consider the book because it is current and references seminal practice and research material that should not be overlooked. I plan on having PsycEssentials close at hand, and you should too, as a reliable and indispensable go-to guide. --New England Psychologist
PsycEssentials is an excellent quick guide to a broad range of clinical problems and issues. It s an accessible and valuable resource for clinicians across disciplines.--Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, Professor of Psychology, St. John s University, Jamaica, NY
This unique resource is a compendium of key clinical, professional, ethical, and legal topics conveniently arranged in text and outline format for ready access by the busy psychotherapist. It helps both neophyte and experienced clinicians locate information commonly needed in clinical practice and is rich with references. Therapists from a variety of disciplines will want this gem within arm s reach. ----Thomas F. Nagy, PhD, Stanford Hospital s Integrative Medicine Clinic; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of medicine; private practice, Palo Alto, CA
About the Author
Dr. Sonne was a founding psychologist of the graduate clinical psychology programs at Loma Linda University; in 2005 she retired from her position there as professor of psychology and director of clinical training. Previously, she was a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where she taught and supervised the psychotherapy training of psychiatry residents. In addition, she taught medical students and graduate students in the departments of nursing, social work, and marriage and family therapy.
Dr. Sonne is a fellow of APA's Division 42 (Independent Practice) and a member of the California Psychological Association (CPA). She is the former chair and a member of the CPA Ethics Committee, and she served twice on the APA Ethics Committee.
Dr. Sonne is an expert consultant to the California Board of Psychology, and to attorneys, religious organizations, and practitioners regarding professional standards of care, competency issues, and perpetration and sequelae of childhood sexual abuse.
She is the author of several publications on the topics of therapist–patient relationships, including a chapter, "Sexualized Relationships," in the recent APA Handbook of Ethics in Psychology and an article for which she was awarded a citation from Division 42, "Nonsexual Multiple Relationships: A Practical Decision-Making Model for Clinicians." She coauthored two books: Sexual Feelings in Psychotherapy: Explorations for Therapists and Therapists-in-Training with Ken Pope and Jean Holroyd, and What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: Understanding the Taboos That Hurt Us and Our Clients with Ken Pope and Beverly Greene.
Product details
- ASIN : B0079JK70I
- Publisher : American Psychological Association; Spi edition (February 15, 2012)
- Publication date : February 15, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 5157 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 312 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,586,354 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #798 in Psychology Reference
- #1,250 in Popular Psychology Reference
- #1,502 in Medical Psychology Reference
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2012This book belongs on the bookshelf or in the Kindle of every mental health professional. it is a resource that you will refer to frequently. The sections on suicide assessment are particularly helpful.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014good for teaching, kind of simple
- Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016Overrated. Maybe 5 pages are useful for me, work hospital setting. Cheaper I will give a higher rate but not for this price
- Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013
Amazon Customerwould skip the app which I can't open on my laptop and it's difficult to use on a smartphone. misunderstood the APA promotion thinking I was getting the app trial and then would get the book but nooo
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Amazon CustomerReviewed in Japan on June 11, 20124.0 out of 5 stars 我が国でも必要な本
精神保健の実務に携わっている臨床心理士が理解しておくべき基本的な事項が書かれたいわゆる「必携書」である。精神医学的な診断に必要な基本事項、問題別に利用可能なアセスメントツールの紹介、法的・倫理的な問題への対処法など、臨床において常に出会う疑問に答えてくれる情報がよく整理されて掲載されている。
日本では臨床心理士の国家資格がなく、臨床心理活動が医行為か否かという法制度内の議論を通じて、臨床心理士の専門性を主張するために、臨床心理士は病気をみるのではなく、病気を抱えたクライエントをみるのだという苦し紛れの規定を行った。その結果、我が国独自の心理臨床學なるものができあがらい、新人の臨床心理士は精神疾患のことをほとんど知らないままに大学院を卒業し、精神科領域では就職してから再教育しなければいけないというのが現状である。
このような状況を反映してか、我が国には本書のような臨床心理士向けの必携書が存在しない。医師や看護師を対象とした必携書はかなりの出版されているのとは雲泥の差である。
未だにクライエントとの二者関係に閉じこもり、心理的な現実しか見ようとしない臨床心理士が多く、そのような臨床心理士向けの本が多い現在、本書のような日本版の必携書がぜひ必要である。本書はそのような本を作成する際のモデルとなるであろう。
