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An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities
David Kennard
This comprehensive introduction to the nature and work of therapeutic communities sets them within their historical and social context, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. The author examines communities specifically aimed at certain sectors of society, and describes the day-to-day running of a therapeutic community. Learn More1998, 192pp -
Beyond Madness
Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis
Edited by Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller
A major question facing therapists today is how to treat psychosis effectively while maintaining patients' dignity, self-respect and their psychological and social functioning. This book provides important and engaging accounts of the special personal and interpersonal care offered by the Arbours Crisis Centre and kindred facilities. Learn More2001, 288pp -
A Life Well Lived
Maxwell Jones - A Memoir
Dennie Briggs
A Life Well Lived follows a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and the evolution of therapeutic communities. A close friend collaborator of Maxwell Jones, Dennie Briggs recounts the latter's revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons and schools, offering a rare insight into the mind of a pioneer in the therapeutic field. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 5.98in / 229mm x 152mm, 208pp, CA$42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-740-82002, Ebook, PDF, 208pp, CA$42.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-376-5 -
A Culture of Enquiry
Research Evidence and the Therapeutic Community
Edited by Jan Lees, Nick Manning, Diana Menzies and Nicola Morant
This volume collects a wide range of papers discussing all aspects of Therapeutic Community (TC) research. An invaluable resource for anyone involved in the field, it considers questions of which methods are most appropriate in the TC environment, how research studies affect this, as well as practical and ethical questions. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.06in x 6.10in / 230mm x 155mm, 336pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-857-12003, Ebook, PDF, 336pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-424-3 -
Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatised Children and Young People
Theory and Practice
Patrick Tomlinson
Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatized Children and Young People provides a clear and comprehensive link between theory and practice. The author shows how practice in residential child care, fostering and other areas of work with children can be developed in a way that is thoughtful and underpinned by a sound theoretical base. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.30in / 232mm x 160mm, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-187-12004, Ebook, PDF, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-073-3 -
Asylum to Action
Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond
Helen Spandler
Asylum to Action offers an alternative history of a libertarian therapeutic community at Paddington Day Hospital in West London in the 1970s. Helen Spandler recaptures the radical aspirations, as well as the conflicts, of the early therapeutic community movement, radical psychiatry and the patients' movement. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.26in / 232mm x 159mm, 176pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-348-62006, Ebook, PDF, 176pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-487-8 -
Setting Up New Services in the NHS
‘Just Add Water!'
Kingsley Norton
Kingsley Norton takes the reader, step-by-step, through the entire process of setting up new services within the National Health Service. His wealth of hands-on experience and practical advice makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in management and the NHS or public services and attempting to innovate. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.34in / 233mm x 161mm, 216pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-162-82006, Ebook, PDF, 216pp, CA$53.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-552-3 -
Children and Adolescents in Trauma
Creative Therapeutic Approaches
Edited by Chris Nicholson, Michael Irwin and Kedar Nath Dwivedi
Children and Adolescents in Trauma presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential children's homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools, and provides useful insights and a fresh perspective for anyone working with traumatised children and adolescents. Learn More2010, Paperback / softback, 9.06in x 6.97in / 230mm x 177mm, 256pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-437-72010, Ebook, ePUB, 256pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-356-0 -
Mutual Support and Mental Health
A Route to Recovery
Maddy Loat
Mental health services tend to view and treat mental health problems in an individual-centric way. This book argues for an alternative route to recovery that is cognizant of our social nature, needs and difficulties. It focuses on the therapeutic value of meeting others who face similar problems and sharing experiences. Learn More2011, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 6.14in / 228mm x 156mm, 144pp, CA$39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-530-52011, Ebook, ePUB, 144pp, CA$39.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-508-3
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