UID:
almahu_9949386144202882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429320965
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0429320965
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9781000026429
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1000026426
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9781000026412
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1000026418
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9781000026436
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1000026434
Content:
"Presenting first-hand accounts from the 'front line', Reflections of a Cynical Clinical Psychologist provides the reader with a participant experience of the daily ups and downs of a US mental health professional. Vividly describing actual clinical events ranging from tragic to comedic, this book calls attention to the human realities of the system's dysfunction. Illustrated throughout by anecdotes based on the author's 50 years' experience and observations in the field, the book focuses on 'the system' as the problem, identifying the limitations in current mental health policy with the emphasis misplaced onto profit rather than optimal patient care. These anecdotes are organized by themes such as the harsh treatment of patients by staff; loss in the workplace; anomalous staff behavior; problems with the legal system; and clinically unexpected and bizarre episodes. The value of humor as a stress reducer, social leveler and a means to make incisive points, is highlighted throughout. This is important reading for mental health professionals, policy makers and those interested in humanizing social policy"--
Note:
GRADUATE SCHOOL -- THE CITY HOSPITAL -- THE STATE HOSPITAL -- THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER -- COMPROMISED PATIENT CARE -- PATIENT DEATHS -- STAFF PARTINGS -- PSYCHOTHERAPY -- WWII HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS -- TESTIFYING IN COURT -- SCREENING OF POLICE APPLICANTS -- CLINICIANS IN HARM'S WAY -- CURIOUS AND TROUBLESOME CLINICAL EXPERIENCES -- ABSURD STAFF BEHAVIOR -- AWKWARD MOMENTS -- PRACTICING WHEN OUT OF THE OFFICE -- MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY -- THE APPEAL OF PRESCRIPTION 'PRIVILEGES' -- HEALTH INSURANCE ABUSES -- MONEY INEVITABLY DRIVES POLICY -- ESCALATING ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL -- MOSTLY BUSINESS, MOST OF THE TIME -- ADMINISTRATIVE ABUSES OF POWER.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Heinrich, Max (Clinical psychologist). Reflections of a cynical clinical psychologist. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367336400
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Personal Narrative
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Electronic books.
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429320965.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429320965
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