1st Edition
Community-Based Mental Healthcare for Psychosis From Homelessness to Recovery and Continued In-home Support
By Peter Dierinck
Copyright 2023
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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This eye-opening book explores the need for, and how to successfully organize, community mental health teams that provide in-home care and treatment for people experiencing mental health difficulties, particularly those suffering with psychosis.
With an emphasis on community-based care and democratic psychiatry, the book presents two paradigm shifts necessary to bring mental healthcare... Read more
Introduction 1. On Model Railways 2. Homeless and in Mental Ill Health 3. Care in the Community: Recovery 4. Care in the Community: Quartermaking 5. Conclusion: Psychiatry in Recovery
Biography
Peter Dierinck has worked since 1987 within psychiatric institutions in Belgium, for the most part in Psychiatrisch centrum Gent-Sleidinge on a ward for homeless people. Since 2018 he has also worked for vzw Psyche on a Flemish project ‘Quartermaking’, a method for inclusion in the community.
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