1st Edition
A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice Seeing the Unseen
Drawing on the authors’ experience in developing and implementing global mental health programs in crisis and development settings, A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen is designed for mental health, public health, and primary care professionals new to this emerging area.
The guide is organized topically and divided into four sections that move from organizing and delivering global mental health services to clinical practice, and from various settings and populations likely to be encountered to special issues unique to global work. Case studies based around a central scene are threaded throughout the book to convey what global mental health work actually involves.
Mental health professionals of all backgrounds, including social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and psychiatrists, as well as public health professionals and community level medical professionals and mental health advocates will benefit from this engaging primer. It is the book for anyone committed to addressing mental health issues in a low resource or crisis-hit setting, whether international or domestic.
Biography
Craig L. Katz, M.D. is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Jan Schuetz-Mueller, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
"Craig L. Katz and Jan Schuetz-Mueller's A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen addresses the complexities related to the issue of global mental health in an informative and practical manner that is relevant for a range of organizations, groups, and individuals involved in mental health policy, prevention, and treatment worldwide... This resource-rich book is unique in that it offers a broad range of appendice that specificaly aim to help practitioners "scale up" mental health services in low-resource settings based on WHO guidelines... A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice offers a highly accessible, informative, and practical resource for a broad range of individuals interested in broadening their knowledge about global mental health or learning more about the issues and practicing in global contexts. The book is a meaningful addition to the expanding resources in global mental health." -Amanda Clinton, University of Puerto Rico, PsycCritiques
