Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents
This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is drawn from the multidisciplinary team that supports the Walker Adolescent Unit,...
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| description | This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is drawn from the multidisciplinary team that supports the Walker Adolescent Unit, located in Sydney, Australia. The book begins with an account of the planning and development of the unit, an examination of the physical environment, and the adaptations that have been made to ensure its functionality. There follows a consideration of the therapeutic milieu. The book describes clinical processes such as admission and discharge planning, formulation and case review. There is information about the specific roles of professionals and the therapies that they provide. The book describes the steps taken to maintain and enhance the physical wellbeing of patients. There are chapters dedicated to governance, and to training and education. The final chapter describes how the unit responded to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-877362025-03-17T10:16:06Z Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents Hazell, Philip mental health service adolescent psychiatry youth health psychiatric inpatient treatment adolescents mental disorders mental illness child and adolescent mental health mental health inpatient facilities healthcare public health psychiatric hospital This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is drawn from the multidisciplinary team that supports the Walker Adolescent Unit, located in Sydney, Australia. The book begins with an account of the planning and development of the unit, an examination of the physical environment, and the adaptations that have been made to ensure its functionality. There follows a consideration of the therapeutic milieu. The book describes clinical processes such as admission and discharge planning, formulation and case review. There is information about the specific roles of professionals and the therapies that they provide. The book describes the steps taken to maintain and enhance the physical wellbeing of patients. There are chapters dedicated to governance, and to training and education. The final chapter describes how the unit responded to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022-07-14T04:04:07Z 2022-07-14T04:04:07Z 2022-07-13T12:27:49Z 2022 book ONIX_20220713_9789811919503_38 OCN: 1333708011 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57364 9789811919503 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87736 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57364/1/978-981-19-1950-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57364/1/978-981-19-1950-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57364/1/978-981-19-1950-3.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-981-19-1950-3 10.1007/978-981-19-1950-3 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a dd09dfa3-06e4-42dc-91b0-017d27aeceba 9789811919503 Palgrave Macmillan 188 Singapore [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | mental health service adolescent psychiatry youth health psychiatric inpatient treatment adolescents mental disorders mental illness child and adolescent mental health mental health inpatient facilities healthcare public health psychiatric hospital Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title | Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title_full | Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title_short | Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents |
| title_sort | longer term psychiatric inpatient care for adolescents |
| topic | mental health service adolescent psychiatry youth health psychiatric inpatient treatment adolescents mental disorders mental illness child and adolescent mental health mental health inpatient facilities healthcare public health psychiatric hospital |
| topic_facet | mental health service adolescent psychiatry youth health psychiatric inpatient treatment adolescents mental disorders mental illness child and adolescent mental health mental health inpatient facilities healthcare public health psychiatric hospital |
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