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Handbook of Community Psychiatry

  • Presents an organizing structure for community psychiatry

  • Expands upon the guiding principles underling practice

  • Examines best practices methods and new models of treatments

  • Addresses the future of the field, including administration, workforce issues and professional development

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (50 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Present and Future of Community Psychiatry: An Introduction

      • Hunter L. McQuistion, Wesley E. Sowers, Jules M. Ranz, Jacqueline Maus Feldman
      Pages 3-10
    3. History of Community Psychiatry

      • Jacqueline Maus Feldman
      Pages 11-18
  3. The Basics: Central Pillars of Community Psychiatry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Epidemiology in Community Psychiatry

      • Dana March, Ezra S. Susser
      Pages 21-36
    3. Financing of Community Behavioral Health Services

      • Anita Everett, Wesley E. Sowers, Hunter L. McQuistion
      Pages 45-60
  4. The New: Emerging Keys to Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
  5. The New: Emerging Keys to Practice

    1. Inspiring a Welcoming, Hopeful Culture

      • Christie A. Cline, Kenneth Minkoff
      Pages 93-102
    2. Collaborative Person-Centered Planning

      • Neal Adams, Diane Grieder
      Pages 103-116
    3. Peer Service Providers as Colleagues

      • Paolo del Vecchio
      Pages 117-123
    4. Telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health

      • Avrim B. Fishkind, Robert N. Cuyler, Michael A. Shiekh, Mende Snodgress
      Pages 125-140
    5. Traumatic Stress in the Community: Identification and Intervention

      • Paula G. Panzer, Elizabeth Snipes, Caroline Peacock
      Pages 141-151
    6. Integrated Care and Psychiatrists

      • David A. Pollack, Lori E. Raney, Erik R. Vanderlip
      Pages 163-175
  6. Practicing: Core Clinical Competencies and Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
  7. Practicing: Core Clinical Competencies & Techniques

    1. Cultural Competence

      • Russell F. Lim
      Pages 179-192

About this book

During the past decade or more, there has been a rapid evolution of mental health services and treatment technologies, shifting psychiatric epidemiology, changes in public behavioral health policy and increased understanding in medicine regarding approaches to clinical work that focus on patient-centeredness. These contemporary issues need to be articulated in a comprehensive format. The American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP), a professional organization internationally recognized as holding the greatest concentration of expertise in the field, has launched a methodical process to create a competency certification in community psychiatry. As a reference for a certification examination, that effort will benefit enormously from a comprehensive handbook on the subject.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals Columbia University College of Physician, New York, USA

    Hunter L. McQuistion

  • Center for Public Service Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, USA

    Wesley E. Sowers

  • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA

    Jules M. Ranz

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

    Jacqueline Maus Feldman

About the editors

Hunter L. McQuistion, MD is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Director of the Division of Outpatient & Community Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals in New York City.

Wesley E. Sowers, MD is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Director, Center for Public Service Psychiatry Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; and Medical Director, Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health.

Jules M. Ranz, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Director of the Public Psychiatry Fellowship, N.Y.S. Psychiatric Institute.

Jacqueline Maus Feldman, MD is the Patrick H. Linton Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Services in the Department of Psychiatry/University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Community Psychiatry

  • Editors: Hunter L. McQuistion, Wesley E. Sowers, Jules M. Ranz, Jacqueline Maus Feldman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3149-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0300-9Published: 06 December 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3149-7Published: 05 June 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 632

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Community and Environmental Psychology, Psychiatry

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