Speech and Communication Problems in Psychiatry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Mental disorders and speech therapy: an introduction

   • Rosemary Gravell, Jenny France

   Pages 1-21

3. From childhood to old age

   • Jenny France, Rosemary Gravell

   Pages 22-55

4. Hearing loss, mental handicap, acquired brain damage and forensic psychiatry

   • Rosemary Gravell, Jenny France

   Pages 56-91

5. Neurotic disorders

   • Jenny France

   Pages 92-112

6. Psychoses

   • Jenny France

   Pages 113-155

7. Depression

   • Jenny France

   Pages 156-171

8. Personality disorder

   • Jenny France

   Pages 172-193

9. The psychiatry of old age

   • Helen L. Griffiths

   Pages 194-219

10. Gender identity problems

    • Judith Chaloner

    Pages 220-243

11. Management and treatment techniques: a practical approach

    • Niki Muir, Pauline Tanner, Jenny France

    Pages 244-325

12. The multidisciplinary team

    • Rosemary Gravell

    Pages 326-340

13. Conclusion: the state of the art

    • Jenny France, Rosemary Gravell

    Pages 341-344

14. Back Matter

    Pages 345-353

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This volume represents a painstaking and scholarly introduction to the management of children and adults who have problems of communi­ cation related to, or in addition to, mental disorder. It is a relatively unexplored field having received scant attention until recent years, but the quality of the work included here gives a clear indication that the area should move from the periphery into a main­ stream position in the education and practice of speech therapists. Although all students in training receive some teaching in the area of psychiatry it tends to be limited to a brief consideration of the role of the psychiatrist, and clinical psychologist - very rarely the speech therapist. It has been proposed that the education of the speech therapist who intends to enter this difficult but rewarding field should be developed at post graduate level and there are strong arguments given in this volume to support the idea. Claims that the field is neglected during initial training are, however, well founded and this volume should alert those responsible for the education of speech therapists to this deficiency.

• attention
• communication
• psychiatry
• speech therapy

• Riverside Health Authority, London, UK

  Rosemary Gravell

• Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berks, UK

  Jenny France

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