ABSTRACT
This ground-breaking volume provides an encompassing and detailed account of clinical psychologists' highly varied work on the psychiatric ward in mental health inpatient settings. An international collection of clinical psychologists describe challenges and achievements inherent to their work, illustrating application of established, state-of-the-art, and cutting-edge methods and modes of intervention, assessment, therapeutic work, training, and leadership roles currently practiced in these settings.
Chapters present numerous examples of psychologists' ability to contribute in multiple ways, benefiting patients, staff, and the overall functioning of the ward. Each of the book’s four sections is dedicated to a specific domain of the clinical psychologist’s work within the psychiatric inpatient setting. These include systemic modes of intervention; psychotherapeutic interventions; assessment and psychodiagnosis; and internship and supervision.
From novice to experienced practitioners, psychologists will gain insight from the innovative and creative ideas this book brings to the practice of clinical psychology, as well as the practical suggestions that will enhance the varied interventions and therapeutic work they do in such settings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|162 pages
Systemic Multiple Modes and Levels of Intervention
chapter 1|15 pages
Therapy Beyond Walls
chapter 2|19 pages
The Clinical Psychologist in an Open Inpatient Setting
chapter 3|19 pages
Clinical Psychologists in Australian Inpatient Mental Health Units
chapter 8|10 pages
On Trying to Stay Sane in Insane Places
chapter 9|23 pages
A Path Taken
part 2|113 pages
Psychotherapeutic Interventions in the Mental Health Inpatient Setting
chapter 10|21 pages
All Brief Therapy is Not Created Equal
chapter 11|19 pages
Continuity Model of Care
chapter 12|20 pages
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis on the Inpatient Unit
chapter 13|12 pages
Psychotherapy in an Inpatient Ward
chapter 14|16 pages
Mentalization and Psychotherapy
chapter 15|17 pages
The Clinical Psychologist’s Work in a Forensic Psychiatry Ward
part 3|70 pages
Assessment and Psychodiagnosis in Mental Health Inpatient Settings
chapter 16|16 pages
Psychodynamic Psychological Testing in the Mental Health Inpatient Setting
chapter 17|27 pages
“Listening to the Music of the Mind”
chapter 18|19 pages
The Role of Psychological Testing in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting
part 4|66 pages
Clinical Psychology Internship and Supervision in the Mental Health Inpatient Setting
chapter 19|15 pages
A Clinical Psychology Intern’s Experience of Training in an Inpatient Unit
chapter 21|15 pages
The Most Difficult Lesson
chapter 22|11 pages
An Intern’s Experience on an Acute Closed Ward
part |30 pages
Editors’ Perspectives and Closing Remarks