The more patients and families understand the illness, the better they cope with symptoms and stresses. The more they know, the more likely they are to be involved in treatment and management. This unique sourcebook is designed to help professionals being a comprehensive level of education to both patient and family. Updated to include information on New Medication!

Full Description:   

This book provides information about patient and family education as it applies to patients with serious mental illness. It includes background information on theory, philosophy, and methods for psychiatric patient and family education; specific outlines for presenting content information; and practical guides for application of the method in a variety of settings. All written materials needed for conducting modules on the outlined topics are provided.

The manual is based on the philosophy that patients and families have a right to know as much as they want to know and can learn about these illnesses, and that the more they know the better they cope with the illness on a short- and long-term basis. An informed patient and family are more likely to make wiser treatment decisions, leading to improved success of the prescribed treatment.

The purposes of this manual are:
1. To provide an overall philosophy and framework for providing educational services for persons with serious mental illness and their families, giving a common language and viewpoint about the illness and its management.
2. To give a structured, organized guide to program development for those who wish to establish a program "by the book."
3. To provide a set of principles of patient and family education that can be used in a variety of settings for those who wish to use these principles within the contest of various treatment techniques.

Part I of this manual provides historical and theoretical background information that can give the reader an understanding of the context and basis for development of psychiatric patient and family education and information about methodoligical considerations, clinical concerns, and implementation issues. Part II provides specific class content outlines for patient education. Part III includes class outlines for family education, and Part IV consists of appendices providing sample evaluation instruments, administrative forms, suggested media, and recommended readings.

Part II contains 15 separate classes or modules for use in teaching psychiatric patients. In Part III there are 12 classes for use in teaching families. Either set of these classes may be used consecutively and in their entirety in an organized structured program. Alternatively, the content may be intergrated into existing services, or reordered and reorganized for use in the format most approriate for participants and settings involved.

Each class is a self-contained unit, and everthing is provided or suggested for each module including a class plan, instructor's notes, handout materials, evaluation instruments, homework assignments, and sample overhead transparencies, slides, or flip charts.

445 pages; three ring hard cover binder

PART I - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION

Chapter 1 - Purpose and Use of This Manual

Chapter 2 - Psychiatric Patient and Family Education:
Historical and Contextual Perspectives
Health Education
Patient and Family Education in Medical Disease
Group Therapy and Other Psychotherapeutic Methods
Didactic Psychiatric Programs and Skills Training
Behavioral Medicine
Patient and Family Education in Psychiatry

Chapter 3 - Rationale for Psychiatric Patient and Family Education
Patient Education
Family Education

Chapter 4 - Models for Psychiatric Patient and Family Education
The Biopsychosocial Model
Methodology: The Education Model

Chapter 5 - Formats and Settings for Teaching
Formats for Psychiatric Patient Education
Formats for Family Education
Joint Patient-Family Education

Chapter 6 - Educating Persons with Mental Illness
Patient Characterists
Teaching Methods

Chapter 7 - Educating Families of Persons with Mental Illness
Goals of Family Education
What Families Want to Know
Characteristics of Families
Techniques

Chapter 8 - Logistic Considerations and Implementation Issues
Marketing and Getting Referrals
Administrative and Clinician Support
Budget/Funding
Program Organization
Staff Selection and Training
Facilities
Program Evaluations
Documentation

Chapter 9 - Use of Media in Educating Patients and Families
Effectiveness of Media
Media on Mental Illness
Types of Media
Principles of Using Media

Part II - PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT EDUCATION CLASS PLANS

Chapter 10 - Orientation to Patienthood
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 11 - What Is Mental Illness?
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 12 - Medications to Treat Mental Illness
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 13 - Self-Observation and Illness Monitoring
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 14 - Decreasing Your Chances of Relapse
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 15 - Healthful Life Style
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 16 - Hazards of Substance Abuse
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 17 - Stress Management
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 18 - Coping Daily With Symptoms
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 19 - Communicating
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 20 - Family Interactions
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 21 - Community Resources
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 22 - What Is Schizophrenia?
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 23 - What is Deprssion?
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 24 - What is Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness)?
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

PART III - FAMILY EDUCATION CLASS PlANS

Chapter 25 - Introduction to Family Education
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 26 - What is Mental Illness?
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 27 - Causes of Mental Illness
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 28 - Medications to Treat Mental Illness
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 29 - Psychosocial Treatment
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 30 - Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles: Patients, Families, and Professionals
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 31 - Role of the Family in Treatment, Management, and Rehabilitation
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 32 - Management Skills: Monitoring and Relapse Prevention
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 33 - Management Skills: Maintaing a Therapeutic Environment
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 34 - Management Skills: Behavioral Management
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 35 - Management Skills: Skill Development
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Chapter 36 - Family Stress, Coping, and Support
Class Description
Objectives
Materials
Content
Instructor's Notes
Handouts
Transparencies

Appendix A - Evaluation Instruments

Appendix B - Administrative Forms

Appendix C - Media for Psychiatric Patient and Family Education

Appendix D - Recommended Additional Reading

Index