INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY

Toward Rapid Restoration of Function

This practical treatise on patient care emphasizes restoring function rapidly. It examines the revolution in mental health that has resulted in people spending less time in the hospital and functioning better when they leave. Based on the author's own clinical experience in running a hospital service, and his research, this primer on hospital psychiatry also integrates relevant, up-to-date literature. It describes how to treat psychiatric patients and improve the quality of their care

The book takes a creative, novel, and systematic look at the evaluation and treatment of the whole patient and his family. It examines the contracts between patients and their therapists, ward and hospital organization, and staff relationships. The text stresses in clear, understandable language how abnormal patient behavior can be diagnosed, treated, and corrected in a brief hospitalization. It is a critical work for psychiatrists, psychologists.. social workers, nurses, and others engaged in hospital psychiatric practice.

unusually intelligent, witty and eminently useful introduction to inpatient psychiatric work. All facets, from everyday, basic practice to the unusual, unsettling event are discussed in an original, lucid and responsible fashion. I can think of no better comprehensive guide to the contemporary psychiatric ward."