Clinical guide to the treatment of the mentally ill homeless person.1585622516 Clinical guide to the treatment of the mentally ill homeless person An individual who lacks housing, including one whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations; an individual who is a resident in transitional housing; or an individual who has as a primary residence a . Ed. by Paulette Marie Gillig and Hunter L. McQuistion. American Psychiatric Pub. 2006 175 pages $37.95 Paperback RC451 Twenty-seven American academics, practitioners, and researchers contribute 14 chapters to a guide for clinicians who work with homeless people with mental illnesses. The text approaches treatment and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. from the vantage point of the treatment environment, from street to housing. Coverage includes an overview of mental illness and homelessness, general concepts of outreach and engagement, single adults in shelters, families in shelters, assertive community treatment Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is a form of total in-community care for people with serious, long-term mental illness.[1][2] Definition The defining characteristics of ACT include: in·pa·tient n. settings, primary care settings, homeless children, jails and prisons, homeless veterans, and rural settings. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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