Strength based perspective in working with clients with mental illness
Subtitle: a Chinese cultural articulation
By: Kam-shing Yip, editor.
Contributors: Yip, Kam-Shing.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers; Nova Science Publishers, Inc.; Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781600218798; 9781600218682
Subjects: Mental illness -- Treatment -- China; Psychiatry -- China; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- China; Attitude of Health Personnel -- China; Culture -- China; Mentally Ill Persons -- China; Patient Participation -- China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The strengths perspective : dilemmas and controversies / Kam-shing Yip; title: Searching the Chinese cultural roots of the strengths perspective / Kam-shing Yip; title: Strengths perspectives with persons with mental illness : challenges and opportunities / Kam-shing Yip; title: A strengths perspective in working with a Chinese child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder : a holistic and normalized articulation / Sin-yee Kwok; title: A strengths perspective in working with a Chinese woman with paranoid schizophrenia and low intelligence in fulfilling her mother's role / Gladys Yuk-kuen Lee; title: A strengths based perspective in understanding and intervention with a Chinese adolescent with Internet addiction / Kam-shing Yip; title: Employing the strength perspective in working with adolescent depression / Ki Chan; title: School social work with adolescent with mental problems : a strengths based reflection / Rosetta Mei-Kwan Wong; title: The subjective experience of depression : a struggle for humanity and perfection / Kam-shing Yip; title: The importance of subjective psychotic experiences in professional practice with clients with schizophrenia / Kam-shing Yip; title: An incredible marriage for a person with schizophrenia : insights from a strengths perspective / Estella, Y.K. Chan; title: A strengths orientation in using dreamwork in psychotherapy with a Chinese female client with stress and anxiety / Kam-shing Yip; title: Alternate mental health project : the use of narrative approach in working with people with mental illness / Siu-wai Lit; title: The strengths perspective in working with a Chinese female to overcome depression due to divorce with her husband / Florence Sze-wan Ng; title: Enhancing self-efficacy in a strengths perspective : working with a homeless Chinese adult with substance abuse problems / Yau Chui Wah; title: A strengths perspective in working with a Chinese woman with schizophrenia in a half way house / May-lan Kou; title: The strengths perspective in working with a client with mental disability and depression in a sheltered workshop : a social worker's reflection / Sau-ling Tam; title: Humanization of community institution in psychiatric rehabilitation : challenges for mental health professionals / Stephen Wong and Kam-shing Yip; title: Gender difference in substance abuse : implications to strengths based intervention / Kam-shing Yip and Yee-Ha Chung; title: Spiritual strengths : the use of prayers in helping a Christian in coping with depression / Kam-shing Yip; title: Spiritual support group for persons with substance abuse : a strengths perspective / Benson Kowk-lai Chan; title: Natural locality based networking for disabled singleton elderly in Hong Kong : an articulation of strengths within Chinese culture / Kam-shing Yip, Sung-on Law; title: Taoistic transcendence from the post-traumatic stress after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks / Kam-shing Yip; title: A strengths perspective in working and elderly with depression and hypochrondiasis / Wing-yee Yip; title: Concluding remarks : drawing the success from the strengths perspective : a Chinese cultural articulation / Kam-shing Yip.