Helen Tyrer – författare

We all think about the environment when treating mental illness, but we regard it as secondary to helping symptoms and behaviour. Nidotherapy is the collaborative and systematic process of changing the physical, social and personal environment for people who have failed to respond fully to conventional treatments. It can be given by therapists unqualified in other specific treatment interventions and is highly cost effective, and so offers great advantages in health services constrained by cost pressures. This new edition has been fully revised, and includes new chapters on the principles of nidotherapy, the evidence for its effectiveness, its use in intellectual disability and those of limited mental capacity, the skills needed for nidotherapy, the economic benefits and common misconceptions. This comprehensive guide shows how nidotherapy can be used across the range of mental disorders and gives evidence for its value.

We all think about the environment when treating mental illness, but we regard it as secondary to helping symptoms and behaviour. Nidotherapy is the collaborative and systematic process of changing the physical, social and personal environment for people who have failed to respond fully to conventional treatments. It can be given by therapists unqualified in other specific treatment interventions and is highly cost effective, and so offers great advantages in health services constrained by cost pressures. This new edition has been fully revised, and includes new chapters on the principles of nidotherapy, the evidence for its effectiveness, its use in intellectual disability and those of limited mental capacity, the skills needed for nidotherapy, the economic benefits and common misconceptions. This comprehensive guide shows how nidotherapy can be used across the range of mental disorders and gives evidence for its value.

This straightforward book explains how to deliver cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for health anxiety in ordinary practice. Health anxiety is very common but it is often undetected, especially in medical settings where people are constantly looking for evidence of physical disease. The problem is that many people with this condition are more concerned with further tests and investigations to exclude physical illness than with addressing their own worries over health. The introduction of psychological treatment has to be handled sensitively if it is going to be successful. This book shows how it can be done. All clinicians - from nurses working in general practice, to consultant physicians - will recognise the scenarios Dr Tyrer uses to illustrate her practical approach to alleviating the distress felt by so many patients. All clinicians will value the time they can save by tackling their patients' health anxiety. This will be useful for liaison psychiatrists and, to some extent, for all healthcare professionals - especially general practitioners and nurses in primary care.

We all think about the environment when treating mental illness, but we regard it as secondary to helping symptoms and behaviour. Nidotherapy is the collaborative and systematic process of changing the physical, social and personal environment for people who have failed to respond fully to conventional treatments. It can be given by therapists unqualified in other specific treatment interventions and is highly cost effective, and so offers great advantages in health services constrained by cost pressures. This new edition has been fully revised, and includes new chapters on the principles of nidotherapy, the evidence for its effectiveness, its use in intellectual disability and those of limited mental capacity, the skills needed for nidotherapy, the economic benefits and common misconceptions. This comprehensive guide shows how nidotherapy can be used across the range of mental disorders and gives evidence for its value.

Nidotherapie: Die Lebenswelt der PatientInnen zählt!- Schulenübergreifend: Ambulant und stationär arbeitende TherapeutInnen aller Richtungen können das Verfahren erlernen und integrieren- Störungsübergreifend: Über das gesamte Spektrum psychischer Erkrankungen hinweg einsetzbar; insb. für PatientInnen, die auf konventionelle, evidenzbasierte Behandlungsversuche wenig bis gar nicht angesprochen haben- Überblick: Prinzipien, Wirksamkeit, Voraussetzungen, Forschungsergebnisse, erforderliche Fähigkeiten und Vorteile der NidotherapieWo unser Gesundheitssystem an seine Grenzen stößt, lohnt ein Blick auf den Ansatz der weltbekannten britischen Größen Peter und Helen Tyrer. In ihrem Buch zur sog. Nidotherapie (aus dem lat. nidus = Nest) zeigen sie, wie Sie das soziale Umfeld in die Psychotherapie teilweise schwer psychisch Erkrankter und sogar therapieresistenter Menschen mit einbeziehen können – mit Erfolgen, die verblüffen. Wenn wir uns darüber Gedanken machen, wie psychische Erkrankungen entstehen, berücksichtigen wir durchaus die Umweltfaktoren unserer PatientInnen. Wenn es aber darum geht, Verhalten zu ändern oder Symptome zu mildern, betrachten wir die Umwelt oft als zweitrangig. Viel eher wird auf Medikamente und klassische psychotherapeutische Verfahren zurückgegriffen, die sich stark auf die Veränderung von Verhaltensweisen und Kognitionen fokussieren. Die Nidotherapie weitet den Horizont therapeutischer Möglichkeiten aus, indem sie systematisch und auf Augenhöhe mit dem Patienten oder der Patientin physische, soziale und persönliche Umgebungsfaktoren gezielt verändert. Alle, die mit Wissbegierde ihr therapeutisches Können erweitern möchten, finden hier ein gut lesbares, praktisches Buch.Dieses Buch richtet sich an:PsychologInnen, PsychiaterInnen, SozialarbeiterInnen vor allem in Kliniken, aber auch alle anderen therapeutisch tätigen Berufsgruppen