Theo Stickley – författare

Teaching Mental Health This essential inter-professional volume is aimed at those teaching or training the mental health workforce of the future. Teaching Mental Health provides a contemporary ‘real-life’ perspective for those involved in the designing, planning and delivery of mental health education, as well as providing up-to-date information on a wide variety of teaching approaches. One of the first of its kind, this work aims to help those struggling to fulfil all that is required by the contemporary policy agenda by combining holistic advice with grounded educational theory and practical illustration. This innovative book successfully bridges the training gaps between health and social care institutions, higher education and the voluntary sector by presenting a range of psychologically informed approaches, including: Learning from service usersReflective practiceE-learningEnquiry, problem-based and work-based learningEmotional intelligenceLearning about social inclusion and recoveryThis volume is a valuable resource for a broad range of reader. Lecturers, trainers, workforce developers, human resources personnel, mental health nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, independent training companies and practitioners will all find Teaching Mental Health vital reading.

This textbook outlines the key areas of mental health practice for those in the early stages of their training, who may not necessarily come from psychology backgrounds. Accompanies the lecturer’s book ‘Teaching Mental Health’ Focuses on the 'Ten Essential Shared Capabilities' that have been developed by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental HealthIn partnership with the BABCP, Lord Layard is recommending that more mental health graduates be trained in order to meet demand for mental health services in the UK

This textbook outlines the key areas of mental health practice for those in the early stages of their training, who may not necessarily come from psychology backgrounds. Accompanies the lecturer’s book ‘Teaching Mental Health’ Focuses on the 'Ten Essential Shared Capabilities' that have been developed by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental HealthIn partnership with the BABCP, Lord Layard is recommending that more mental health graduates be trained in order to meet demand for mental health services in the UK

Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody struggling with 21st century life. Explores a wide variety of mental distress experiences, underpinned by many different explanations and beliefsNarrative has been central to the recovery approach and this book presents stories of recovery as well as an appraisal of the conceptChallenges simplistic explanations of recovery and offers a critical angle to our understanding of what it means to experience mental health problemsOffers guidance for mental health workers and professionals within the context of current mental health policies in the UK