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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:

This 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.

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.

Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege discusses how ex-boarders can be amongst the most challenging clients for therapists; even experienced therapists may unwittingly struggle to skilfully address the needs of this client group. It looks at the effect on adults of being sent away to board in childhood and the problems associated with boarding, which have only recently been acknowledged by mainstream mental health professionals.

This practice-based book is illustrated by case studies, diagrams and exercises and is divided into three parts: ‘Recognition; Acceptance; Change’. It aims to help readers understand the emotional processes of boarding and the psychological aspects of survival, outlining the steps toward recovery and the repercussions of survival. The book also explores how ex-boarders frequently struggle with intimate relationships with spouses and partners and offers interventions and strategies for those working with ex-boarder clients.

Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege will be of interest to therapists, counsellors and mental health workers across the UK. It will also be relevant to those who are well acquainted with boarding schools based on the UK model, for example in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India.