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Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 23 TEXTBOOKS CRAVING FOR ECSTASY AND NATURAL HIGHS: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration Harvey B. Milkman, Metropolitan State College of Denver • Stanley G. Sunderwirth People from all walks of life often lose themselves in pursuing counterfeit pleasures—cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, thrill seeking, sex, food, gambling, and on-line fantasies to name just a few. How does the pursuit of pleasure result in compulsion and loss of control? Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs addresses this fundamental question and then explores positive ways to achieve lasting happiness and fulfi llment. Readers will gain important insight on how to improve their own quality of life and will learn how to offer support to clients, students, family, and friends whose lives may be compromised by addiction. PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-5673-4 • ©2009 • 496 PAGES • Case Management MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT: A Practical Guide Shaun M. Eack, University of Pittsburgh • Carol M. Anderson, University of Pittsburgh • Catherine G. Greeno, University of Pittsburgh Mental Health Case Management: A Practical Guide represents the fi rst modern guide designed to provide students and practitioners with a grounded and practical tutorial on the key functions of a case manager serving adults with severe mental illness. The guide is purposely devoid of extensive theoretical and historical discourse, and rather focuses on a direct and to-the-point approach that time-pressed readers will appreciate when learning the fundamentals of providing mental health case management. Within this work, readers will learn the ABC's of mental health case management ranging from likely psychiatric conditions their clients will experience to working with the local and federal disability systems. This information is captured within a strengths-based, recovery-oriented framework that places empowerment and the dignity of the client being served at the forefront of the delivery of excellent care, and is intended to be augmented with fi eld experience and close supervision by expert case managers. By the end of reading this guide, students and practitioners should have a clear understanding of the foundation principles of mental health case management and knowledge of how to implement these principles into effective practice. KEY FEATURES • Clear, practical knowledge of mental health case management allows students and practitioners to quickly get up to speed on how to provide mental health case management. • Coverage of key entitlement and dis- ability resources offers information needed to link clients to entitlement systems. • A recovery framework based on the latest research in the fi eld highlights how mental health case manage- ment is transforming into a recovery system—one that focuses on empowerment and client strengths in order to facilitate independence and recovery. • Coverage of broad systems explores how to work with broad systems, including the client, family, Social Security Administration, and other systems. • A targeted and concise approach focuses on the essentials of mental health case management and the effective application of this knowledge. CONTENTS 1. Medications for Managing the Symptoms of Severe Mental Illness / 2. Resource Brokering: The Big Two / 3. Managing Crises as a Case Manager / 4. Identifying and Managing Substance Use Problems / 5. Comorbid Health Problems / 6. Helping Clients Find Work and Stay Employed / 7. Taking Care of Yourself PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-3526-4 • ©2013 • 136 PAGES • For FASTEST delivery, order online! sagepub.com

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