Managing Self-Harm Using Psychological Treatment ATMAN (eBook)

A Guide For Counsellors

Shilpa Aggarwal, Michael Berk, George Patton, Craig Olsson (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2024
170 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-56407-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The book presents the session wise details of ATMAN psychological treatment for managing self-harm in youth in low- and middle- income countries. Based on global evidence, ATMAN treatment has been designed using a systematic, sequential approach and has been co-designed by the self-harm patients and mental health professionals in Mumbai, India. The word ATMAN in Sanskrit refers to the “eternal self’ that functions in harmony with the Universe.

Suicide is a leading cause of premature mortality across the world. Three quarters of global suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. Most of the psychotherapies available to reduce the recurrence of self-harm have been developed and tested in high-income countries. Far less attention has been given to develop and evaluate context specific psychotherapeutic programmes for self-harm in low- and middle income countries.

The book includes contextually appropriate treatment elements; age appropriate and culturally relevant case vignettes and scripts; and is easy to understand for non-specialist providers. It is based on problem solving therapy integrated with emotion regulation and social network strengthening skills. Available treatments for self-harm are sub-optimal globally and this book might become an extremely useful resource for mental health professionals in high-income countries due to its easy to use format, brief structure, and utility for culturally diverse populations.

From the systems perspective, the possibility of scaling it up and training non-specialist counsellors to deliver this treatment in the community setting makes Managing Self-Harm Using Psychological Treatment ATMAN a very useful addition to the limited resources available to address the global health challenge of self-harm.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2024
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 170 p. 105 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: child and adolescent health • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry • Counsellor's guide • Cultural diversity • Low-and middle-income countries • Mental Health • Problem solving therapy • Psychological treatment • SDG10 • SDG3 • Self-injury • Stigma • Suicidal behavour • Suicide • Sustainable Development Goals • Youth • Youth self-harm
• ISBN-10: 3-031-56407-3 / 3031564073
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-56407-9 / 9783031564079