Treatments
Day Care in Psychiatry
Release Date:
2004
Audience:
Nursing staff and students. Medical students and other staff and students with a professional interest.
Duration:
Main programme: 20 minutes
Music Therapy: 10 minutes (DVD only)
The Swimming Treatment: 14 minutes (DVD only)
Content
Interviews with staff and patients depict the main aspects of day care. Features an overview of day care and explains the range of groups available. Discusses the management of patients, and concludes with stigma. Additional material includes extended interviews with the staff and patients.
Music Therapy is a self-contained programme. Interview with a music therapist and a session in action (DVD only).
The Swimming Treatment – Behavioural Psychotherapy in Action Here we see a group of psychiatric patients going to the local swimming pool. As it happens, the outing is supervised by OT staff at this particular hospital but it could easily be nursing staff or psychologists elsewhere. Two of the staff are interviewed and provide a clear commentary in which the details and the pitfalls of the outing are discussed (DVD only).
Style
Documentary style
Use
Chapter headings and additional material allows the DVD to be used in a live lecture setting. However, main use is in a library or home setting for private study.
Shows how to make day hospital activities therapeutic rather than simply diverting. It is useful in any setting where students need to understand such principles and is ideal in a situation where groups of students are attending a day hospital placement on a regular basis.
Additional Information
Music Therapy and The Swimming Treatment: on DVD only
£80 excluding VAT and P&P
Managing In-Patient Detox
Release Date:
2005
Audience:
Staff and students
Duration:
56 minutes
Content
This case study follows a patient undergoing in-patient detox. Her progress is typical – that is not straight forward! There are many teaching points along the way.
DVD extras:
Interview with Dr M Atkins discussing the medical perspective.
Interview with senior nursing staff.
Style
Documentary style
Use
Designed for individual or small group viewing. The main programme is also useful as a patient information programme.
Additional Information
Increasingly, nursing staff are undertaking an extended role and in the DVD extras the senior nursing staff discuss these challenges as well as the practical management.
£80 excluding VAT and P&P