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04364aam a2200469 i 4500 001 C313A0C490F111EA86A69E4897128E48 003 SILO 005 20200508010100 008 160803s2017 vaua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2016035449 020 $a 161537082X 020 $a 9781615370825 035 $a (OCoLC)956263955 040 $a DNLM/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NLM $d YDX $d OCLCF $d UIN $d VET $d OCLCQ $d HCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RC454 $b .S3985 2017 060 10 $a WM 101 060 4 $a WM 101 $b S447i 2017 082 00 $a 616.89 $2 23 100 1 $a Sederer, Lloyd I., $e author. 245 10 $a Improving mental health : $b four secrets in plain sight / $c Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D., Medical Editor for Mental Health of the Huffington Post and Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Office of Mental Health, New York, New York. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Arlington, VA : $b American Psychiatric Association Publishing, $c [2017] 300 $a xx, 109 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 19 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Behavior serves a purpose -- The power of attachment -- As a rule, less is more -- Chronic stress is the enemy. 520 $a "In Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight, Dr. Lloyd Sederer draws upon four decades of diverse clinical practice, mental health research and public health experience to create a memorable volume that is as elegant as it is instructive. The book aims to help clinicians improve the lives of their patients--and patients to improve their own lives--by identifying these secrets and taking action in ways that can work immediately, closing the science-to-practice gap. In addition to mental health and primary care clinicians, patients and their families will find the books many stories, clinical examples and cultural references fascinating and illuminating. The book's four foundational truths, all hiding in plain sight and all eminently actionable, are: - Behavior serves a purpose. The search for meaning and the identification and communication value of a behavior are too often overlooked aspects of mental health care and a lost opportunity with and for patients and their families. - The power of attachment. The force of attachment as a human need and drive must be harnessed if we are to change painful and problem behaviors. Relationships are the key to remedying human suffering -- both individual and collective. - As a rule, less is more. Mental health treatments, both medical and psychosocial, have often been aggressive, from high doses of drugs to intensive sessions and psychic confrontation in individual and group psychotherapy. Unfortunately, these high risk efforts infrequently provide help and often have unwanted and problematic effects. Primum non nocere -- first, do no harm -- is the first law of medicine. - Chronic stress is the enemy. From adverse childhood experiences to posttraumatic stress, chronic stress can be an underlying factor in the development of many mental disorders. However, chronic stress can be understood and contained, thereby reducing its damage. Dr. Sederer synthesizes the knowledge gained through his considerable experience as a psychiatrist with insights gleaned from history, research and literature to address the four truths in a systematic, yet lively, manner. The result is a book of rare grace. Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight will be a touchstone for the clinician and general reader alike"--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Mental health. 650 0 $a Mental illness $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Stress (Psychology) 650 12 $a Mental Health. 650 22 $a Mental Disorders $x prevention & control. 650 22 $a Stress, Psychological. 650 7 $a Mental health. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01016339 650 7 $a Mental illness $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01016588 650 7 $a Stress (Psychology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01134918 710 2 $a American Psychiatric Association Publishing, $e publisher. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Sederer, Lloyd I. $t Improving mental health. $b First edition. $d Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2017] $z 9781615371204 $w (DLC) 2016036324 941 $a 1 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022354.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C313A0C490F111EA86A69E4897128E48 994 $a 92 $b UINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search