Social Skills and Mental Health (Psychology Revivals)

<p>In the 10 years or so prior to original publication in 1978 new theories and discoveries in the social sciences had given a scientific basis and new impetus to the development of social skills training as a form of therapy. This book explores the progress made with this idea and gives practical guidance for therapists based on several years’ experience with the technique.</p><p>The book provides an account of the latest ideas at the time, about the analysis of social behaviour – non-verbal communication, social skill, rules, analysis of situations, etc. The different techniques for training and modifying social behaviour – some old, some very new – are described and compared, with detailed accounts.</p><p>There is a careful critical review of follow-up studies of social skills training and other forms of social therapy on in-patients, out-patients and volunteer subjects.</p><p>The second part of the book consists of a manual for assessing deficits and difficulties, and for training in ten main areas of social deficiency such as observation, listening, speaking, asserting and planning. A rating scale, questionnaire and user’s booklet of training exercises is included.</p><p>The book should be of interest, not only to psychiatric professionals – psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists – but to many others, such as social and community workers, teachers, prison officers, and lay people who may be interested in forming self-help groups, either on their own or with professional guidance.</p> <p><strong>Part One</strong> 1 The Social Skills Training Approach 2 The Analysis of Social Behaviour 3 Development and Deficiency in Social Skills: A Review of the Evidence 4 Changing Social Behaviour 5 Outcome Studies of Skills Training: A Review by John Marzillier <b>Part Two</b> 6 Assessment 7 Training. Author Index. Subject Index.</p>