MANAGING CHRONIC ILLNESS USING THE FOUR-PHASE TREATMENT APPROACH

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Chronic illnesses include physiological conditions, such as diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and Alzheimer's disease; other medical conditions, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, and heart disease; and problems, such as addictions, depression, or PTSD. Although chronic illnesses are more common among older adults they can affect people of any age, including children.

John Wiley & Sons has published an innovative new resource from a leading chronic illness and chronic pain expert in mental health that provides evidenced-based practice guidelines for helping clients with debilitating health problems: Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach: A Mental Health Professional's Guide to Helping Chronically Ill People (John Wiley & Sons; $55.00; November 2003).

Patricia A. Fennell, a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their clients with debilitating health problems embrace a new "normal," understand the cyclical nature of their illness, and function at the highest level possible. Fennell's groundbreaking model for understanding chronic illness identifies and describes four broad phases experienced by the chronically ill:

Using a broad array of case histories, Fennell vividly illustrates what clients need at each phase and how to assess and respond to them compassionately. Fennell also suggests how clinicians may best use their own changing experiences in their work to help clients transition through the four phases.

The goal of the "Four-Phase Model" is to maximize a client's quality of life without offering false hope for a cure, making it an effective treatment strategy for diverse client populations, including people with physiological diseases; patients whose lives are being prolonged by modern medicine; and people who suffer from addiction, post-traumatic stress syndrome, intractable pain, and post-rape and abuse conditions.

Complete with detailed treatment protocols for documenting a client's symptoms and quality of life at each phase, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach is a highly practical book for everyone working with chronically ill clients.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Patricia A. Fennell, LCSW, is a researcher and clinician specializing in chronic illness and trauma. She is CEO of Albany Health Management, Inc., an organization that provides counseling, consulting, and professional education; serves as a doctoral training center for the State University of New York; and conducts collaborative, international "Four-Phase Model" research. Her recent publications include the Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (with Leonard A. Jason and Renée R. Taylor, published by Wiley) and The Chronic Illness Workbook.

MANAGING CHRONIC ILLNESS USING THE FOUR-PHASE TREATMENT APPROACH: A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL'S GUIDE TO HELPING CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication date: November 21, 2003
$55.00; Hardcover; 439 pages; ISBN: 0-471-46277-2

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