Colectivos en situación de vulnerabilidad. Personas con necesidades de oportunidades. Descendiendo a la práctica de la intervención profesional.

Colectivos en situación de vulnerabilidad. Personas con necesidades de oportunidades. Descendiendo a la práctica de la intervención profesional.
Author: María Josefa Vázquez Fernández
Publisher: Midac, SL
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2018-06-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8491485996

(...) Este libro desciende a distintas causas o factores que pueden llevar a una situación de vulnerabilidad. Contiene veintitrés capítulos. Cada capítulo analiza a una situación de vulnerabilidad concreta y cómo se está interviniendo desde una realidad profesional. Toca casi todos los ámbitos de la intervención social. Jóvenes, mayores, mujeres, población chabolista, acoso, violencia, salud. Y se atreve en otros capítulos a analizar modelos de intervención como el trabajo en Red de las ONGs y Entidades Públicas, Escuelas de Segunda Oportunidad que es un tema que me toca más de lleno en mi trabajo diario. Es una gran iniciativa llevada por las coordinadoras y profesoras de la Universidad Pablo Olavide. (...)La estructura del libro puede parecer desordenada por las distintas temáticas que analiza. Estudia desde el asentamiento del Vacié, la visita domiciliaria, la mujer, el adolescente, las personas mayores. Se hace un barrido por casi toda la intervención social, pero esto más allá de ser una dificultad es una riqueza. En la lectura valoro los capítulos relacionados con los jóvenes que es mi campo social de actuación, pero me ha enriquecido conocer otras situaciones sociales donde no había profundizado en mi trayectoria profesional y que me han abierto nuevas perspectivas. Se hace desde el punto de interés de un trabajador social. Se analiza la situación de la problemática inicial, se profundiza y se reflexiona con una conclusión final. Se desciende a la práctica de la intervención profesional. (...) Extraído de la presentación.

European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century

European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century
Author: José Carlos Santos
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319317725

This groundbreaking first volume of the Series has a number of features that set it apart from other books on this subject: Firstly, it focuses on interpersonal, humanistic and ecological views and approaches to P/MH nursing. Secondly, it highlights patient/client-centered approaches and mental-health-service user involvement. Lastly, it is a genuinely European P/MH nursing textbook – the first of its kind – largely written by mental health scholars from Europe, although it also includes contributions from North America and Australia/New Zealand. Focusing on clinical/practical issues, theory and empirical findings, it adopts an evidence-based or evidence-informed approach. Each contribution presents the state-of-the-art of P/MH nursing in Europe so that it can be transferred to and implemented by P/MH nurses and the broader mental health care community around the globe. As such, it will be the first genuinely 21st century European Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book.

Intervención con Colectivos Desfavorecidos. Descendiendo a la práctica de la intervención profesional

Intervención con Colectivos Desfavorecidos. Descendiendo a la práctica de la intervención profesional
Author: Concepción Nieto Morales
Publisher: Dykinson
Total Pages: 342
Release:
Genre: People with disabilities
ISBN: 8491482148

En este libro, que realiza una reflexión sobre los desencadenantes de la vulnerabilidad, las redes de apoyo en la sociedad actual y la intervención con los colectivos con necesidades especiales, está una de las claves principales para contribuir a una mejora de la situación: el cambio sólo será posible si existe una implicación, una coordinación y un trabajo en red de todos los actores implicados, girando en torno a la persona que se encuentra en dicha situación, como protagonista indiscutible de su vida, con autonomía, resiliencia y corresponsabilidad. Siendo fortalecida por tres pilares imprescindibles: la Universidad, las propias Entidades Sociales y el trabajo realizado por los Trabajadores Sociales, y, por ende, por todos los profesionales de lo social (educadores, psicólogos, pedagogos, integradores…), no como garantes del éxito, pero sí como facilitadores de todo el proceso.Intervención con los colectivos desfavorecidos se trata de un trabajo coral que abarca todos los campos de intervención y que ofrece el marco teórico para el trabajo de campo de los trabajadores sociales y entidades, sirviendo como buenas prácticas a la hora de la intervención directa con colectivos con necesidades especiales, personas migrantes, en situación de marginalidad, con problemas de salud y/o adicciones, sin hogar, víctimas de trata o violencia de género, prostitución o en riesgo de exclusión laboral, entre otros. Asimismo, como una guía en la que apoyarse para conocer metodologías de intervención para cada colectivo susceptible de una intervención social, con reflexiones sobre la experiencia obtenida por profesionales en la materia específica y herramientas e instrumentos que faciliten todo el proceso del trabajo social.

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2021-06-25
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9251345619

This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems, it will raise awareness on the need to enhance the protection of Indigenous Peoples' food systems as a source of livelihood for the 476 million indigenous inhabitants in the world, while contributing to the Zero Hunger Goal. In addition, the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) and the UN Food Systems Summit call on the enhancement of sustainable food systems and on the importance of diversifying diets with nutritious foods, while broadening the existing food base and preserving biodiversity. This is a feature characteristic of Indigenous Peoples' food systems since hundreds of years, which can provide answers to the current debate on sustainable food systems and resilience.

Realities and Relationships

Realities and Relationships
Author: Kenneth J. Gergen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780674037540

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason--and its realization in foundationalist accounts of knowledge and cognitive formulations of human action--have focused on processes of discourse. Drawing from social and literary accounts of discourse, Kenneth Gergen considers these challenges to empiricism under the banner of "social construction." His aim is to outline the major elements of a social constructionist perspective, to illustrate its potential, and to initiate debate on the future of constructionist pursuits in the human sciences generally and psychology in particular.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi
Author: Dennis Dalton
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0231530390

Dennis Dalton's classic account of Gandhi's political and intellectual development focuses on the leader's two signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement (or salt satyagraha) of 1930 and the Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton clearly demonstrates how Gandhi's lifelong career in national politics gave him the opportunity to develop and refine his ideals. He then concludes with a comparison of Gandhi's methods and the strategies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, drawing a fascinating juxtaposition that enriches the biography of all three figures and asserts Gandhi's relevance to the study of race and political leadership in America. Dalton situates Gandhi within the "clash of civilizations" debate, identifying the implications of his work on continuing nonviolent protests. He also extensively reviews Gandhian studies and adds a detailed chronology of events in Gandhi's life.

Epilepsy

Epilepsy
Author: Jerome Engel
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1272
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781757775

Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, "the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy". This Second Edition is thoroughly updated and gives you a complete print and multimedia package: the three-volume set plus access to an integrated content Website. More than 300 chapters cover the spectrum of biology, physiology, and clinical information, from molecular biology to public health concerns in developing countries. Included are detailed discussions of seizure types and epilepsy syndromes; relationships between physiology and clinical events; psychiatric and medical comorbidity; conditions that could be mistaken for epilepsy; and an increasing range of pharmacologic, surgical, and alternative therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This edition describes many new antiepileptic drugs, major advances in surgical treatment, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging, EEG, and other technologies for diagnosis and seizure prediction. A companion Website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, plus an image bank of additional figures, video footage, and annual updates to selected chapters.

Harm Reduction Psychotherapy

Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
Author: Andrew Tatarsky
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2007-06-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1461628709

This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients. Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely—the majority of users—reduce the harmful consequences of use. Harm reduction accepts that abstinence may be the best outcome for many but relaxes the emphasis on abstinence as the only acceptable goal and criterion of success. Instead, smaller incremental changes in the direction of reduced harmfulness of drug use are accepted. This book will show how these simple changes in emphasis and expectation have dramatic implications for improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in many ways. From the Foreword by Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.: “This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients. In his introduction, Andrew Tatarsky describes harm reduction as a new paradigm for treating drug and alcohol problems. Some would say that harm reduction embraces a paradigm shift in addiction treatment, as it has moved the field beyond the traditional abstinence-only focus typically associated with the disease model and the ideology of the twelve-step approach. Others may conclude that the move toward harm reduction represents an integration of what Dr. Tatarsky describes as the “basic principles of good clinical practice” into the treatment of addictive behaviors. “Changing addiction behavior is often a complex and complicated process for both client and therapist. What seems to work best is the development of a strong therapeutic alliance, the right fit between the client and treatment provider. The role of the harm reduction therapist is closer to that of a guide, someone who can provide support an