Psychogenic Polydipsia: Treatment Strategies and Housing Options (Revised)

This textbook attempts to "fill the gap" regarding treatment strategies and housing options for clients diagnosed with psychogenic polydipsia. This potentially lethal affliction of over-consuming any/all fluids is usually identified as a co-occurrent disorder. It has been estimated that 80% of clients diagnosed with psychogenic polydipsia have schizophrenia. The prevalence of habituated over-consumption of any/all fluids in state psychiatric hospitals in the United States has been estimated between 7%-18% and about half of this population suffer from complications of self induced water intoxication (SIWI).

It is the author's opinion that tertiary residential treatment programs may include community-based facilities for this clinical population. A primary theme throughout the book is that tertiary care does not necessarily require inpatient settings, provided appropriate community-based services are adequately staffed by professionals with an expertise in treating a co-occurrent disorder.

The book entails five chapters:

• Chapter One: Designing a Residential Continuum For Clients Diagnosed with Psychogenic Polydipsia;
• Chapter Two: A comparison of Treatment Programs For Psychogenic Polydipsia;
• Chapter Three: Behavioral Management Principles and Procedures: Staff Training Document (Modules 1-6);
• Chapter Four: Psychosocial Rehabilitation as it Pertains to Psychogenic Polydipsia;
• Chapter Five: Residential Settings: A Continuum of Care for Clients Diagnosed with Psychogenic Polydipsia.