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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780819003321

Autore

Brown Robert <1949->

Titolo

The approved mental health professional's guide to psychiatry and medication [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Brown, Gwen Adshead, Alan Pollard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter [England], : Learning Matters, 2009

ISBN

1-84445-553-X

1-282-48464-8

9786612484643

1-84445-830-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Post-qualifying social work practice

Altri autori (Persone)

AdsheadGwen

PollardAlan

Disciplina

362.2

616.8918

Soggetti

Psychiatric social work - Great Britain

Mental illness - Treatment

Psychotropic drugs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Prelims; Chapter 1 The importance of psychiatry and medication for Approved Mental Health Professionals; Chapter 2 Psychiatrists: training and how they practise; Chapter 3 An overview of psychiatry and classification; Chapter 4 Psychotic disorders; Chapter 5 Neurotic disorders, substance abuse and personality disorders; Chapter 6 Forensic psychiatry; Chapter 7 Psychiatry of old age; Chapter 8 Psychiatry and risk assessment; Chapter 9 Patients as parents; Chapter 10 Child and adolescent psychiatry; Chapter 11 Treatment issues in psychiatry

Chapter 12 Classification of medication in psychiatryChapter 13 Anti-depressants and mood stabilisers; Chapter 14 Anti-psychotics (BNF section 4.2); Chapter 15 Anxiolytics and sedative/ hypnotics (BNF section 4.1); Chapter 16 Older adults, children, unlicensed drugs; Chapter 17 The law and psychiatric treatment; Chapter 18 Treatment under the Mental Health Act; Statutes; Some useful websites;



References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fully-updated guide to psychiatric practice and psychiatric medication