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Record Nr.

UNISA996339120603316

Titolo

Caring for adults with mental health problems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by I. Peate, S. Chelvanayagam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-280-73989-4

9786610739899

0-470-05780-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in nursing

Altri autori (Persone)

PeateIan

ChelvanayagamSonya

Disciplina

362.2

616.890231

Soggetti

Psychiatric nursing

Mental health services

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

Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 History of Mental Health Care; 3 Mad, Bad or Just Different; 4 Partnership Working in Mental Health Care; 5 Promoting Mental Health; 6 Legal Matters; 7 Anxiety Disorders; 8 Mood Disorders Including Self-harm and Suicide; 9 Eating Disorders; 10 Dual Diagnosis: Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problems; 11 Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-type Disorders; 12 Personality Disorder; 13 Dementias; 14 Therapeutic Interventions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mental health care provision can be complex and the approach the carer uses can have a detrimental effect on the health of the person being cared for.  Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems provides the reader with many examples of thoughts, ideas and perspectives in a user-friendly, easily accessible format. The chapters are divided into discrete sections reflecting contemporary care approaches. Reference to care in a range of primary and secondary care settings is made throughout the book. Each chapter provides the reader with a clear and concise approach to health care, enc