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Book Synopsis
This book will provide student nurses, students studying for NVQ levels II and III, SNVQ and those students who are undertaking an Access to Higher Education (Nursing) Courses, with user-friendly and contemporary information in relation to some of the key clinical practice issues that they may experience when caring for individuals.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Acknowledgements xi

1 Introduction 1
Ian Peate and Sonya Chelvanayagam

2 History of Mental Health Care 7
Stephen Cloudsdale

3 Mad, Bad or Just Different 15
Alan Brownbill

4 Partnership Working in Mental Health Care 31
Paul Illingworth

5 Promoting Mental Health 53
Alan Brownbill and Sonya Chelvanayagam

6 Legal Matters 69
Soo Lee

7 Anxiety Disorders 87
Thomas Beary

8 Mood Disorders Including Self-harm and Suicide 103
Stephen Cloudsdale

9 Eating Disorders 117
Sonya Chelvanayagam

10 Dual Diagnosis: Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problems 131
Sue Hahn

11 Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-type Disorders 145
Yvonne Mitchell

12 Personality Disorder 161
Brian Thomson

13 Dementias 177
Sue Hahn

14 Therapeutic Interventions 195
Soo Lee, Angela Edmonds and Clare Hubbard

Index 217

Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 1 December 2006
      ISBN-13 9780470026298
      978-0470026298
      ISBN-10 0470026294
      Also in:
      Nursing Nursing and ancillary services Care of people with mental health conditions

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book will provide student nurses, students studying for NVQ levels II and III, SNVQ and those students who are undertaking an Access to Higher Education (Nursing) Courses, with user-friendly and contemporary information in relation to some of the key clinical practice issues that they may experience when caring for individuals.

      Table of Contents

      Contributors vii

      Acknowledgements xi

      1 Introduction 1
      Ian Peate and Sonya Chelvanayagam

      2 History of Mental Health Care 7
      Stephen Cloudsdale

      3 Mad, Bad or Just Different 15
      Alan Brownbill

      4 Partnership Working in Mental Health Care 31
      Paul Illingworth

      5 Promoting Mental Health 53
      Alan Brownbill and Sonya Chelvanayagam

      6 Legal Matters 69
      Soo Lee

      7 Anxiety Disorders 87
      Thomas Beary

      8 Mood Disorders Including Self-harm and Suicide 103
      Stephen Cloudsdale

      9 Eating Disorders 117
      Sonya Chelvanayagam

      10 Dual Diagnosis: Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problems 131
      Sue Hahn

      11 Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-type Disorders 145
      Yvonne Mitchell

      12 Personality Disorder 161
      Brian Thomson

      13 Dementias 177
      Sue Hahn

      14 Therapeutic Interventions 195
      Soo Lee, Angela Edmonds and Clare Hubbard

      Index 217

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