Description
Book SynopsisThis 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 ContentsContributors 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
