Description
Book SynopsisA concise, pocket-sized, A-Z rapid reference handbook on all the essential areas of mental health nursing, aimed at nursing students and newly qualified practitioners.
Table of ContentsIntroduction viii
Essential skills and knowledge
Assessment 3
Care planning 5
Clinical decision-making 8
Clinical observations 10
Clinical risk in mental health 12
Communication 14
Diagnosis and classification 17
Documentation 19
Early intervention services 21
Electroconvulsive therapy 24
Elimination 25
Infection control 27
Leadership 29
Lifelong learning 31
Managing aggression and violence 34
Managing people 36
Managing risk 39
Medication 41
Medicines management 44
Mental health law 46
Nutrition and fluid management 50
Organising care 52
Physical well-being 54
Psychiatric examination 57
Psychological interventions 59
Psychological therapies 61
Recovery 64
Reflection 66
Research 68
Suicide and self-harm 71
Therapeutic relationships 74
Time management 76
Values-based practice 78
Conditions
Acute confusional state 85
Alcohol misuse 87
Anxiety and related conditions 89
Bipolar affective disorder 91
Child and adolescent mental health 92
Dementia 95
Depression 97
Disorders associated with pregnancy 99
Drug misuse 102
Eating disorders 104
Functional disorders in older adults 106
Learning disabilities in mental health 108
Neuropsychiatry 110
Personality disorders 112
Schizophrenia 114
Sexual disorders 117
Sleep disorders 119
Trauma and other stress-related conditions 122
Unresolved grief 124
Specific issues
Asylum seekers and refugees 131
Culture and ethnicity 132
Homelessness 133
Older adults 134
Safeguarding vulnerable adults 135
Sexual abuse 137
Sexuality and gender 138
Spirituality and religion 140
Appendices 141
Revision questions 150
Glossary 162
References, further reading and useful resources 168
Index 179
