Mosby"s Pocketbook of Mental Health - E-book (ebook)

Argumento de Mosby"s Pocketbook of Mental Health - E-book (ebook)

Perfect For:

• - Nursing Students
• - Health Care Professionals
• - Social Service Professionals

Mosby?s Pocketbook of Mental Health 2^nd Edition, written by leading professional nurses and academics, Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Patricia Barkway and Debra Nizette, is a convenient reference guide for nursing students and health professionals required to respond to individuals in crisis.

This user-friendly pocket guide from Muir-Cochrane, Barkway and Nizette delivers practical strategies and skills for nursing students and professionals, general practitioners, paramedics, police and allied health workers to implement. With a focus on social inclusion, recovery, culture and the promotion of consumer rights, this mental health textbook plays a pivotal guide for holistic modern health care practices.

Benefit from the updated content of Mosby?s Pocketbook of Mental Health 2^nd Edition, which features a new opening chapter, the latest research and evidence (including the recently released National Practice Standards), tips for a successful clinical placement and guidance on psychiatric medications.

Muir-Cochrane, Barkway and Nizette have delivered an exemplary mental health textbook that provides students and professional nurses with helpful "dos and don?ts" and "what to do" in commonly encountered medical circumstances.

? Written specifically for Australian and New Zealand contexts.

? Hands-on and inclusive strategies enable readers to develop practical skills.

? Convenient size and user-friendly layout that offers readers immediate access to information.0Chapter 1: Mental Health: Every Health Professionals? Business

Chapter 2: Working in a recovery framework

Chapter 3: Essentials for mental health practice

Chapter 4: Mental Health Assessment

Chapter 5: Culture and mental health

Chapter 6:An overview of mental illness

Chapter 7: Psychiatric and associated emergencies

Chapter 8: Managing medications

Chapter 9: Contemporary talking therapies

Chapter 10:Co-occuring medical problems

Chapter 11: Loss and grief

Chapter 12: Law and ethics

Chapter 13: Settings for mental healthcare

Appendix 1: Surviving clinical placement!

Appendix 2: Who does what in mental health?

Appendix 3: Working with people with challenging behaviours

Appendix 4: Prescription abbreviations

Appendix 5: Top tips for people taking psychiatric medication

Further reading and resources

Glossary