This highly valued quick reference guide returns in its fourth edition to provide practical and helpful strategies for responding effectively to those in crisis.
Mental Health: A pocket guide delivers a comprehensive overview of the relevant concepts vital to contemporary mental health care. With a clear focus on the consumer, it covers the issues faced by people living with mental illness, as well as best practice approaches for primary health, first responders and multidisciplinary health care professionals.
Key Features
- Practical strategies for commonly encountered situations
- Easy to access information presented in bullet point and table format
- A recovery and person-centred care approach throughout
- Case studies
- Guidance on medications, assessment tools and terminology
- An eBook included in all print purchases
| ISBN | 9780729544030 |
|---|---|
| Product Format | Book |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Author Information | By Debra O'Kane, RMN, ENB603, Grad Dip CN, MN, Grad Cert Ed (Higher Ed), Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator Bachelor of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Table of Content | 1. Mental Health: Every Health Professional's Business 2. Working in a Recovery Framework 3. Essentials for Mental Health Practice 4. An Overview of Mental Health Problems 5. Mental Health Assessment 6. Assessing Risk 7. Behaviours of Concern 8. Mental Health Talking-Based Therapies 9. Managing Medications 10. Culture and Mental Health 11. Co-occurring Medical Problems 12. Loss and Grief 13. Law and Ethics 14. Settings for Mental Health Care Appendix 1 Surviving Clinical Placement Appendix 2 Who Does What in Mental Health? Appendix 3 Abbreviations in Medication Administration Appendix 4 Supporting People with Mental Illness taking Medication Further Reading and Resources Glossary |
| Publication Date | 05-11-2021 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Trim | 190 x 125mm |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
| deltacomm1code | Books |
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