Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22669-6
Verlag: Open University Press
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Contributors
Preface
Foreword
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS
The origins and expression of psychological distress
Mental health promotion
Mental health nursing: origins and orientations
The policy and service context for mental health nursing
Rehabilitation and recovery
Law and ethics of mental health nursing
PART 2: INTERVENTIONS
Assessment and care planning
Assessing and managing risk
The therapeutic milieu
Psychosocial interventions
Pharmacological interventions and electro-convulsive therapy
Complementary and alternative therapies
PART 3: APPLICATIONS
The person with a perceptual disorder
The person with a mood disorder
The person with an anxiety disorder
The person with an eating disorder
The person who misuses drugs or alcohol
Mental health problems in childhood and adolescence
The older person with dementia or other mental health problems
The person who uses forensic mental health services
The person with a personality disorder
PART 4: CORE PROCEDURES
Engaging clients in their care and treatment
Problems, goals and care planning
Behavioural techniques
Cognitive techniques
Medication management to concordance
Therapeutic management of aggression and violence
Therapeutic management of attempted suicide and self-harm
PART 5: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Functional teams and whole systems
Reflections
Index.
