Mental health services

This edited volume shares relevant theory and practical strategies to support counsellors to work effectively with those who have experienced domestic abuse.

This edited volume shares relevant theory and practical strategies to support counsellors to work effectively with those who have experienced domestic abuse.

Have you ever marveled at the wisdom you see in the eyes of a dog?

Oaxaca is known for many thingsits indigenous groups, archaeological sites, crafts, and textilesbut not for mental health care.

Independent mental health advocacy is a crucial means of ensuring rights and entitlements for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Social support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range of non-clinical settings, and plays a vital role in a person's mental health and wellbeing.

This timely resource is the first handbook to give nurse practitioners guidance to prescribe, monitor, assess, educate, and advocate for patients taking psychiatric medications and promote safe practice outcomes.

This book provides a theory-to-practice breakdown of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and what its implications are for health and social care workers.

In 2003 the Bush Administration's New Freedom Commission asked mental health service providers to begin promoting "e;recovery"e; rather than churning out long-term, "e;chronic"e; mental health service users.

The Myth of Psychotherapy is a provocative critique of psychotherapy and its role in modern society.

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, psychotherapist Sari Soldens, groundbreaking book, explains how every year, millions of withdrawn little girls and chronically overwhelmed women go undiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder because they dont fit the stereotypical profile: theyre not fast-talking, hyperactive, or inattentive, and they are not male.

Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia.

Up-to-the-minute data on more than 1,400 of the most commonly prescribed medications--with an emphasis on patient safety and nursing implicationsUPDATED ANNUALLYIncludes branded, generic, and over-the-countermedicationsOrganized alphabetically by generic drug nameProvides the details you need on:Mechanisms of actionCommon usage and dosageSide effectsDrug interactionsNursing implicationsNew drugsPatient educationMore than 150 new drugs and herbs

The Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health, Second Edition, discusses the impact of cultural, ethnic, and racial variables for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, service delivery, and development of skills for working with culturally diverse populations.

This book explores children's mental health and wellbeing issues using a developmental systems perspective that is grounded on established theoretical frameworks and supported by evidence-based research.

All kids occasionally space out, get sidetracked, run out of time, or explode in frustration--but some do it much more often than others.

Critical testing information and key clinical protocols in the palm of your handMcGraw-Hill's Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests focuses specifically on what you need to know to understand the test, educate the patient, and provide safe, effective care before, during, and after the test.

Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs.

"e;An extremely informative and useable book covering many aspects of communication .

This book is an accessible and practical guide to all of the key issues and practices in mental health care for children and young people, aimed at all health and social care professionals working with this age group and partner agencies who work alongside child and adolescent mental health services.

“Accessible and enjoyable.

Mental health nurses need to work within the law to ensure good, legal care for their patients, while at the same time being guided by appropriate values.

Mental health is a fundamental public health priority, and this stimulating and comprehensive book brings together all of the key issues to offer an overview for students and practitioners alike.

Substance abuse, mental illness, and violence are a self-perpetuating vicious cycle in many Native American communities.

The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global 'state of the art' overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.

In India about 123,000 people take their own lives each year, the second highest total in the world.

Alessandra Lemma - Winner of the Levy-Goldfarb Award for Child Psychoanalysis!

Mental Health and Social Problems is a textbook for social work students and practitioners.

A fun, streamlined way to learn the major concepts and theories of critical care nursing - and how to apply them to real-world patient situationsValuable to professional nurses who wants to transition into critical care nursing or students seeking to excel in their advanced studies, Critical Care Nursing Demystified, Second Edition is the book they need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced trends of this specialty.

An expert guide to the complex, yet vital transition from student to employed nursing practitionerThe transition from nursing school graduate to professional nursing practitioner can be stressful and confusing.

In her groundbreaking book Wait for Me, Rebecca St.

A young mother suspected of abusing her toddler, a severely behavior-disordered teenager who faces expulsion from his community residence, a depressed and illiterate homeless man who fears psychiatric evaluation.

This is a comprehensive statement about adolescent development, identity formation, and treatment.

In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr.

This book is written for everyone who has experienced severe anxiety and wants to be free from abnormal fear.

The saying "e;it takes a village to raise a child"e; is especially true for families with special needs children.

In this memoir, Sascha Feinstein recounts life with his father, Sam Feinstein, who was both a brilliantartist and a hoarder of monumental proportions.

For nearly two decades, Dr.

Use this guide to distinguish the difference between seemingly similar disorders.

This book is a brief overview on how youth are affected by mental illness, how to support them & what we as care providers can do to make the recovery process manageable.

Different disorders warrant varying levels of attention and intervention.

The diagnostic and statistical manual is the official measure by which mental health professionals diagnose disorders, and it also details changes in how diagnoses are done.

More of the changes you should need to take notice as DSM shifted from 4 to 5 are outlined in this quick study guide.

Psychology, as a profession, is guided by several principles.

Have you noticed the changes between DSM-4 and DMS-5?

Quickly and correctly diagnose disorders using this easy reference.

Democratic therapeutic communities have been set up all over the world, but until now there has not been a manual that sets out the underlying theories, and describes successful practice.

This step-by-step manual explains how to adapt CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) approaches to OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) for autistic children and adults.

This fully updated edition of A Multidisciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-line Professionals is an accessible introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people.