Full Description
This exciting new book offers a contemporary manual for the mental health nurse within a mental health care system that is increasingly focused on recovery. Mental Health Nursing incorporates recent policy changes that place a greater emphasis on person-centred and social caring, whilst retaining a strong evidence base. The holistic, skills-based approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner to understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client's experience of mental illness. Broad, yet in-depth, examination of the essential features of contemporary mental health nursing practice A manual for practice - a skills-based approach provides clear guidance to novices on how to complete essential mental health nursing roles'Critical Thinking Challenges' based on Case Histories provide a realistic context 'Nurse's Stories' explore the reality of mental health nursing careOn-line resources guide the reader to reflect upon the essential content and ideas contained within each chapter
Contents
PART 11: The Effective Nurse2: The Context of Practice3: Historical Foundations4: The UK and Euiropean Politico-legal Context5: Professional and Ethical IssuesPART 2: MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS6: Mental Health in the UK and Europe7: Physical Health and Assessment 8: Theories on Mental Health and Illness9: Mental Health Across the Lifespan10: Crisis and Loss11: Assessment and DiagnosisPART 3: UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS12: Intellectual Disabilities13: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence14: Disorders of Old Age15: Schizophrenic Disorders16: Mood Disorders17: Personality Disorders18: Anxiety Disorders19: Eating Disorders20: Substance-related Disorders and Dual Diagnosis21: Somatoform and Dissociative DisordersPART 4: DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING22: Settings for Mental Health Care23: The Patient as Person24: Therapeutic Interventions25: Psychopharmacology
