Mental health services have changed completely in the UK, and the new edition of ABC of Mental Health has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect this. Providing clear practical advice on how to recognise, diagnose and manage mental disorders successfully and safely, with sections on selecting drugs and psychological treatments, and improving compliance, ABC of Mental Health also contains information on the major categories of mental health disorders, the mental health needs of vulnerable groups (such as the elderly, children, homeless and ethnic minorities) and the psychological treatments. Fully up to date with recent mental health legislation, this new edition is as comprehensive as it is invaluable. By covering the mental health needs of special groups, this ABC equips GPs, hospital doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers with all the information they need for the day to day management of patients with mental health problems.
Contributors vii Preface ix List of Abbreviations x 1 Mental Health Assessment 1 Teifion Davies and Tom Craig 2 Managing Distressed and Challenging Patients 7 Teifion Davies 3 Mental Health Problems in Primary Care 11 Richard Byng and Jed Boardman 4 Managing Mental Health Problems in the General Hospital 15 Amanda Ramirez and Allan House 5 Mental Health Emergencies 19 Zerrin Atakan and David Taylor 6 Mental Health Services 23 Rosalind Ramsay and Frank Holloway 7 Anxiety 28 Stirling Moorey and Anthony S Hale 8 Depression 35 Anthony S Hale and Teifion Davies 9 Bipolar Disorders 40 Teifion Davies 10 Schizophrenia 44 Trevor Turner 11 Disorders of Personality 48 Martin Marlowe 12 Psychosexual Problems 52 Dinesh Bhugra James P Watson and Teifion Davies 13 Addiction and Dependence: Illicit Drugs 55 Clare Gerada and Mark Ashworth 14 Addiction and Dependence: Alcohol 60 Mark Ashworth Clare Gerada and Yvonne Doyle 15 Mental Health Problems in Old Age 64 Chris Ball 16 Dementia 68 Chris Ball 17 Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents 72 Emily Simonoff 18 Mental Health Problems in People with Intellectual Disability 76 Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt 19 Mental Health in a Multiethnic Society 81 Simon Dein 20 Mental Health on the Margins: Homelessness and Mental Disorder 86 Philip Timms and Adrian McLachlan 21 Mental Health and the Law 91 Humphrey Needham-Bennett 22 Drug Treatments in Mental Health 96 Soumitra R Pathare and Carol Paton 23 Psychological Treatments 103 Suzanne Jolley and Phil Richardson 24 Risk Management in Mental Health 108 Teifion Davies Index 114
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