Mental Health Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

by Rob Newell, BSc, PhD, ENB650, RGN, RMN, RNT and Kevin Gournay, CBE, DSc(Hons), PhD, CPsychol, ENB650, RN, FRCPsych(Hon), FMedSci, FRCN, AFBPsS

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ISBN: 9780702061561

Publication Date: 10-27-2008

Page Count: 432

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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This new edition of Mental Health Nursing: an evidence-based approach has been fully updated to include the latest research-based guidance. A wide variety of client problems is covered with , so that students are assured that what they learn is underpinned by a sound evidence base for treatment, and qualified mental health nurses can be confident that their practice is informed by the most up-to-date research. Skills acquisition is emphasised and experiential exercises encourage connections between theory and practice.

Key Features
Based on up-to-date, evidence-based information
Emphasises skills acquisition
Puts the nurse's role central to mental health care
Contributors and editors are national and international experts in their fields
Uses experiential exercises to reinforce learning and encourage connections from theory to practice

Introduction. Section 1: Orienting material: the background to care. The mental health service user. History of mental health nursing and psychiatry. Race, culture and ethnicity in mental health care. Section 2. Mental healthcare: approaches to client problems. Schizophrenia; nature, treatment and care. Mood disorders: depression and mania. Psychosocial interventions. Medication management. 'Dual diagnosis': an integrated approach to care for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use problems. Inpatient nursing. Panic, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder. Eating disorders. Post-traumatic disorders. Assessment and management of risk: violence, suicide and self-harm. Mental health in primary care. Child and adolescent difficulties. Mental health and older people. Physical health and severe mental illness. Computerised self-help and information technology. Alternatives to traditional mental health treatments. Forensic nursing.

Authors

Rob Newell, BSc, PhD, ENB650, RGN, RMN, RNT, Professor of Nursing Research, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK and Kevin Gournay, CBE, DSc(Hons), PhD, CPsychol, ENB650, RN, FRCPsych(Hon), FMedSci, FRCN, AFBPsS, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK

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