ISBN:
9780702061561
Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
10-27-2008
Page Count:
432
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$58.95
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
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780702061561
Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
10-27-2008
Page Count:
432
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$58.95
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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.
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- 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
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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.
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