Foundations of Mental Health Care

Michelle Morrison Valfre (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

430 Seiten

2001 | 2nd Revised edition
Mosby (Verlag)
978-0-323-01168-6 (ISBN)

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Foundations of Mental Health Care 2nd Edition is a comprehensive text which provides a historical overview of mental health care, theoretical foundations, information on therapeutic skills, problems throughout the life cycle and psychological and psychosocial problems. This text addresses common to more serious and chronic mental health problems and the necessary care and treatment. The ethical, legal, social and cultural issues that influence mental health care are also addressed. A workbook section is included at the end of the text. It also contains perforated worksheets for chapter content review.

Unit 1 - Mental Health: Past, Present and Future. The History of Mental Health Care. Current Mental Health Care Systems. Ethical and Legal Issues. Sociocultural Issues. Early Theories and Therapies. Contemporary Theories and Therapies. Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy. Unit 2 - The Caregivers Therapeutic Skills. Principles of Mental Health Care. The Therapeutic Environment. The Therapeutic Relationship. Therapeutic Communication. The Most Important Skill: Self-Awareness. Mental Health Assessment Skills. Unit 3 - Mental Health Problems throughout the Life Cycle. Problems of Childhood. Problems of Adolescence. Problems of Adulthood. Problems of Late Adulthood. Unit 4 - Clients with Psychological Problems. Illness and Hospitalization. Loss and Grief. Anxiety Disorders. Depression and Other Mood Disorders. Physical Problems, Psychological Sources. Eating and Sleeping Disorders. Dissociative Disorders. Unit 5 - Clients with Psychosocial Problems. Anger and Aggression. Violence. Suicide. Substance-Related Disorders. Sexual Disorders. Personality Disorders. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses. Chronic Mental Health Disorders. Challenges for the Future. Appendices:- American Nurses Association Standards of Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice, - A Simple Method to Determine Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination Procedure, -DSM IV Classification of Adult Mental Health Disorders, -Mental Status Assessment at a Glance. Glossary. Review Worksheets. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2001
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1040 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
ISBN-10	0-323-01168-3 / 0323011683
ISBN-13	978-0-323-01168-6 / 9780323011686
Zustand	Neuware