Mental health nursing : an evidenced-based approach / Rob Newell and Kevin Gournay.
Material type: TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999.Description: 572p. : illISBN:- 9780443058738 (pbk.) :
- 0443058733
- 610.7368 21
- RC440 .M46 1999
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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4 Week Loan | Adult Mental Health Services, Cork, Library | Adult Mental Health Services, Cork, Library | Carraig Mor | 619.7368 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39102000001232 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The consumer of mental health care -- Ch. 3. History of mental health nursing and psychiatry -- Ch. 4. Legal aspects of mental health nursing -- Ch. 5. Government policy and the organisation of mental health care -- Ch. 6. General consultation skills -- Ch. 7. Principles of assessment -- Ch. 8. Evaluation in mental health nursing -- Ch. 9. Schizophrenia -- Ch. 10. Disorders of mood: depression and mania -- Ch. 11. Suicide and self-harm -- Ch. 12. Phobias and rituals -- Ch. 13. Somatisation and inappropriate illness behaviour -- Ch. 14. Eating disorders.
Ch. 15. Anger and impulse control -- Ch. 16 Post-traumatic disorders -- Ch. 17. Children's and adolescents' difficulties -- Ch. 18. Mental disorders of older people -- Ch. 19. Advocacy -- Ch. 20. Self-help initiatives -- Ch. 21. Alternatives to traditional mental health treatments.
Using evidence-based information, this volume provides guidance on the choice of interventions offered to clients and the effectiveness in addressing problems.
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