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Author:   Teifion Davies (King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK) ,  Tom Craig (King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   BMJ Books
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780727916396

ISBN 10:   0727916394
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   29 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

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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?The editors have assembled a wide team of specialists to contribute essays on their particular areas of expertise? ( Health Writer , June 2009)

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Edited by Teifion Davies, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK and Tom Craig, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

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