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Perfect For: * Nursing Students * Health Care Professionals * Social Service Professionals Mosby's Pocketbook of Mental Health 2nd Edition, written by leading professional nurses and academics, Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Patricia Barkway and Debra Nizette, is a convenient reference guide for nursing students and health professionals required to respond to individuals in crisis. This user-friendly pocket guide from Muir-Cochrane, Barkway and Nizette delivers practical strategies and skills for nursing students and professionals, general practitioners, paramedics, police and allied health workers to implement. With a focus on social inclusion, recovery, culture and the promotion of consumer rights, this mental health textbook plays a pivotal guide for holistic modern health care practices. Benefit from the updated content of Mosby's Pocketbook of Mental Health 2nd Edition, which features a new opening chapter, the latest research and evidence (including the recently released National Practice Standards), tips for a successful clinical placement and guidance on psychiatric medications. Muir-Cochrane, Barkway and Nizette have delivered an exemplary mental health textbook that provides students and professional nurses with helpful dos and don'ts and what to do in commonly encountered medical circumstances.

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Author:   Eimear Muir-Cochrane ,  Patricia Barkway ,  Debra Nizette
Publisher:   Elsevier Australia
Imprint:   Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia) Pty.Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780729541909

ISBN 10:   0729541908
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   30 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780729542852
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Mental Health: Every Health Professionals' Business Chapter 2: Working in a recovery framework Chapter 3: Essentials for mental health practice Chapter 4: Mental Health Assessment Chapter 5: Culture and mental health Chapter 6:An overview of mental illness Chapter 7: Psychiatric and associated emergencies Chapter 8: Managing medications Chapter 9: Contemporary talking therapies Chapter 10:Co-occuring medical problems Chapter 11: Loss and grief Chapter 12: Law and ethics Chapter 13: Settings for mental healthcare Appendix 1: Surviving clinical placement! Appendix 2: Who does what in mental health? Appendix 3: Working with people with challenging behaviours Appendix 4: Prescription abbreviations Appendix 5: Top tips for people taking psychiatric medication Further reading and resources Glossary

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