Mental health services have changed completely in the UK, and the new edition of ABC of Mental Health has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect this.
Providing clear practical advice on how to recognise, diagnose and manage mental disorders successfully and safely, with sections on selecting drugs and psychological treatments, and improving compliance, ABC of Mental Health also contains information on the major categories of mental health disorders, the mental health needs of vulnerable groups (such as the elderly, children, homeless and ethnic minorities) and the psychological treatments.
Fully up to date with recent mental health legislation, this new edition is as comprehensive as it is invaluable. By covering the mental health needs of special groups, this ABC equips GPs, hospital doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers with all the information they need for the day to day management of patients with mental health problems.
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
