Introductory mental health nursing

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Austyn Snowden

"Over 90 percent of people with mental health problems take medication. Nurses now have the authority to prescribe this medication should they so wish. However, all nurses have a duty of care to administer medication safely. The first section of this book provides a framework for this discussion by integrating the histories of psychopharmacology, mental health nursing and medication legislation. This provides the background for the second section of the book whereby prescribing decisions in schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and insomnia, are discussed."--BOOK JACKET.

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Len Sperry

Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy: Strategies for Maximizing Treatment Outcomes is designed to provide mental health professionals with the skills they need to effectively combine appropriate treatment modalities, particularly when medications are involved. Whether the clinician prescribes the medication or is providing psychotherapy to a patient taking prescribed medication, this book offers numerous strategies and guidelines for maximizing treatment outcomes. Specific strategies are provided for combining treatment and for collaboration between the prescribing clinician and the psychotherapist. Four overlapping therapeutic strategies designed to assist the clinician in understanding and providing tailored treatment are then examined. These include combining treatment modalities, enhancing compliance, incorporating psychoeducational interventions, and preventing relapse and recurrence. . Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy will be a valuable resource for all mental health professionals who face the exciting challenge of providing treatment outcomes that are effective, affordable, and long lasting. It may be the most practical and user-friendly book on clinical practice published in some time.

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Lesley Cotterill and Wally Barr

Mental health reforms continue the trend in targeting people with severe and enduring mental illness (SEMI) for specialist intervention. No book has focused exclusively on this topic - until now.

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Graham Thornicroft and Michele Tansella

A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services, providing the relevant evidence to support necessary choices between alternative models of care. It includes a step-by-step guide to what to do and how to do it, taking into account the needs of people with mental illnesses in the general population, the available resources, and the main policy requirements. It also gives readers practical resources to assist them in their role in establishing and developing mental health services with examples of best practice taken from countries world-wide. In addition, key relevant issues such as international agreements on human rights and guidelines on best practice to reduce stigma and discrimination are explained.