ABC of Mental Health

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.

Mental health services have changed completely in the UK, and thenew edition of ABC of Mental Health has been thoroughlyupdated and revised to reflect this.Providing clear practical advice on how to recognise, diagnoseand manage mental disorders successfully and safely, with sectionson selecting drugs and psychological treatments, and improvingcompliance, ABC of Mental Health also contains informationon the major categories of mental health disorders, the mentalhealth needs of vulnerable groups (such as the elderly, childrenhomeless and ethnic minorities) and the psychologicaltreatments.Fully up to date with recent mental health legislation, this newedition is as comprehensive as it is invaluable. By covering themental health needs of special groups, this ABC equips GPshospital doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers with allthe information they need for the day to day management of patientswith mental health problems.

Contributors viiPreface ixList of Abbreviations x1 Mental Health Assessment 1Teifion Davies and Tom Craig2 Managing Distressed and Challenging Patients 7Teifion Davies3 Mental Health Problems in Primary Care 11Richard Byng and Jed Boardman4 Managing Mental Health Problems in the General Hospital 15Amanda Ramirez and Allan House5 Mental Health Emergencies 19Zerrin Atakan and David Taylor6 Mental Health Services 23Rosalind Ramsay and Frank Holloway7 Anxiety 28Stirling Moorey and Anthony S Hale8 Depression 35Anthony S Hale and Teifion Davies9 Bipolar Disorders 40Teifion Davies10 Schizophrenia 44Trevor Turner11 Disorders of Personality 48Martin Marlowe12 Psychosexual Problems 52Dinesh Bhugra James P Watson and Teifion Davies13 Addiction and Dependence: Illicit Drugs 55Clare Gerada and Mark Ashworth14 Addiction and Dependence: Alcohol 60Mark Ashworth Clare Gerada and Yvonne Doyle15 Mental Health Problems in Old Age 64Chris Ball16 Dementia 68Chris Ball17 Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents 72Emily Simonoff18 Mental Health Problems in People with Intellectual Disability 76Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt19 Mental Health in a Multiethnic Society 81Simon Dein20 Mental Health on the Margins: Homelessness and Mental Disorder 86Philip Timms and Adrian McLachlan21 Mental Health and the Law 91Humphrey Needham-Bennett22 Drug Treatments in Mental Health 96Soumitra R Pathare and Carol Paton23 Psychological Treatments 103Suzanne Jolley and Phil Richardson24 Risk Management in Mental Health 108Teifion DaviesIndex 114