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Essentials of Mental Health

  • 1st Edition - October 30, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Jahangir Moini, Anthony LoGalbo, Amparo Gutierrez, Patrick J. Aragon
  • Language: English

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Essentials of Mental Health is an authoritative guide designed to provide comprehensive mental health knowledge that caters to professionals and students alike. The book reviews major mental disorders, including mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, as well as conditions like schizophrenia and sleep-wake disorders. Each disorder has specific symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and case studies to illustrate real-world applications. Special populations, such as older adults, women, children, and cultural minorities are given focused attention, underscoring unique mental health challenges and considerations. The book concludes with a comprehensive section on treatment options, ranging from hospital psychiatry to community-based services and psychotherapy techniques.

It is a well-rounded resource that equips readers with the latest insights and practical tools for effective mental health care and intervention.

Key features

  • Discusses the epidemiology of mental health conditions
  • Written in an easy-to-read format with focus boxes for easy comprehension
  • Includes case studies for all listed major mental disorders

Readership

Behavioral studies students, psychologists, psychiatristdoctors in primary or secondary care and research scientists

Table of contents

Part I: Overview of Mental Health

1. Introduction

2. Neurotransmitters and Mental Health

3. Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Part II: Major Mental Disorders

4. Mood Disorders

5. Anxiety Disorders

6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

7. Dissociative Disorders

8. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

9. Personality Disorders

10. Sleep-Wake Disorders

11. Sexuality; Gender Dysphoria; and Paraphilias

12. Substance-Related Disorders

Part III: Mental Disorders in Special Population Groups

13. Older Adults and Mental Health Issues

14. Women and Mental Health Issues

15. Children; Adolescents; and Mental Health Issues

16. Cultural Factors and Minorities

17. The Homelessness Crisis

18. Suicides and Homicides

Part IV: Mental Health Treatment

19. Hospital Psychiatry

20. Community Mental Health Based on Outpatient Services

21. Psychotherapy

22. Prevention of Mental Health Crises

Review quotes

"...discusses the basics of mental health information for professionals and students alike. It provides an overview of the field and then explores different major mental disorders,...[and] also describes various interventions....a comprehensive guide to basic mental health knowledge that examines major mental health disorders and interventions. It also considers special populations including the elderly, children, and cultural minorities....The book is highly readable and contains numerous tables and figures, which help clarify the text....[It] presents the basics of mental health knowledge to an audience who will need this information in their clinical practice, making it a particularly good contribution....I would recommend this book to my medical colleagues, especially considering the numbers of people in the U.S. and across the globe who have one or more psychiatric diagnoses." ©Doody's Book Review Service, 2025, Gary Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services) Doody's Score: 94, 4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 11, 2024
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Jahangir Moini

Dr. Moini was assistant professor at Tehran University, Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, for nine years. For 15 years, he was the Director of Science and Health for Everest University in Melbourne FL. He was also a Professor of Science and Health at Everest for a total of 24 years. For 6 years, until his retirement, he was a Professor of Science and Health at Eastern Florida State College. Dr. Moini has been actively teaching for 39 years, and for 23 years, has been an international author of 56 books (including 11 books for Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Retired Professor of Science and Health, Eastern Florida State College, Palm Bay, FL, USA

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Anthony LoGalbo

Dr. LoGalbo is a Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida, where he teaches graduate coursework and conducts applied research in the clinical psychology (PsyD) program. He is also the clinical director and primary supervisor of Florida Tech's Sports Concussion Management Program, and the clinical neuropsychology director at the Health First Florida Memory Disorder Clinic. Previously, he was in clinical practice at Florida Hospital (AdventHealth) in Orlando, serving both inpatients and outpatients through the Neuroscience Institute and Department of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Educationally, he earned a PhD in medical/clinical psychology with a focus on neuropsychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, School of Psychology, FL, USA

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Amparo Gutierrez

Dr. Gutierrez is a neurologist with the Orlando Health Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Institute Neurology Group. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and American Board of Neuromuscular Medicine. She also is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Gutierrez earned her medical degree from East Central University in the Dominican Republic. Her extensive post-graduate training includes a residency in adult psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, New York; neurology residency at Louisiana State University (LSU), New Orleans; child psychiatry fellowship at St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital, New York; and clinical neurophysiology fellowship, LSU School of Medicine. In 2010 Dr. Gutierrez was a founding member of the ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic at LSU Health Science Center. She worked collaboratively with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and ALS Association providing care to patients and their families. She has been the principal investigator for many research trials related to MS with more than 20 years of clinical experience with MS and has held leadership roles with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Neurologist, The Orlando Health Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Institute Neurology Group, FL, USA

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Patrick J. Aragon

As a licensed psychologist in Melbourne, Florida, I am dedicated to providing compassionate and high quality services that promote growth and development. I offer therapy and brief assessment to individuals of all ages, and tailor treatment to the needs of my clients. I work with a variety of clinical needs, ranging from adjustment difficulties to clinical depression. Additionally, I have thorough experience in the treatment of anxiety, and substance use and treatment. I have experience in treating a wide range of populations and offer individual, and couples-based therapy. I provide therapy in the warmest environment at Beachside Counseling & Wellness, and offer services that are confidential and private. My specialty is working with adolescents and adults. I've also helped folks seeking services for motivation in various aspects of their lives, such as health & wellness, and stress-based changes.
Affiliations and expertise
Florida Institute of Technology and Be Well Counseling, USA

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