Mental Health A Pocket Guide
- 4th Edition - August 11, 2021
- Author: Debra O’Kane
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 4 0 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 9 5 1 - 2
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Mental Health: A pocket guide
delivers a comprehensive overview of the relevant concepts vital to contemporary mental health care. With a clear focus on the consumer, it covers the issues faced by people living with mental illness, as well as best practice approaches for primary health, first responders and multidisciplinary health care professionals.- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Author Reviewer
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Mental health: Every health professional’s business
- Introduction
- Health, mental health and mental illness
- Stigma and discrimination
- The extent of mental illness in the community
- Risk for co-occurring mental illness and physical illness
- Impact of mental illness
- Providing health care for people with mental illness in the primary care setting
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 2. Working in a recovery framework
- Introduction
- Recovery
- Protective and risk factors
- Recovery-oriented mental health services
- Providing recovery-oriented mental healthcare
- Working with individuals
- Recovery across the lifespan
- Working with families and carers
- Recovery competencies for health workers
- Recovery and risk
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 3. Essentials for mental health practice
- Introduction
- Practice essentials
- Mental health literacy and psychoeducation
- Assessment
- Practitioner essentials
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 4. An overview of mental health problems
- Introduction
- Diagnostic classifications
- Aetiology of mental illness
- Anxiety and related problems
- Schizophrenia
- Disorders of mood
- Disorders in young people
- Intellectual disability
- Eating disorders
- Personality disorders
- Disorders in older people
- Substance related disorders
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 5. Mental health assessment
- Introduction
- What is a mental health assessment?
- Why assess?
- Settings for a mental state examination
- Cultural issues
- How to talk to family and friends
- Essential mental state examination skills
- The basics and purpose of the mental state examination
- The components of a mental state examination
- Summary
- Additional information required for a mental health assessment
- Conclusion
- Reference
- Resources
- Assessment scales
- Web resources
- 6. Assessing risk
- Introduction
- Why assess risk?
- Types of risk factor
- When to do risk assessment
- What is in a mental health risk assessment?
- What to tell the person when undertaking a risk assessment
- Making a formulation and management plan
- References
- Web resources
- 7. Behaviours of concern
- Introduction
- Behaviours of concern
- What to do if the person is suicidal
- What to do if a person is self-harming
- What to do when working with people with a personality disorder
- What to do if the person has experienced an acute trauma (physical, psychological or sexual assault)
- What to do if the person is aggressive or violent
- Debriefing
- What to do if the person is acutely psychotic
- What to do if the person is having a panic attack
- What to do if the person is intoxicated with drugs or alcohol
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 8. Trauma-informed care
- Introduction
- Trauma-informed care
- Exposure to trauma
- Trauma and mental health
- Principles of trauma-informed care
- Implementing trauma-informed care
- Essential skills in the therapeutic relationship
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 9. Managing medications
- Introduction
- Categories of medication
- Tools for assessing side effects of medications
- Mood stabilisers
- Drugs used to manage dementia
- PRN medication
- General management issues
- Special populations
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 10. Culture and mental health
- Introduction
- What is culture?
- Culture and risk of mental illness
- Explanatory models of mental illness
- The impact of culture and mental health
- Cultural competence
- Cultural safety
- Cultural and linguistic diversity
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 11. Co-occurring medical problems
- Introduction
- The extent of the problem
- Metabolic syndrome
- Diabetes mellitus
- Prevention and management: Ongoing monitoring
- Factors affecting poor physical health
- Strategies for improving physical health
- Comorbidity and substance use
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 12. Loss and grief
- Introduction
- Understanding loss, grief and mourning
- Models and theories of loss and bereavement
- Uncomplicated grief
- Complicated grief
- Loss and mental illness
- Loss and natural disasters
- Loss across the lifespan
- Loss following suicide
- Loss for indigenous peoples
- Professional support and assisting a bereaved person
- Looking after yourself
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 13. Law and ethics
- Introduction
- Mental health law
- Role of paramedics, ambulance officers and police officers as authorised officers
- Ethical issues in mental healthcare
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- 14. Settings for mental healthcare
- Introduction
- Mental healthcare
- Community settings
- Care coordination
- Assessment and crisis intervention teams
- Community treatment teams
- Outreach/mobile assertive care teams
- General practitioners
- Private practitioners
- Primary healthcare
- Pharmacists
- Non-government organisations
- Community disability support programs
- Mutual support/self-help/information/advocacy groups
- Hospital settings
- Special populations
- Conclusion
- References
- Web resources
- Appendix 1: Surviving clinical placement
- Appendix 2: Who does what in mental health
- Appendix 3: Talking therapies
- Appendix 4: Supporting people with mental illness taking medication
- Further reading and resources
- Glossary
- Credits
- Index
- No. of pages: 212
- Language: English
- Edition: 4
- Published: August 11, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729544030
- eBook ISBN: 9780729589512
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Debra O’Kane
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator Bachelor of Nursing,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences,
Flinders University,
Adelaide, South Australia