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Mental Health in Emergency Care
- 1st Edition - September 7, 2022
- Author: Peta Marks
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 4 2 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 9 7 8 0 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 9 7 7 9 - 1
Mental Health in Emergency Care takes a practical, scenario-based approach to help students and recent graduates hone their knowledge and skills to address the mental health ne… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMental Health in Emergency Care takes a practical, scenario-based approach to help students and recent graduates hone their knowledge and skills to address the mental health needs of people presenting to emergency care settings.
Featuring typical presentations across community, pre-hospital and hospital contexts, the scenarios demonstrate how clinicians can identify underlying mental health issues that can often go undetected and contribute to poor health outcomes.
Mental Health in Emergency Care
provides a framework for thinking about mental health in emergency settings, and how to develop mental health knowledge and skills that can be applied in order to provide more holistic care to all patients.- Emphasis on mental health core principles for practice - recovery, person-centered, trauma informed care, collaborative practice, cultural safety
- Focus on essential mental health nursing skills and the importance of mental health triage and assessment as part of a comprehensive approach
- 18 scenarios written for clinicians, by clinicians, based on typical presentations across community, pre-hospital and hospital contexts
- Red flags for possible mental health issues provide practical support
- Includes lived experience perspectives for in-depth understanding
- Provides relevant information on what to say and what to do in an emergency setting
- A focus on self-care within emergency care settings
- An eBook included with print purchase
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the editor
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Introduction to mental health in emergency care
- Introduction
- Mental health and mental health problems
- A social ecological approach to mental health
- Recovery-oriented and trauma-informed approaches to care
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 2. Mental health triage in emergency settings
- Introduction
- The Australasian triage scale
- Triage and the issue of ‘risk’ and safety
- Safety in care, safety at work
- Assessing and managing agitation and distress
- Somatic complaints and psychological distress
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3. Practice setting scenarios
- Introduction
- Integrating mental health across the service spectrum – stepped care
- Effective practice in emergency care settings
- Orientation to the practice-based scenarios
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.1 Supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples presenting with mental health concerns
- Introduction
- Aboriginal and torres strait islander social and emotional wellbeing
- Health, mental health and where people live
- Health and mental health service access in rural and remote areas
- Culturally safe care
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.2 Assessing and responding to people with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns
- Introduction
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Prevalence of co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns
- Consumer experience of substance use
- Assessment of the person with a co-occurring substance use and mental health problem
- Assessment of suicidality
- Assessment and management of withdrawal
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.3 Assessing and responding to children and young people experiencing mental health concerns
- Introduction
- Self-harm and young people
- Suicide and young people
- Psychosis and young people
- Behavioural disturbance and young people
- Technology and young people
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.4 Working with families of people experiencing mental illness or distress
- Introduction
- The needs of children
- Working with families in emergency settings
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.5 Assessing and responding to an older person presenting with confusion, agitation and delirium
- Introduction
- Residential aged care transfers to emergency departments
- Delirium in the emergency department
- Risk factors for delirium
- Delirium screening
- Strategies for managing delirium
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.6 Assessing and responding to someone who presents following intentional self-harm
- Introduction
- Summary
- References
- 3.7 Assessing and responding to someone who presents with suicidal behaviour
- Introduction
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.8 Assessing and responding to someone presenting with panic
- Introduction
- Stress, fear and anxiety
- ‘Panic disorder’
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.9 Assessing and responding to someone presenting with an eating disorder
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Eating disorder presentations to emergency departments
- Psychological impacts
- Evidence-based treatment
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.10 Assessment and management considerations working with women experiencing a mental health perinatal emergency in remote Australia
- Introduction
- Perinatal mental health
- Baby blues
- Postpartum depression
- Puerperal psychosis
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.11 Assessment and management considerations working with someone experiencing psychosis in a pacer team community setting
- Introduction
- About PACER*
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.12 Assessment and management considerations working with people presenting with mood disorder in the pre-hospital (paramedic) practice setting
- Introduction
- Registration and standards of care
- Mental health workload in the pre-hospital setting
- Changes in mood: Caring in the community
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.13 Assessment and management considerations for supporting asylum seekers and refugees
- Introduction
- Immigration detention and causal links to mental health
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 3.14 Supporting resilience and providing psychological first aid when working in disaster settings as a first responder
- Introduction
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- 4. Self-care for working in emergency care settings
- Introduction
- Anxiety and stress
- Secondary traumatic stress
- Emotional labour
- Compassion fatigue
- Burnout
- Protective strategies and self-care
- Boundaries
- Reflective practice
- Summary
- Useful websites
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 286
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 7, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729544214
- eBook ISBN: 9780729597807
- eBook ISBN: 9780729597791
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Peta Marks
Affiliations and expertise
National Programs Manager, InsideOut Institute, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, and Australian Health Consulting, Australia