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Physiotherapy in Mental Health
A Practical Approach
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Editors: Tina Everett, Maureen Dennis, Eirian Ricketts
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 1 8 3 - 1
Physiotherapy in Mental Health: A Practical Approach provides a concise discussion of the concept of abnormal behavior. The title also covers the role of physiotherapy in dealing… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhysiotherapy in Mental Health: A Practical Approach provides a concise discussion of the concept of abnormal behavior. The title also covers the role of physiotherapy in dealing with mental problems. The first part of the text covers the basic aspects of physiotherapy in mental health setting; this part covers psychiatric illness; communication in the clinical mental health setting; and the evaluation of physiotherapy services in the mental health field. Next, the book covers the concerns of the practice of physiotherapy in mental health, such as challenging behaviors, stress management, and relaxation training. The last part covers the various aspects of psychiatric treatment, including child psychiatry, eating disorders, and substance abuse. The text will be of great use to physiotherapists in the mental health care setting. The book will also be interesting to readers who want to know how physiotherapy can be applied to improve the mental and social health of individuals.
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I
1. Psychiatric Illnesses
2. Models of Mental Disorder
3. Communication in the Clinical Mental Health Setting
4. The Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Group Practice
5. Community Care and Working with Carers
6. Practical Guidelines for Service Evaluation
Part II
7. Touch and Handling
8. Neuroendocrine-Immune Network, Nociceptive Stress and the General Adaptive Response
9. Pain, Stress and Misdiagnosis
10. Challenging Behavior Contributors
11. Stress Management
12. Relaxation Training
13. Exercise and Mental Health
14. Agoraphobia and Panic Attacks: A Physical Cause for Psychiatric Problem
15. Movement Therapy: Old Roots, New Profession
16. Complementary Medicine
A. An Introduction to the Subject
B. Aromatherapy in the Mental Health Setting
C. Reflextherapy
D. Connective Tissue Massage
Part III
17. Child Psychiatry
A. Physiotherapy in a Children's Psychiatric Unit
B. A Physiotherapist's Contribution to a Child Guidance Clinic
C. Creative Visualization With Children
18. Eating Disorders
19. Substance Misuse
A. The Medical Approach
B. The Natural Health Care Approach
20. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
21. Forensic Psychiatry
A. Behavioral Science in Forensic Psychiatry
B. Physiotherapy in Forensic Psychiatry
22. Dementia
23. Mental Illness in Old Age
Index
- No. of pages: 440
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483141831
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Tina Everett
Affiliations and expertise
Head of physiotherapy services, Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust, UKRead Physiotherapy in Mental Health on ScienceDirect