Ian R. H. Falloon, Grainne Fadden

Integrated Mental Health Care

A Comprehensive, Community-Based Approach
Herausgeber: Tyrer, Peter J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new, practical and cost effective approach to the provision of mental health services to a community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780521499729
• ISBN-10: 0521499720
• Artikelnr.: 21127543

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: who needs community-based care?
2. Community management of mental disorders: integrating patients, carers and primary health care with specialist mental health services
3. Effective therapeutic strategies
4. Early detection of major mental disorders
5. Problem-based assessment of functioning
6. Crisis intervention and intensive care for acute episodes: creating an asylum at home
7. Prevention of recurrent disorders
8. Integrated clinical management of the long-term disabled
9. Assessment of benefits and costs of the service to the community
10. Conclusions and future directions.