Vikram Patel, Charlotte Hanlon (Addis Ababa University)

Where There Is No Psychiatrist

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practical manual offers health workers without specialist training a basic understanding of mental illness, by guiding them through the assessment and management of more than 30 clinical problems, enabling them to draw on their resources to be able to address mental health issues that arise in their communities. This product is also available as Open Access.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RCPsych Publications
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9781909726833
• ISBN-10: 1909726834
• Artikelnr.: 51982898

Autorenporträt

Vikram Patel is the Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School. He works in India with Sangath and the Public Health Foundation of India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Foreword
Part I. An Overview of Mental Health Problems: 1. An introduction to mental health problems
2. Core skills for mental health care
3. Assessing someone with a mental health problem
4. General approach to treatment of mental health problems
Part II. Treatments: 5. Specific treatments for mental health problems
Part III. Clinical Problems: 6. Emergency management
7. Behaviours causing concern
8. Symptoms that are medically unexplained
9. The person with problems due to habits
10. Problems arising from loss and violence
11. Problems in childhood and adolescence
Part IV. Integrating Mental Health: 12. Integrating mental health into health care platforms
13. Integrating mental health into community platforms
Part V. Localising This Manual For Your Area: 14. Medications for mental health problems
15. Resources in your area
16. Psychiatric terms for mental health problems
17. Glossary
18. Resources used in the manual.