Good Practice in Adult Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Pritchard, Jacki; Ryan, Tony

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental health need or problem and offering appropriate support.

This is an essential introduction written by practitioners, and also draws from the personal experiences of service users and carers, providing up-to-date and topical material covering major issues such as:

* the concepts of mental health, illness and recovery

* advocacy and empowerment

* legal and policy issues relating to practice

* gender and ethnicity in mental health

* violence and abuse.

The broad range of this book makes it an excellent resource for mental health practitioners, whether experienced or new to the field, support workers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of mental illness and the mental health system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846420535
• Artikelnr.: 38351784

Autorenporträt

Tony Ryan is Director of Tony Ryan Associates, an Associate Consultant with the National Institute for Mental Health in England (North West) and an Associate Consultant for the Health and Social Care Advisory Service and has worked in service development since June 2000. He has experience as a mental health nurse in the NHS and edited Managing Crisis and Risk in Mental Health Nursing (1999). Tony has published on a wide range of topics including service development, mental health policy, nursing practice and research methodology. Jacki Pritchard is a qualified social worker who has worked as a practitioner and manager in both fieldwork and hospital settings. She is currently working as a trainer, consultant and researcher focusing on abuse, risk and violence.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Tony Ryan
University of Manchester and Jacki Pritchard
trainer
consultant and researcher. 1. What is mental health
illness and recovery? Piers Allott
University of Wolverhampton. 2. Human rights and mental health law
David Hewitt
Hempson's Solicitors. 3. The care programme approach
Lynn Agnew
Trafford Social Services. 4. Interventions in mental health: promoting collaborative working and meaningful support
Simon Rippon
NIMHE North West Development Centre. 5. Medication management
Jacquie White
University of Hull. 6. The role of primary care
Debbie Nixon
NIMHE North West Regional Development Centre and Tim Saunders
GP and Cheshire West Primary Care Trust. 7. Medical diagnosis of mental illness
Rob Poole
consultant psychiatrist
North East Wales NHS Trust. 8. Multidisciplinary team working and the roles of members
Karen Newbigging
Health and Social Care Advisory Service. 9. Supporting staff
Jane Gilbert
independent consultant. 10. From grassroots to statute: the mental health service user movement in England
Carey Bamber
NIMHE North West Development Centre. 11. Mental health advocacy and empowerment in focus
Rick Henderson
Advocacy Across London. 12. Personal experiences of mental health and illness
Julian and Eric (son and Father). 13. Carer perspectives
Alison Pearsall
Lancashire Care NHS Trust and Lillian Yates
Penine Care NHS Trust. 14. Black and minority ethnic mental health
Melba Wilson
Centre for Mental Health Services Development
Linda Williamson and Rhian Williams
Wandsworth Primary Care Trust
and Sandra Griffiths
The Mellow Campaign. 15. Gender and mental health
Barbara Hatfield
University of Manchester. 16. Substance misuse and mental health
Mark Holland and Vall Midson
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust. 17. Towards No Secrets: the use of multi-agency policies and procedures to protect mental health service users from abuse
Ruth Ingram
Bradford Social Services. 18. Managing violence
Roy Butterworth
Lancashire Care NHS Trust. Glossary. List of contributors. Indexes.