Foundations of mental health care / Michelle Morrison-Valfre.
Material type: TextPublication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Mosby, c2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 405 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780323026093 (pbk.) :
- 0323026095
- Mental health care
- 616.89 VAL
- RC440
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Previous ed.: 2001.
Text on inside cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-377) and index.
Unit 1: Mental health care: past and present:- 1. The historyof mental health care -- 2. Current mental health care systems -- 3. Ethical and legal issues -- 4. Sociocultural issues -- 5. Theories and therapies -- 6. Psychotherapeutic drug therapy -- Unit tw2: The caregivers therapeutic skills:- 7. Skills and principles of mental health care -- 8. Mental health assessment skills -- 9. Therapeutic communication -- 10. The therapeutic relationship -- 11. The therapeutic environment -- Unit 3: Mental health problems throughout the life cycle:- 12. Problems of childhood-- 13. Problems of adolescence -- 14. Problems of adulthood -- 15. Problems of late adulthood -- 16. Cognitive impairment, Alzheimer\'s disease, and dementia -- Unit 4: Clients with psychological problems:- 17. Managing anxiety-- 18. Illness and hospitalization -- 19. Loss and grief -- 20. Depression and other mood disorders -- 21. Physical problems, psycholgoical sources -- 22. Eating and sleeping disorders -- 23. Dissociative disorders -- Unit 5: Clients with psychosocial problems:- 24. Anger and agression -- 25. Outward-focused emotions: violence -- 26. Inward-focused emotions: suicide -- 27. Substance-related disorders -- 28. Sexual disorders -- 29. Personality disorders -- 30. Schizophrenia and other psychoses -- 31. Chronic mental health disorders -- 32. Challenges for the future.
This comprehensive text provides a historical overview of mental health care, theoretical foundations, information on therapeutic skills, problems throughout the life cycle and psychological and psychosocial problems.