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Tackling mental health crises / David Kingdon and Marie Finn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2006.Description: 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781583919798 (pbk.) :
  • 9781583919798
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.204251 KIN
LOC classification:
  • RC454.4 .K532 2006
Contents:
1. What is a crisis? -- 2. Engaging and assessing the client -- 3. Crisis planning -- 4. Risk assessment and management -- 5. Emotional difficulties -- 6. Behavioural problems -- 7.Troublesome thoughts -- 8. Physical symptoms -- 9. Service teams and settings -- 10. Preventing crises.
Summary: How best to manage clients who present in crisis is a vital but much neglected area of clinical practice. This text aims to provide a practical guide to combining social psychological responses to mental health problems.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.204251 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205384
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.204251 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 200006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is a crisis? -- 2. Engaging and assessing the client -- 3. Crisis planning -- 4. Risk assessment and management -- 5. Emotional difficulties -- 6. Behavioural problems -- 7.Troublesome thoughts -- 8. Physical symptoms -- 9. Service teams and settings -- 10. Preventing crises.

How best to manage clients who present in crisis is a vital but much neglected area of clinical practice. This text aims to provide a practical guide to combining social psychological responses to mental health problems.

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