Rapid Mental Health Nursing

Content: Introduction viii     Essential skills and knowledge     Assessment 3     Care planning 5     Clinical decision-making 8     Clinical observations 10     Clinical risk in mental health 12     Communication 14     Diagnosis and classification 17     Documentation 19     Early intervention services 21     Electroconvulsive therapy 24     Elimination 25     Infection control 27     Leadership 29     Lifelong learning 31     Managing aggression and violence 34     Managing people 36     Managing risk 39     Medication 41     Medicines management 44     Mental health law 46     Nutrition and fluid management 50     Organising care 52     Physical well-being 54     Psychiatric examination 57     Psychological interventions 59     Psychological therapies 61     Recovery 64     Reflection 66     Research 68     Suicide and self-harm 71     Therapeutic relationships 74     Time management 76     Values-based practice 78     Conditions     Acute confusional state 85     Alcohol misuse 87     Anxiety and related conditions 89     Bipolar affective disorder 91     Child and adolescent mental health 92     Dementia 95     Depression 97     Disorders associated with pregnancy 99     Drug misuse 102     Eating disorders 104     Functional disorders in older adults 106     Learning disabilities in mental health 108     Neuropsychiatry 110     Personality disorders 112     Schizophrenia 114     Sexual disorders 117     Sleep disorders 119     Trauma and other stress-related conditions 122     Unresolved grief 124     Specific issues     Asylum seekers and refugees 131     Culture and ethnicity 132     Homelessness 133     Older adults 134     Safeguarding vulnerable adults 135     Sexual abuse 137     Sexuality and gender 138     Spirituality and religion 140     Appendices 141     Revision questions 150     Glossary 162     References, further reading and useful resources 168     Index 179