The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
1 The history of community mental health nursing......Page 24
2 The frontline workforce of community mental health care......Page 36
3 The policy and legal context......Page 47
4 Ethical issues......Page 58
5 Social exclusion, discrimination and social isolation......Page 71
6 Working in multidisciplinary community teams......Page 84
7 Meeting mental health needs in primary care......Page 95
8 Collaborating with users of services......Page 107
9 Gender issues......Page 117
10 Culture and ethnicity......Page 128
11 Stress, burnout and coping......Page 138
12 Clinical supervision and reflective practice......Page 149
13 Promoting mental health......Page 166
14 Using evidence to inform practice......Page 181
15 Assessing needs in community mental health care......Page 192
16 Risk, decision-making and mental health......Page 204
17 Preventing suicide......Page 215
18 Working with families I: systemic approaches......Page 227
19 Working with families II: psychosocial interventions......Page 239
20 Cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis......Page 252
21 Relapse prevention in psychosis......Page 267
22 Case management and assertive outreach......Page 278
23 Psychopharmacology and medication management......Page 291
24 Creativity and the therapeutic use of the creative arts......Page 304
25 Working with mentally disordered offenders......Page 316
26 Working with people with coexisting mental health and substance misuse......Page 327
27 Working with people with dementia and their carers......Page 336
28 Working with people with mental health problems and learning disabilities......Page 348
29 Current approaches to working with children and adolescents......Page 360
30 Education and training for community mental health nurses......Page 376
31 Developing courses in psychosocial interventions......Page 387
32 The contribution of quantitative approaches to community mental health nursing research......Page 402
33 The contribution of qualitative approaches to community 33 The contribution of qualitative approaches to community......Page 414
Conclusion......Page 423
Appendix I: Professional organisations......Page 425
Appendix II: Voluntary organisations......Page 427
Appendix III: Journals and magazines......Page 431
Appendix IV: Internet sites and discussion lists......Page 433
Index......Page 435