Mental health today
Subtitle: a handbook
By: edited by Catherine Jackson and Kathryn Hill
Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781841962917; 9781841961712
Subjects: Mental health; Handbooks, manuals; Mental Health Services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Understanding mental health and mental illness""; ""Chapter 2 Public mental health and mental health promotion""; ""Chapter 3 Building bridges to social inclusion""; ""Chapter 4 Breaking the spiral of oppression: racism and race equality in the mental health system""; ""Chapter 5 Challenging discrimination against people with mental health problems""; ""Chapter 6 Womenâ€?s mental health and recovery""; ""Chapter 7 Everybodyâ€?s business: mental health in older age""; title: ""Chapter 8 Closing the therapeutic triangle: carer support and why it isnâ€?t happening""""Chapter 9 Service user involvement in mental health services: whatâ€?s the point?""; ""Chapter 10 What are we waiting for? choice in the mental health system""; ""Chapter 11 Direct payments and individual budgets: keys to independence""; ""Chapter 12 New approaches to treating common mental disorders in primary care""; ""Chapter 13 Closing the gap: tackling physical health inequalities in primary care""; ""Chapter 14 Risk management in mental health: people, perceptions and places""; title: ""Chapter 15 Community mental health teams: a local whole systems approach""""Chapter 16 Acute inpatient care: its role and the challenges it faces""; ""Chapter 17 Toxic environments? violence and aggression on acute wards""; ""Chapter 18 Dual diagnosis: working with people with mental health and substance use problems""; ""Chapter 19 Commissioning mental health services: towards social inclusion""