Foundations of mental health care / Michelle Morrison-Valfre.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-416) and index.

The history of mental health care. Current mental health care systems
Ethical and legal issues
Sociocultural issues
Theories and therapies
Complementary and alternative therapies
Psychotherapeutic drug therapy
Unit II: The caregiver's therapeutic skills. Principles and skills of mental health care
Mental health assessment skills
Therapeutic communication
The therapeutic relationship
The therapeutic environment
Unit III: Mental health problems throughout the life cycle. Problems of childhood
Problems of adolescence
Problems of adulthood
Problems of late adulthood
Cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia
Unit IV: Clients with psychological problems. Managing anxiety
Illness and hospitalization
Loss and grief
Depression and other mood disorders
Physical problems, psychological sources
Eating and sleeping disorders
Dissociative disorders
Unit V: Clients with psychosocial problems. Anger and aggression
Outward-focused emotions: violence
Inward-focused emotions: suicide
Substance-related disorders
Sexual disorders
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychoses
Chronic mental health disorders
Challenges for the future

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