Foundations of mental health care / By Michelle Morrison-Valfre.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-406) and index.

Indhold: Mental Health Care: Past and Present (The History of Mental Health Care ; Current Mental Health Care ; Ethical and Legal Issues ; Sociocultural Issues ; Theories and Therapies ; Complementary and Alternative Therapies ; Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy) ; The Caregiver's Therapeutic Skills (Skills and Principles of Mental Health Care ; Mental Health Assessment Skills ; Therapeutic Communication ; The Therapeutic Relationship ; The Therapeutic Environment) ; 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) ; 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) ; 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) Appendix: Mental Status Assessment at a Glance ; A Simple Assessment of Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms

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