Mental category: 19657 books
New Law and Ethics in Mental Health Advance Directives
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Choose
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Penelope Weller considers the relationship between human rights and...
by Stefan Priebe, Mike Slade
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Mental health care increasingly faces a challenge to be 'evidence based'. However, despite much policy activity in the UK, it's still not clear what sort of evidence researchers should be producing for mental health services, or what purchasers should be looking for. Evidence in Mental Health Care...
Raising Mental Health Awareness in Higher Education
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
The state of college students’ mental health is a growing phenomenon across university campuses. Educators often watch students struggle with academic, social, financial, and familial issues. Over the past decade, these issues have led to an increasing number of students exhibiting behavior related...
A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice
Seeing the Unseen
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Drawing on the authors’ experience in developing and implementing global mental health programs in crisis and development settings, A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen is designed for mental health, public health, and primary care professionals new to this emerging area.
The...
Tie a Knot and Hang on
Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Tie a Knot and Hang On is an analysis of mental health care work that crosses the borders of diverse sociological traditions. The work seeks to understand the theoretical and empirical linkages between environmental pressures and activities and how these intersect with organizations and individuals....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
We know that gender traits and mental disorders are based on social, cultural, personal and physiological background. In order to formulate the best management plan for the patient, the mental health practitioner needs to incorporate all available information.
Women and Mental Health provides a comprehensive...
by Daphne Tarango
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2014
You're one of the millions of people who struggle with mental illness. You struggle in silence, hoping to avoid stares, whispers, and prejudice. But society’s judgment has also become your inner voice. Guilt, shame, and low self-worth have entrenched themselves in your mind and heart like old grooves...
Pilot Mental Health Assessment and Support
A practitioner's guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The presentation of mental illness at work has different implications and consequences depending on the specific nature of the job, work context, regulatory framework and risks for the employee, organisation and society. Naturally there are certain occupational groups where human factors and/or mental...
by Marc Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
‘This book belongs on the bookshelf of everyone with a personal or professional interest in mental health. Roberts addresses the subjects that are troubling professionals across the globe, providing a sound theoretical base on which a professional viewpoint can be formed. Complex concepts are presented...
Introducing Mental Health, Second Edition
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
This popular and accessible introduction to mental health is written for students, mental health practitioners and non-qualified professionals.
Fully revised, this second edition is up to date with the latest knowledge on mental health conditions, good practice and the law. The authors explain...
Mental Health and Social Problems
A Social Work Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Mental Health and Social Problems is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.
The...
Evil Eye, Jinn Possession, and Mental Health Issues
An Islamic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Evil Eye, Jinn Possession, and Mental Health Issues raises awareness of the cultural considerations, religion and spirituality involved in the assessment of Muslim patients with mental health problems. The belief that Jinn spirits can cause mental illness in humans through affliction or possession...
Disaster Mental Health Case Studies
Lessons Learned from Counseling in Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
Disaster Mental Health Case Studies is a riveting collection of case studies by master clinicians that reveal how disaster mental health interventions must be tailored to meet the needs of survivors. Each unique case study is structured to give the reader an introduction to the community affected...
Urban Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
A Responsive Approach to Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Urban Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services weaves together different strands of mental health work undertaken in one inner-city Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service by professionals working in a range of ways. In particular, it provides examples of how an urban CAMH service has been responsive...