The approved mental mealth professional's guide to psychiatry and medication /

This book is essential reading for all Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and those students and practitioners on mental health Post-Qualifying awards. It covers the core competencies of the AMHP and how the use of medication fits within the roles of the mental health professional. Fully u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Robert, 1949-
Otros Autores: Adshead, Gwen, Pollard, A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Post-qualifying social work practice.
Temas:
Psychiatric social work > Great Britain.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Psychotropic drugs.
Psychiatry
Mental Health > legislation & jurisprudence
Psychotropic Drugs
Mental Disorders > therapy
Service social psychiatrique > Grande-Bretagne.
Maladies mentales > Traitement.
Psychotropes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Mental illness > Treatment
Psychiatric social work
Psychotropic drugs
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The importance of psychiatry and medication for AMHPs; Psychiatrists: training and how they practise; An overview of psychiatry and classification; Psychotic disorders; Neurotic disorders, substance abuse and personality disorders; Forensic psychiatry; Psychiatry of old age; Psychiatry and risk assessment; Patients as parents; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Treatment issues in psychiatry; Classification of medication in psychiatry; Anti-depressants and mood stabilisers; Anti-psychotics; Anxiolytics, sedative/hypnotics, substance abuse; Older adults, children, unlicensed drugs; The law and psychiatric treatment; Treatment under the Mental Health Act

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