Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining severe mental illness
  • Schizophrenia
  • Affective disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Somatoform disorders
  • Severe mental illness in old age
  • Personality disorder: what role for the mental health services?
  • Understanding the need
  • Models of care for severe mental illness
  • Policy development for severe mental illness: the UK experience
  • Models of mental healthcare for the elderly
  • Forensic psychiatry services
  • Services for severe somatoform disorders
  • Psychological approaches to psychotic illness
  • Suicide prevention
  • Mentally ill parents
  • Monitoring effectiveness and increasing knowledge: education, audit and research.