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About this book
This is a handbook for all those new to mental health work or seeking to develop their skills who want to know more about underpinning policies and best practice. Based broadly on the standards in the national service framework for mental health, the book presents contributions from some of the leading figures in the mental health arena.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Understanding mental health and mental illness
- Chapter 2 Public mental health and mental health promotion
- Chapter 3 Building bridges to social inclusion
- Chapter 4 Breaking the spiral of oppression: racism and race equality in the mental health system
- Chapter 5 Challenging discrimination against people with mental health problems
- Chapter 6 Women’s mental health and recovery
- Chapter 7 Everybody’s business: mental health in older age
- Chapter 8 Closing the therapeutic triangle: carer support and why it isn’t happening
- Chapter 9 Service user involvement in mental health services: what’s the point?
- Chapter 10 What are we waiting for? choice in the mental health system
- Chapter 11 Direct payments and individual budgets: keys to independence
- Chapter 12 New approaches to treating common mental disorders in primary care
- Chapter 13 Closing the gap: tackling physical health inequalities in primary care
- Chapter 14 Risk management in mental health: people, perceptions and places
- Chapter 15 Community mental health teams: a local whole systems approach
- Chapter 16 Acute inpatient care: its role and the challenges it faces
- Chapter 17 Toxic environments? violence and aggression on acute wards
- Chapter 18 Dual diagnosis: working with people with mental health and substance use problems
- Chapter 19 Commissioning mental health services: towards social inclusion