Foundations of Mental Health Care

by Valfre, Michelle Morrison

• ISBN13: 9780323011686
• ISBN10: 0323011683
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Mosby Inc

Summary

The new edition of this comprehensive text provides an historical overview of mental health care, theoretical foundations, information on therapeutic skills, problems throughout the life cycle, and psychological and psychosocial problems. FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE includes content on the care and treatment of common to serious mental health problems, as well as discussions of the ethical, legal, social, and cultural issues that influence mental health care. Spanish version of 1st edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-349-6

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE MENTAL HEALTH CARE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
The History of Mental Health Care	1	(8)
Current Mental Health Care Systems	9	(12)
Ethical and Legal Issues	21	(10)
Sociocultural Issues	31	(9)
Early Theories and Therapies	40	(13)
Contemporary Theories and Therapies	53	(12)
Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy	65	(12)
UNIT TWO THE CAREGIVER'S THERAPEUTIC SKILLS
Principles of Mental Health Care	77	(10)
The Therapeutic Environment	87	(12)
The Therapeutic Relationship	99	(12)
Therapeutic Communication	111	(15)
The Most Important Skill: Self-Awareness	126	(9)
Mental Health Assessment Skills	135	(12)
UNIT THREE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE
Problems of Childhood	147	(16)
Problems of Adolescence	163	(15)
Problems of Adulthood	178	(9)
Problems of Late Adulthood	187	(16)
UNIT FOUR CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Illness and Hospitalization	203	(10)
Loss and Grief	213	(12)
Anxiety Disorders	225	(12)
Depression and Other Mood Disorders	237	(14)
Physical Problems, Psychological Sources	251	(11)
Eating and Sleeping Disorders	262	(13)
Dissociative Disorders	275	(10)
UNIT FIVE CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS
Anger and Aggression	285	(12)
Violence	297	(17)
Suicide	314	(11)
Substance-Related Disorders	325	(14)
Sexual Disorders	339	(11)
Personality Disorders	350	(11)
Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses	361	(15)
Chronic Mental Health Disorders	376	(11)
Challenges for the Future	387	(12)
Appendix A: Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice	399	(1)
Appendix B: DSM-IV-TR Classification of Adult Mental Disorders	400	(1)
Appendix C: A Simple Method to Determine Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination Procedure	401	(2)
Appendix D: Mental Status Assessment at a Glance	403	(1)
Glossary	404	(15)
Index	419