This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental health need or problem and offering appropriate support. This is an introduction written by practitioners, and also draws from the personal experiences of service users and carers, providing up-to-date and topical material covering major issues such as: the concepts of mental health, illness and recovery; advocacy and empowerment; legal and policy issues relating to practice; gender and ethnicity in mental health; violence and abuse. The range of this book makes it a resource for mental health practitioners, whether experienced or new to the field, support workers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of mental illness and the mental health system.
This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental health need or problem and offering appropriate support. This is an introduction written by practitioners, and also draws from the personal experiences of service users and carers, providing up-to-date and topical material covering major issues such as: the concepts of mental health, illness and recovery; advocacy and empowerment; legal and policy issues relating to practice; gender and ethnicity in mental health; violence and abuse. The range of this book makes it a resource for mental health practitioners, whether experienced or new to the field, support workers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of mental illness and the mental health system.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health law, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, substance misuse, acute psychiatric care, adults, carers, good practice;
This article reviews models of crisis services in mental health and argues that discrete crisis services should be regarded as specific elements of a system-wide approach to crisis rather that the sole specialised response.
This article reviews models of crisis services in mental health and argues that discrete crisis services should be regarded as specific elements of a system-wide approach to crisis rather that the sole specialised response.
Subject terms:
helplines, home care, hospitals, mental health problems, mental health services, severe mental health problems, access to services, acute psychiatric care, community care, day services, crisis intervention;