Where There Is No Psychiatrist
by Patel, VikramFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Summary
This book is a practical manual of mental health care for community health workers, primary care nurses, social workers and primary care doctors, particularly in developing countries.
Table of Contents
| List of boxes and tables | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| How to use this manual | |
| An overview of mental illness | |
| An introduction to mental illness | p. 3 |
| Assessing someone with a mental illness | p. 20 |
| The treatment of mental illness | p. 28 |
| Clinical problems | |
| Behaviors that cause concern | p. 53 |
| Symptoms that are medically unexplained | p. 85 |
| Habits that cause problems | p. 115 |
| Problems arising from loss and violence | p. 137 |
| Problems in childhood and adolescence | p. 155 |
| Integrating mental health | |
| Mental health in other contexts | p. 191 |
| Mental health promotion and advocacy | p. 210 |
| Localising this manual for your area | |
| Medicines for mental illness | p. 233 |
| Resources in your area | p. 244 |
| Flow charts for clinical problem-solving | p. 248 |
| Bibliography | p. 253 |
| Glossary of terms for mental illnesses and their symptoms | p. 254 |
| Please send us your comments | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 258 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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