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Where There Is No Psychiatrist
副标题: A Mental Health Care Manual
ISBN: 9781901242751
出版社: Gaskell Press
出版年: 2003-1-1
页数: 266
定价: GBP 8.00
内容简介
This book is a highly illustrated practical manual for mental health care for the community health worker, the primary care nurse, the social worker, and the primary care doctor, particularly in developing countries. After giving the reader a basic understanding of mental illness, the book goes on to describe more than 30 clinical problems associated with mental illness and uses a problem-solving approach to guide the reader through their assessment and management. The final section provides quick reference information for common problems and it also includes chapters for the reader to personalize the manual for a particular location. Also included is a practical guide to the use of psychiatric medicines and simple psychological treatments.
作者简介
Vikram Patel is a psychiatrist with a special interest in global mental health. His passion is to contribute to the goal of improving access to mental health care and and promoting the human rights of people with mental disorders worldwide. The Wellcome Trust has supported his work since 1996 and he has been a Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science since 2005. He is a Joint Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, a partnership of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with the King's College London. He is based for most of the year in Goa working with Sangath, a local NGO which he co-founded with other local colleagues, and the Government agencies and the Public Health Foundation of India. In 2011, he was appointed to the Government of India's Mental Health Policy group tasked with developing India's first national mental health policy and recommending the design of the National Mental Health Program.
目录
Part I. An overview of mental illness
1. An introduction to mental illness
2. Assessing someone with a mental illness
3. The treatment of mental illness
Part II. Clinical problems
4. Behaviours which cause concern
5. Symptoms which are medically unexplained
6. Habits which cause problems
7. Problems arising from loss and violence
8. Problems in childhood and adolescence
Part III. Integrating mental health
9. Mental health in other contexts
10. Mental health promotion and advocacy
Part IV. Localising this manual for your area
11. Medicines for mental illness
12. Resources in your area
Appendix. Flowcharts for clinical problem-solving
Bibliography
