Sect. 1 Orienting material: the background to care The consumer of mental helath care History of mental health nursing and psychiatry Legal aspects of mental health nursing Government policy and the organisation of mental health care General consultation skills Principles of assessment Evaluation in mental health nursing Sect. 2 Mental healthcare; approaches to client problems Schizophrenia Disorders of mood; depression and mania Suicide and self-harm Phobias and rituals Hypochondriasis and inappropriate illness behaviour Anger and impulse control Post-traumatic disorders Children and adolescent's difficulties Mental disorders of older people Sect. 3 Mental health initiatives; new directions in mental health care Advocacy Self-help initiatives Alternatives to traditional mental health treatments

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