Companion to Primary Care Mental Health

ISBN-13: 9781846199769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 746 str.

Gabriel Ivbijaro

Opis

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health is the result of a major collaboration of an international group of general practitioners, psychiatrists, policy-makers, mental health professionals and mental health advocates. This guide provides the best available evidence for the management of patients with mental health conditions in primary care.

Spis treści

Contributors. Abbreviations and acronyms. Forewords. Acknowledgements. Section A: Primary care mental health: the context. Aims, concept and structure of the book. Wider determinants of health and mental health in primary care. Advocacy and overcoming stigma in primary care mental health. Spirituality in primary care mental health. Ethics in primary care mental health. Section B: Access and primary care mental health. Public health aspects of integration of mental health into primary care services. Managing the interface in primary care mental health clinics. Evaluation of primary care mental health. Section C: Assessment and the principles of intervention in primary care mental health. History-taking and investigations in primary care mental health. Mental health classification in primary care. Risk assessment and the management of suicidality in primary care mental health. The principles of prescribing in primary care mental health. Psychological interventions in primary care mental health. Social and environmental interventions in primary care mental health. Section D: Treatment in primary care mental health. Part I: Dysphoric disorders in primary care mental health. Anxiety in primary care mental health. Bereavement in primary care mental health. Depression in primary care mental health. Part II: Psychotic disorders in primary care mental health. Bipolar disorder in primary care mental health. Schizophrenia in primary care mental health.Part III: Perinatal disorders in primary care mental health. Perinatal mental health in primary care: an overview of current models across the globe. Part IV: Bodily distress disorders in primary care mental health. Bodily distress syndrome in primary care mental health. Part V: Bodily function disorders in primary care mental health. Eating disorders in primary care mental health. Gender dysphoria in primary care mental health. Part VI: Substance use disorders in primary care mental health. Tobacco use disorder in primary care mental health. Alcohol use disorder in primary care mental health. Drug use disorder in primary care mental health. Part VII: Childhood disorders in primary care mental health. Development and psychopathology in infancy and early childhood. Child mental health in primary care. Adolescent mental health in primary care. Part VIII: Acquired neurocognitive disorders of old age in primary care mental health. Dementia in primary care mental health. Part IX: Physical health and mental illness. Mental disorders due to physical illness at the interface: practical considerations. Physical health consequences of mental illness. Multimorbidity in primary care mental health. Index.

O autorze

Gabriel Ivbijaro Chair of the Wonca Working Party on Mental Health and Medical Director, Waltham Forest Community and Family Health Services, The Wood Street Medical Centre, London, UK