UNIT I MENTAL HEALTH CARE: PAST AND PRESENT 1 The History of Mental Health Care 2 Current Mental Health Care Systems 3 Ethical and Legal Issues 4 Sociocultural Issues 5 Theories and Therapies 6 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 7 Psychotherapeutic Drug Therapy UNIT II THE CAREGIVER'S THERAPEUTIC SKILLS 8 Principles and Skills of Mental Health Care 9 Mental Health Assessment Skills 10 Therapeutic Communication 11 The Therapeutic Relationship 12 The Therapeutic Environment UNIT III MENTAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT 13 Problems of Childhood 14 Problems of Adolescence 15 Problems of Adulthood 16 Problems of Late Adulthood 17 Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia UNIT IV CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 18 Managing Anxiety 19 Illness and Hospitalization 20 Loss and Grief 21 Depression and Other Mood Disorders 22 Physical Problems, Psychological Sources 23 Eating and Sleeping Disorders 24 Dissociative Disorders UNIT V CLIENTS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS 25 Anger and Aggression 26 Outward-Focused Emotions: Violence 27 Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide 28 Substance-Related Disorders 29 Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Sexual Disorders 30 Personality Disorders 31 Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses 32 Chronic Mental Health Disorders 33 Challenges for the Future Appendix Index