Mental Health category: 18328 books
Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-being
Principles into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
What causes a person to flourish or languish? Or to be well or ill? How can the mental health and well-being of society as a whole, and individuals, be promoted and enhanced?
This book explores the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental factors that affect mental health and...
Mental Health Inc
How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
The mental health system in America is hardly the front-burner issue it should be, despite lip service about reform after each new tragic mass killing. Yet every American should care deeply about fixing a system a presidential commission reported was in “shambles.? By some measures, 20 percent of...
From Introspection to Action
The High-Level Professional's 28 Day Journey to Improving Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Do you take care of your mental health? How do you react when you hear that term: mental health?
Even with increased awareness surrounding mental wellbeing, admitting to and receiving treatment for mental disorders still remains a stigma for individuals within most communities. Especially...
Pilot Mental Health Assessment and Support
A practitioner's guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The presentation of mental illness at work has different implications and consequences depending on the specific nature of the job, work context, regulatory framework and risks for the employee, organisation and society. Naturally there are certain occupational groups where human factors and/or mental...
by Michele R. Davidson, PhD, CNM
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
2012 Third Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing!
"This is a great resource for any nurse working with women."--Score: 94, 4 Stars. Doody's Medical Reviews
This is a quick-access clinical guide to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
A Psychologist's Proactive Guide to Managed Mental Health Care offers a concise overview of the evolution of managed mental health care and its impact on the working lives of clinical and counseling psychologists. Although many books explore the ramifications of managed care for psychotherapy, this...
Mental Health Promotion
Paradigms and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Mental health promotion is an emerging field of interest to many health professionals. This book traces its history, defines it and distinguishes it from mental illness prevention. Mental health is viewed as a positive concept and seperate from mental illness and psychopathology. Based on original...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Better Mental Health!
Is the fact that you would like to get a grip on how to manage your mental health but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable?
First, you are NOT alone! It may seem like...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Stigma continues to play an integral role in the multifaceted issues facing mental health. While identifying a clear operational definition of stigma has been a challenge in the field, the issues related to stigma grossly affect not only the mental health population but society as a whole. Deconstructing...
by Grahame Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
As a mental health nurse, possessing an ethical sensibility and developing ethical reasoning is vital. This book is a practical introduction to the skills and knowledge the mental health nurse is professionally required to develop in their journey towards effectively managing complex ethical decisions....
Theories for Mental Health Nursing
A Guide for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
An understanding of the theories that shape and define mental health policy and practice is essential for every mental health nurse. This book gives you the knowledge you need to understand those complex and varying theories, concepts and approaches. It helps you to deconstruct mental health and become...
Towards a Mental Health System that Works
A professional guide to getting psychological help
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Research has established that there are efficacious psychological therapies for most common mental disorders. In Towards a Mental Health System That Works, psychologist Michael J Scott details the reforms necessary to ensure that consumers of services receive an evidence-based treatment.
This...
by David Carless, Kitrina Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
With approximately 1 in 6 adults likely to experience a significant mental health problem at any one time (Office for National Statistics), research into effective interventions has never been more important. During the past decade there has been an increasing interest in the role that sport and physical...
Adolescent Mental Health
Prevention and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Adolescence is a period characterized by both increased susceptibility to risks and new-found strength to withstand them. Whilst most young people are well equipped to manage the changes associated with growing up, other maladjusted and marginalized adolescents already have, or are at risk of developing,...