Working With Serious Mental Illness (häftad, eng)

When working in the field of mental illness, the best evidence is people’s lived experience. The third edition of Working with Serious Mental Illness maintains its focus on research data, but this is framed by patients’ personal perspectives to provide clear, practical advice for practitioners.

Aimed at nurses and healthcare practitioners working with mental illnesses such as severe depression, bi-polar disorder and psychosis, this book provides solutions for engaging and working with patients and their families. It vividly presents lived experience and the recommendations of patients, then proceeds through developing and implementing effective interventions and how to reflect on patient relationships to ensure sustained success.

Easy to read and packed full of practical tips and strategies, this is the ideal book for all healthcare practitioners working with patients with serious mental illness, their families and their carers. It will also be valuable reading for staff working in acute and community mental care settings who lack specialist training in serious mental health disorders, for nursing students, mental health nurses and general nurses working in mental health, primary care and community settings.

Focuses on the lived experiences, observations and recommendations for practitioners of people who use mental health servicesCombines theory and practice in a skills and intervention-based approachPresents down-to-earth intervention ideas designed for practitioners working at the front linePractical advice is provided in a user-friendly, clearly accessible wayContributions from experts and editors who are leaders in their field

Format	Häftad
Omfång	296 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Elsevier Health Sciences
Utgivningsdatum	2023-02-07
ISBN	9780702080333