Lyttle's Mental Health and Disorder

Introduction. Section I: Mental Health in a European and British Context. The Core Concepts of Care in Mental Health and Disorder. Personal and Professional Roles, Skills and Behaviours: Present and Future. International Dimensions of Nursing. Anti-Discriminatory Practice. Providing Care in a Multi-Racial Society. Section II: The Nature and Effects of Disorder. Mental Health Problems. Affects and Emotion. Behaviour. Cognition. Sharing & Common Language. Personality Disorders. Psycho-Socio-Economic Factors in Suicide. Elders and Mental Health (Prejudice and Discrimination). Section III: Interventions and Treatment. Managing Interventions. A Brief Historical Account of Approaches to Treatment. Promoting Optimum Health: A Life Span Perspective. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Spiritual Care and Mental Health Competences. Meeting the Needs of People with Enduring Mental Health Problems. Biological Aspects of Mental Disorder. Section IV: The Organisation and Provision of Care. A Challenge to Primary Health Care. Establishing a Community Service. Providing Services in a Multi-Racial Society: Black Perspectives. Developing a Supportive Service: A Case Example. Care Provision. A Journey Without End: Creating a Development Strategy for Staff in Secure Forensic Settings. The Therapeutic Use of Security: A Model for Forensic Nursing. Section V: Policies, Plans, Priorities. Demarcation and the Public Sector: The Impact of the Contract Agenda Upon Mental Health Practice. The Law Relating to Mental Health and Disorder. The Mental Health Act Commission: Functions, Remit and Code of Practice. Preparing for the Future. Contemporary Issues in the Preparation and Education of Community Health Nursing. Competent to Care.