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Now in its 7th edition, this well-established title has been updated and revised to reflect the latest research in the field of mental health nursing. A team of authors from a range of higher education institutions has revised the text to ensure the book remains relevant to the current realities of nursing mental health care users in South Africa. The text takes the curricula of mental health nursing into account to ensure it is suitable for the new nursing programme. Rich in evidence-based practice and case studies, the book incorporates the diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 ™ with accompanying explanatory text.
New to the 7th edition:
- DSM-5 ™ diagnostic criteria retained with updated accompanying text
- Updated research added throughout
- Completely new chapter 6, ‘Legal structures in mental health care nursing’, that outlines the broader legal context within which mental health nurses practise and discusses the rights a mental health care user is entitled to in terms of the Mental Health Care Act
- Rewritten chapter 8, ‘Working with cultural diversity in mental health care’, that focuses on diversity, culture and cultural competence
- Rewritten chapter on personality disorder (chapter 18) that helps the reader acquire an understanding of the common characteristics and difficulties that people diagnosed with a personality disorder experience and uses a psychodynamic and transactional analysis model to understand these characteristics and difficulties and to help direct treatment.
- Extensive list of web resources at the end of each chapter retained and updated
Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety--our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. There's hope and help available to us--and the road to healthier thoughts and peak happiness may actually be shorter than you think.
Backed by clinical research and illustrated with compelling case studies, Dr. Caroline Leaf provides a scientifically proven five-step plan to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health.
In just 21 days, you can start to clean up your mental mess and be on the road to wholeness, peace, and happiness.
The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community.
Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. In his groundbreaking book, the 19th surgeon general of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety. Loneliness, he argues, is affecting not only our health, but also how our children experience school, how we perform in the workplace, and the sense of division and polarization in our society.
But, at the center of our loneliness is our innate desire to connect. We have evolved to participate in community, to forge lasting bonds with others, to help one another, and to share life experiences. We are, simply, better together.
The lessons in Together have immediate relevance and application. These four key strategies will help us not only to weather this crisis, but also to heal our social world far into the future.
- Spend time each day with those you love. Devote at least 15 minutes each day to connecting with those you most care about.
- Focus on each other. Forget about multitasking and give the other person the gift of your full attention, making eye contact, if possible, and genuinely listening.
- Embrace solitude. The first step toward building stronger connections with others is to build a stronger connection with oneself. Meditation, prayer, art, music, and time spent outdoors can all be sources of solitary comfort and joy.
- Help and be helped. Service is a form of human connection that reminds us of our value and purpose in life. Checking on a neighbor, seeking advice, even just offering a smile to a stranger six feet away, all can make us stronger.
During Murthy’s research for Together, he found that there were few issues that elicited as much enthusiastic interest from both very conservative and very liberal members of Congress, from young and old people, or from urban and rural residents alike. Loneliness was something so many people have known themselves or have seen in the people around them. In the book, Murthy also shares his own deeply personal experiences with the subject—from struggling with loneliness in school, to the devastating loss of his uncle who succumbed to his own loneliness, as well as the important example of community and connection that his parents modeled. Simply, it’s a universal condition that affects all of us directly or through the people we love—now more than ever.
A simple, positive, practical toolkit for better mental health, from clinical psychologist and TikTok star Dr Julie Smith.
Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr Julie Smith's first book is a must-have handbook for instantly better mental health. Filled with secrets from the therapy room, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? offerssimple advice, effective strategies and powerful coping techniques to help readers stay positive and resilient no matter what life throws their way.
Written in short, bite-sized entries, in Dr Julie's warm and informal style, a reader can turn straight to the appropriate section depending on the challenge being faced - and immediately find tools to help. From managing anxiety, dealing with criticism or battling low mood, to building self-confidence, finding motivation or learning to forgive yourself, and much more, this book tackles everyday issues that affect us all and offers easy, practical solutions that might just change your life.
Your brain is always listening and responding to these hidden
influences and unless you recognize and deal with them, they can steal
your happiness, spoil your relationships, and sabotage your health.
This book will teach you to tame the:
- Dragons from the Past that ignite your most painful
emotions;
- Negative Thought Dragons that attack you, fueling anxiety
and depression;
- They and Them Dragons, people in your life whose own
dragons do battle with yours;
- Bad Habit Dragons that increase the chances you’ll be
overweight, overwhelmed, and an underachiever;
- Addicted Dragons that make you lose control of your health,
wealth, and relationships;
- Scheming Dragons, advertisers and social media sites that
steal your attention.
In Your Brain Is Always Listening, Dr. Daniel Amen shows you how to
recognize harmful dragons and gives you the weapons to vanquish them.
With these practical tools, you can stop feeling sad, mad, nervous, or
out of control and start being happier, calmer, and more in control of
your own destiny.
Give your mind the one thing it needs this winter with the book
everyone has been talking about, from clinical psychologist and
TikTok sensation Dr Julie Smith THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Sound wisdom, easy to gulp down. I'm sure this book is already
helping lots of people. Great work, Dr Julie' MATT HAIG,
bestselling author of REASONS TO STAY ALIVE 'A toolkit of
deceptively simple strategies for life's troubles. Everyone could
benefit from the wisdom of Dr Smith' i 'BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS OF
2022' 'Brilliant. Bite-size. Easy to understand. Easy to flick
through. It's like a reference to how you feel' Phillip Schofield
on ITV's THIS MORNING 'Julie Smith is the psychology teacher you
wish you'd had at school' EVENING STANDARD 'This book is a
goldmine. I truly treat it like a handbook now' STYLIST 'It's real,
it's authentic . . . Very practical and very, very helpful'
LORRAINE KELLY AS FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER, STYLIST, EVENING
STANDARD, WOMEN'S HEALTH, MARIE CLAIRE AND GRAZIA ________ Drawing
on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation
Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life's
ups and downs. Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, this
is a must-have handbook for optimising your mental health. Dr
Julie's simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques
will help you stay resilient no matter what life throws your way.
Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn straight to the
section you need depending on the challenge you're facing - and
immediately find the appropriate tools to help with . . . -
Managing anxiety - Dealing with criticism - Battling low mood -
Building self-confidence - Finding motivation - Learning to forgive
yourself This book tackles the everyday issues that affect us all
and offers easy, practical solutions that might just change your
life. ________ 'Sound, therapeutic wisdom that is easy to gulp
down. Full of principles and advice that work and comfort whether
you are in a very bad situation or an everyday worrying one. I'm
sure this book is already helping lots of people. Great work, Dr
Julie' MATT HAIG, bestselling author of REASONS TO STAY ALIVE 'I'm
blown away by her ability to communicate difficult ideas with ease,
simplicity and practicality. Amazing. Go and buy it now!' Jay
Shetty 'Relatable, real and easy to digest . . . As if your wise
best friend is chatting to you. An essential mental-health bible
for adults and teenagers' YOU Magazine 'If you want to feel like
you have a therapist sitting across from you, empowering you with
how to be your best self, this book is for you!' Nicole LePera, New
York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work 'Smart,
insightful, and warm. Dr Julie is both the expert and wise friend
we all need' Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the 'Dear
Therapists' podcast
This Research Handbook is an essential guide to the design and use
of research in mental health policy from a global perspective. It
focuses on public mental health, as well as quasi-public and
private policies in nations with significant private sectors.
Expert contributors explore key mental health policies pertinent to
psychiatric treatment and care, as well as those concerned with
substance abusers and forensic patients. Organised into five parts,
the Research Handbook addresses a wide array of mental health
questions involving particular interventions and policies, ranging
from psychiatric deinstitutionalization to system building, mental
health law, and the human rights of mental patients. In addition,
it considers the pros and cons of both established and emerging
research methodologies, including geographic information systems
and predictive analytics, and ways that these can be effectively
integrated with policy making systems, along with their political,
economic, and socio-cultural environments. This authoritative
Research Handbook will be a key resource for scholars and students
of mental health policy, social policy and welfare states. It will
also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners involved in
public and private mental health programs.
This engaging Research Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of
research on social factors and mental health, examining how
important it is to consider the social context in which mental
health issues develop. It illustrates how social factors contribute
to problems with mental health and how society, in turn, responds
to people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Expert contributors
provide an in-depth review of the history of social factors and
mental health, and also discuss how boundaries between disorders
such as bipolar and borderline personality disorder can be blurred
and contested. Past and current social factors are thoroughly
reviewed such as refugee mental health, stressors linked to
discrimination based on race, gender or sexual orientation,
exposure to police violence and the impact of the recent COVID-19
pandemic. The challenges and stigma faced by those diagnosed with
disorders, alongside prejudices and discrimination in the health
care system are also examined. The Research Handbook on Society and
Mental Health will be an excellent resource for scholars studying
social issues in relation to mental health or illness and
researchers wishing to take an interdisciplinary approach by
studying biopsychosocial factors. Mental health providers
interested in well-rounded learning and those people experiencing
and living with mental illness will find the alternative viewpoints
to mainstream psychiatry and psychology informative and
illuminating.
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