Second edition of a popular book that helps students to develop their communication and interpersonal skills. This popular book is designed to enable nursing and health care students to improve their communication and interpersonal skills. It provides an introduction to the theory that underpins communication studies and offers opportunities for students to reflect on their own practice. The book gives students helpful guidelines and tips, while emphasising that successful communication depends on the quality of the therapeutic relationship. The new edition covers: Key concepts in communication; Self-awareness and understanding our impact on others; Transactional Analysis; Listening skills; Communication skills in practice; An extended case study that brings together the concepts and principles discussed throughout the book. Communication and Interpersonal Skills uses activities, scenarios and case studies to support learning and to enable students to apply theory in their practice. It is ideal for students on nursing and health and social care courses who want to use their communication skills to improve the quality of care they offer to their patients and service users.

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is. To help prepare you, the authors have produced a clear introduction to child and adolescent mental health that takes you step-by-step on a journey through the subject. Beginning with the foundations, the book explores the common mental health concepts and influences that you can expect to encounter examining topics like the difference between emotional and mental health issues and how mental health problems develop. It then moves on to explore the vital skills that you will need to develop like effective communication and basic counselling skills, and introduces some of the common interventions like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic theory and Family work.

Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate and experienced experts, the book strikes an effective balance between introducing the relevant theory and showing how this can be applied in the real world. It is an essential starting point to the subject of child and adolescent mental health and suitable for any students planning to support this group.

Support all mandatory QCF units in mental health awards, certificates and diplomas with this handbook written for work-based learners and mapped to major qualifications from all awarding organisations, including City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health. Mental Health Care is part of the Care Worker Handbooks series, which provides practical, easy-to-understand topic knowledge, assessment support and advice for a range of qualifications. Core topics are linked to the specific competencies and knowledge is related to the many different settings and roles across Home Care, Residential Care, NHS and private settings. It is especially useful for candidates taking any of the Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 awards, certificates and diplomas in mental health care or for brushing up skills and knowledge from previous qualifications. - Link client types with the competencies you will need with this topic-based approach - Learn from case studies which provide lessons for care in a variety of situations - Learn from authors who have extensive experience in this area