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`This handbook planned for carer's will offer relatives and friends
with noteworthy organizational health care information. It will
also help guide carer's regarding the key roles, and the functions
of support agencies that are seen as crucial elements when planning
and seeking alternative care interventions...This book aims to
provide carers with basic facts and the confidence to deal more
effectively with their role.' - The International Journal of
Psychiatric Nursing Research This is an essential resource for all
people caring for family members or friends with mental illness.
Written by experts, Mental Illness: A Handbook for Carers provides
basic information on: * forms of mental illness * treatment plans *
what to do in an emergency * the role of mental health
professionals and other agencies * legal issues and confidentiality
* housing, work and benefits. Mental Illness examines the provision
made for people with mental illness and their carers, and the
support that is available to them. It includes information on
housing, employment, social services and the law. The writers avoid
jargon, and the book includes a glossary of terms with which carers
may be unfamiliar. Accessible, practical and comprehensive, this
handbook acts as a one-stop shop for anyone caring for a person
with a mental illness.
Children and young people with complex mental health needs are
increasingly being cared for within specialist mental health care
settings, either in the community or in in-patient facilities. With
rapid social developments, it can be difficult for carers and
practitioners to keep track of the law in this area. This book
provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for
children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service,
and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice
such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity,
emergency intervention and detention, assessment of mental illness
and confidentiality in practice. A chapter written by Mary Mitchell
considers the diagnosis and management of complex mental illness in
young people, and a concluding chapter discusses changes in the
law. Jargon-free and accessibly written, this is an invaluable
guide for professionals working in child and adolescent health and
social care, social workers, youth workers, social welfare policy
makers, medical professionals, teachers, educational professionals
and students, as well as advocates for children and young people.
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