Mental Health is an accessible introductory textbook aimed primarily at nursing and health care students who are not in the mental health field of practice but are seeking to understand mental health and become rounded practitioners. It will also be useful as a broad introduction for mental health nursing students.

Through clear explanations, examples and activities, the book will help you to recognise and support people with mental health issues whenever they are encountered in your practice. You will learn:

• What mental health is and how it interacts with physical health
• About different theories and models that are applied to understanding mental illness
• How to relate to and communicate with people experiencing mental health problems
• How to recognise the common diagnosable mental health disorders and understand the treatments and interventions that are applied to them
• About the impact that mental health issues can have on people at different stages of life, from childhood to adulthood and later life
• How to apply legal and ethical frameworks and to assess risk when supporting people with mental health issues.
• Written by a team of highly experienced mental health academics and practitioners, this book will help you to develop the underpinning knowledge and skills you need and to apply them in your own field of practice.
  
  Pre-publication reviews
  "Accessible and thorough, and definitely well pitched for non-mental health clinicians." Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing
  "From an adult nursing point of view it's got everything I would expect it to cover." Adult nursing student
  "The book is very readable and accessible, I like the tone of the text as it is informative, and the activities give you chance to reflect.... The information is comprehensive without being too wordy, but academically sound. This book should be on the reading list for all nursing students and other HCP students. It should also be on the book shelf in all nursing offices, [social worker] offices, occupational health etc.." Mental health nursing student
  "I would definitely recommend this book to non-specialists. I like the breadth of areas that the book covers." Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing
  
  Essentials is a series of accessible, introductory textbooks for students in nursing, health and social care. New and forthcoming titles in the series:
  The Care Process
• Communication Skills
• Leadership
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing
• Research and Evidence-Based Practice
• Study Skills

About the Author
Angelina is Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing a the University of Salford. She began her career as a general nurse in 1986, working in surgery. She later retrained as a mental health nurse and progressed into a variety of mental health nursing clinical and management roles within acute inpatient, older people and community practitioner areas. She moved into education as a training manager in an NHS Mental Health Trust, and then into higher education as a nurse lecturer in 2010. She is currently a module leader in the pre-registration degree nursing programme and teaches on both pre-registration and post graduate programmes. Her keen interest is around physical health in mental health. Angelina has published in a variety of nursing journals and textbooks. Neil started his career as a mental health practitioner in 1980. He trained as a mental health nurse and then as a behaviour therapist, working predominantly in a community role and latterly, in his active practice, working closely with families. Neil is Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Salford and has worked in Higher Education since 2002, leading and developing new programmes aimed at enhancing the quality of training offered to nurses and also to cognitive behaviour therapists and advanced clinical practitioners. Neil's main drive has been to equip as many people as possible in health care with mental health orientated skills in order to enhance care and foster client choice, empowerment and opportunity. His PhD focused on the influence of media representations on mental health practitioners and Neil has published in many nursing journals and textbooks. His publications include 'Experiences of ACP in training and the supervisors using a hub and spoke model' published in Practice Nursing.

Reviews

'Accessible and thorough, and definitely well pitched for non-mental health clinicians.'
Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing

'From an adult nursing point of view it's got everything I would expect it to cover.'
Adult nursing student

A great book for all student healthcare professionals.
'As a student mental health nurse this book is a really good go-to book as it covers MH across the whole life span, ethical issues, MH legislation. I love how it explains what MH is. The book has tasks too to consolidate learning. This book would be fantastic for all Health care professionals in training and if you are a HCP in other fields. I would highly recommend it.'
Amazon reviewer

'The book is very readable and accessible, I like the tone of the text as it is informative, and the activities give you chance to reflect...The information is comprehensive without being too wordy, but academically sound. This book should be on the reading list for all nursing students and other HCP students. It should also be on the book shelf in all nursing offices, [social worker] offices, occupational health etc.'
Mental health nursing student

'I would definitely recommend this book to non-specialists. I like the breadth of areas that the book covers.'
Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing

Excellent introductory text.
'Fantastic resource for all those working in health and social care. A must read for anyone whose job it is to care, with fantastic learning opportunities throughout.'
Amazon reviewer

Book Information
ISBN 9781908625953
Author Angelina Chadwick
Format Paperback
Page Count 196
Imprint Lantern Publishing Ltd
Publisher Lantern Publishing Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 172mm * 10mm