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Abstract
Based broadly on the standards in the national service framework for mental health, Mental Health Today: A handbook presents contributions from some of the leading figures in the mental health arena
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Title Page | i | ||
| Copyright | iii | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Foreword | vii | ||
| Contributors | ix | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 Understanding mental health and mental illness | 3 | ||
| Chapter 2 Public mental health and mental health promotion | 11 | ||
| Chapter 3 Building bridges to social inclusion | 20 | ||
| Chapter 4 Breaking the spiral of oppression: racism and race equality in the mental health system | 27 | ||
| Chapter 5 Challenging discrimination against people with mental health problems | 34 | ||
| Chapter 6 Women’s mental health and recovery | 41 | ||
| Chapter 7 Everybody’s business: mental health in older age | 52 | ||
| Chapter 8 Closing the therapeutic triangle: carer support and why it isn’t happening | 62 | ||
| Chapter 9 Service user involvement in mental health services: what’s the point? | 70 | ||
| Chapter 10 What are we waiting for? choice in the mental health system | 77 | ||
| Chapter 11 Direct payments and individual budgets: keys to independence | 83 | ||
| Chapter 12 New approaches to treating common mental disorders in primary care | 91 | ||
| Chapter 13 Closing the gap: tackling physical health inequalities in primary care | 101 | ||
| Chapter 14 Risk management in mental health: people, perceptions and places | 112 | ||
| Chapter 15 Community mental health teams: a local whole systems approach | 119 | ||
| Chapter 16 Acute inpatient care: its role and the challenges it faces | 130 | ||
| Chapter 17 Toxic environments? violence and aggression on acute wards | 137 | ||
| Chapter 18 Dual diagnosis: working with people with mental health and substance use problems | 145 | ||
| Chapter 19 Commissioning mental health services: towards social inclusion | 151 | ||
| Blank Page | viii |