Providing clear practical advice on how to recognise, diagnose and manage mental disorders successfully and safely, with sections on selecting drugs and psychological treatments, and improving compliance,ABC of Mental Health also contains information on the major categories of mental health disorders, the mental health needs of vulnerable groups (such as the elderly, children, homeless and ethnic minorities) and the psychological treatments.

Fully up to date with recent mental health legislation, this new edition is as comprehensive as it is invaluable. By covering the mental health needs of special groups, thisABC equips GPs, hospital doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers with all the information they need for the day to day management of patients with mental health problems.

Edited by Teifion Davies, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK and Tom Craig, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

Contributors vii

Preface ix

List of Abbreviations x

1 Mental Health Assessment 1Teifion Davies and Tom Craig

2 Managing Distressed and Challenging Patients 7Teifion Davies

3 Mental Health Problems in Primary Care 11Richard Byng and Jed Boardman

4 Managing Mental Health Problems in the General Hospital 15Amanda Ramirez and Allan House

5 Mental Health Emergencies 19Zerrin Atakan and David Taylor

6 Mental Health Services 23Rosalind Ramsay and Frank Holloway

7 Anxiety 28Stirling Moorey and Anthony S Hale

8 Depression 35Anthony S Hale and Teifion Davies

9 Bipolar Disorders 40Teifion Davies

10 Schizophrenia 44Trevor Turner

11 Disorders of Personality 48Martin Marlowe

12 Psychosexual Problems 52Dinesh Bhugra James P Watson and Teifion Davies

13 Addiction and Dependence: Illicit Drugs 55Clare Gerada and Mark Ashworth

14 Addiction and Dependence: Alcohol 60Mark Ashworth Clare Gerada and Yvonne Doyle

15 Mental Health Problems in Old Age 64Chris Ball

16 Dementia 68Chris Ball

17 Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents 72Emily Simonoff

18 Mental Health Problems in People with Intellectual Disability 76Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt

19 Mental Health in a Multiethnic Society 81Simon Dein

20 Mental Health on the Margins: Homelessness and Mental Disorder 86Philip Timms and Adrian McLachlan

21 Mental Health and the Law 91Humphrey Needham-Bennett

22 Drug Treatments in Mental Health 96Soumitra R Pathare and Carol Paton

23 Psychological Treatments 103Suzanne Jolley and Phil Richardson

24 Risk Management in Mental Health 108Teifion Davies

Index 114