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Learning Disabilities and Mental Health
A Nursing Perspective1. Aufl.
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64,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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| Veröffentl.: | 15.04.2008 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780470777695 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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<p><b><i>Learning disabilities and mental health: a nursing perspective</i> provides an evidence-based perspective on care of individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems.</b></p> <p>Around 30% to 40% of people with learning disabilities will experience mental health disorders during their lives. Many learning disability nurses and a significant number of mental health nurses are in daily contact with this group, and their complex needs are not often well understood.</p> <ul> <li>Examines current theory and practice in supporting people with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs</li> <li>Evaluates the learning disability nursing contribution to care</li> <li>Identifies the key knowledge and skills required by learning disability and mental health nurses and other health care professionals</li> <li>Addresses key issues in contemporary practice</li> <li>Explores assessment of needs in order to provide needs-led services</li> </ul>
Foreword by John Turnbull. <p>Acknowledgements.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>Nature of Mental Health.</p> <p>Learning Disability Nursing.</p> <p>Intellectual Disability and Mental Health: The Facts and Fictions.</p> <p>Identifying Needs and Wishes.</p> <p>Assessment Methods.</p> <p>Therapeutic Approaches.</p> <p>Caring in a Secure Environment.</p> <p>Caring in Community Settings.</p> <p>Professional and Legal Issues.</p> <p>Service Perspectives.</p> <p>Appendix 1: Assessment Tools.</p> <p>Appendix 2: Genetic Syndromes Related to Mental Health.</p> <p>Index</p>
<p>"The authors successfully straddle the two areas of learning disability and mental health, the result being valuable for both mental health professionals wanting to gain a greater understanding of the application of their discipline to people with learning disabilities, and for those who care for people with a learning disability seeking more understanding of identifying and responding to mental health disorders." (<i>Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust</i>, 2010)</p>
<p><b>Raghu Raghavan</b> is Lecturer in Learning Disability, at the University of Bradford.</p> <p><b>John Turnbull</b> is editor of the <i>RCN Learning Disability Practice</i> journal and Director of Nursing at Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust.</p>
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