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Critical issues in mental health / edited by Robert Tummey and Tim Turner.

Contributor(s): Tummey, Robert | Turner, Tim, 1970-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008Description: xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230009059 (pbk.).Subject(s): Mental health | Mental illness | Psychiatry | Health and Wellbeing | Psychiatry | Nursing | Clinical psychologyDDC classification: 616.89 CRI
Contents:
Psychiatric Diagnosis / Lucy Johnstone -- Socio-Economic Disadvantage / David Pilgrim, Anne Rogers -- Institutional Racism and Cultural Diversity / Suman Fernando -- Spirituality / Phil Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker -- Sexuality / Robert Tummey, David T. Evans -- Gender / Vicki Coppock -- The lifespan / David Pilgrim, Anne rogers, Robert Tummey -- Iatrogenic Abuse / Robert Tummey, Francesca Tummey -- Psychological trauma / Derek P. Farrell -- Risk / Tim Turner, Anthony Colombo -- Crime / Anthony Colombo, Tim Turner -- Media: Reframing the Debate / Lesley Henderson.
Summary: Exploring some of the most contentious issues in mental health today, each chapter of this book takes on a key subject area that is often ignored or avoided in mental health literature, areas such as spirituality, gender and iatrogenic abuse.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 616.89 CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000620504
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 616.89 CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000620488
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 616.89 CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000620512
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This thought provoking text explores some of the most contentious issues in mental health today. Written by top authors in the field, each chapter explores a key subject area which is often ignored or avoided in mental health. Stimulating and lively in style, it is essential reading for all mental health students and practitioners.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psychiatric Diagnosis / Lucy Johnstone -- Socio-Economic Disadvantage / David Pilgrim, Anne Rogers -- Institutional Racism and Cultural Diversity / Suman Fernando -- Spirituality / Phil Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker -- Sexuality / Robert Tummey, David T. Evans -- Gender / Vicki Coppock -- The lifespan / David Pilgrim, Anne rogers, Robert Tummey -- Iatrogenic Abuse / Robert Tummey, Francesca Tummey -- Psychological trauma / Derek P. Farrell -- Risk / Tim Turner, Anthony Colombo -- Crime / Anthony Colombo, Tim Turner -- Media: Reframing the Debate / Lesley Henderson.

Exploring some of the most contentious issues in mental health today, each chapter of this book takes on a key subject area that is often ignored or avoided in mental health literature, areas such as spirituality, gender and iatrogenic abuse.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

ROBERT TUMMEY Clinical Nurse Specialist, Buchanan Rehabilitation Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
ROBERT TUMMEY Clinical Nurse Specialist, Buchanan Rehabilitation Centre, Auckland, New Zealand