With the 2007 Mental Health Act the Government updated the 1983 Act to bring it into line with the way that mental health services are & should be delivered. This Code of Practice provides guidance & advice to registered medical practitioners approved clinicians managers & staff of hospitals & approved mental health professionals on how they should proceed when undertaking duties under the Act. It also gives general guidance to doctors & other professionals about certain aspects of medical treatment for mental disorders. ...

This book examines how counsellors & psychotherapists interact with those clients who may suffer from mental health issues. While practising counsellors & psychotherapists meet clients who have problems across the entire mental health spectrum there are a number of particular disorders that these practitioners are particularly likely to encounter. These include anxiety depression stress addiction phobias & behavioural problems. In this book all of these conditions are explained & the ways in which therapists can best help such clients are discussed. There are sections on client assessments as well as addiction issues & understanding mental health law. ...

Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law & in practice Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide is a concise & approachable handbook to mental health law for students & professionals working in psychiatric settings. Easy-to-read practical & illustrated with case examples & a wealth of practical advice to guide you through many complex legal issues Multidisciplinary approach written by specialist authors & key opinion leaders who understand the practical issues you face Fully updated & expanded to include the Mental Health Act 2007 & the Mental Capacity Act 2005 so that you are totally up to date Provides clear guidance practical pointers & all you need to know about mental health law implementation This authoritative guide will serve as a comprehensive introduction & long-term resource manual for trainee & qualified psychiatrists as well as nurses social workers psychologists & occupational therapists working in mental health. ...

In a collection of more than 50 readings Mental Health Still Matters reflects the wide diversity of views about how best to understand & explain mental health & distress. Drawing on writings from a range of academic sources as well as the rich & compelling stories of mental health service users themselves it provides a sharp challenge to traditional understandings of mental illness & aims to illuminate future thinking policy & practice. As a sister volume to the best-selling Mental Health Matters it combines classic writings about mental health theories perspectives & practices from psychiatry sociology psychology & service users alongside newly commissioned readings. The book is divided into four parts: * Part I discusses & critiques mental health theory in an exploration of contemporary debates. * Part II considers social inclusion as a goal for mental health services & reviews aspects of the services in which inequality continues to dominate. * Part III offers accounts of mental distress by service users many of whom have used their experience to become teachers researchers & innovators in mental health work. * Part IV considers some of the challenges faced by practitioners alongside professional responses to the major changes we are seeing in the landscape of mental health. This is an important & innovative collection of readings which has strong cross-disciplinary relevance & appeal. It is essential reading for everyone studying training or practising in the field of mental health whether your background is in social studies health science medicine or psychology. ...

Develops pupils mental skills in a variety of inventive ways. Mental Maths 2 provides practice for mental mathematics & encourages children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall involving all areas of the mathematics curriculum & basic mental manipulation there are problems to intrigue & fascinate children. Mental Maths 2 will be useful to many 8 to 9 year olds but also for some younger & some older children. ...

Develops pupils mental skills in a variety of inventive ways. Mental Maths 4 provides practice for mental mathematics & encourages children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall involving all areas of the mathematics curriculum & basic mental manipulation there are problems to intrigue & fascinate children. Mental Maths 4 will be useful to many 10 to 11 year olds but also for some younger & some older children. ...

Develops pupils mental skills in a variety of inventive ways. Mental Maths 5 provides practice for mental mathematics & encourages children to think about all aspects of number. As well as questions of recall involving all areas of the mathematics curriculum & basic mental manipulation there are problems to intrigue & fascinate children. ...

The series Mental Maths develops childrens ability to understand number problems & to use their knowledge to resolve these problems confidently & logically. Mental Maths Book 1 covers: counting & ordering numbers to 20 repeating patterns recognising coins to GBP1 counting money & calculating change number pairs addition/subtraction doubling simple fractions clock times ordinal numbers & counting in 10s. ...

The series Mental Maths develops childrens ability to understand number problems & to use their knowledge to resolve these problems confidently & logically. Mental Maths Book 2 covers: counting & ordering numbers to 100 patterns & sequences counting money & calculating change 2-D & 3-D shapes tens & units; addition/subtraction of 2-digit numbers time problems estimating & measuring & multiples of 2/5/10. ...

Mental maths skills are essential for all age groups & this series of six books provides lots & lots of practice of number facts to make sure children are really up to speed with their mental maths! Each page features four columns of mental maths questions that children are challenged to complete in less than one minute. Answers are provided also arranged in columns for ease of marking. When used on a regular basis improvements in accuracy & speed will soon begin to show. ...