Supported by relevant theory research policy & philosophy this second edition of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of psychiatric & mental health nursing. The concept of the craft of caring" dictates that the basis of good nursing practice is a combination of both art & science encouraging nurses to take a holistic approach to the practice of psychiatric & mental health nursing. Reflecting current developments in nursing practice & the understanding of mental health disorders this edition

Includes:: twelve additional chapters placing more emphasis on specific groups such as children & young people women older people asylum seekers & refugees. Case studies include patients with anxiety schizophrenia & bipolar disorder as well as victims of sexual abuse those with an eating disorder homeless patients & those with dementia & autism. The book also examines specialist services such as psychiatric liaison & spiritual care &

Includes:: discussion on psychiatric diagnosis & mental health legislation in relation to human rights. This is an essential text for all psychiatric & mental health nurses at the diploma & degree level as well as qualified mental health nurses seeking to update their knowledge. It will also be a useful reference for professionals in other disciplines such as social work medicine & psychology."



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Psychiatric Drugs Explained contains a clear & comprehensive guide to the uses benefits & impact of psychotropic drugs. It explains how people taking the drugs experience their side effects compared to the benefits they may bring. The fifth edition has been fully revised & updated to include the latest thinking on the rationale for drug treatments to help mental health professionals & service users understand therapeutic decision making. ...

Welcome to Crash Course
- the revision aid to get you the results you need! Crash Course" is a complete revision guide designed
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Psychiatry PRN contains core content for psychiatry education but gives prominence to clinical & practical skills as well as exam preparation. PRN is a Latin medical acronym meaning Pro Re Nata (as required). These letters also inform the structure of the book into the parts: Principles Reality & Next Steps. Each of the main chapters opens with Principles which cover the key characteristics of a psychiatric condition. This is the typical ground of textbooks & this book covers all the necessary ground as concerns undergraduate learning outcomes but is arguably more succinct than standard works on the subject. Nevertheless illustrations & the careful use of pedagogic features (prominence given to key facts tips & points of reflection as well as effective use of tables) lift even this most standard area of coverage. The Reality section is where this book begins to really distinguish itself with a practical articulation of clinical skills for the novice. This involves sample dialogue which might form part of the psychiatric interview which bravely yet skilfully reflects the reality with which patients present & the difficulties often encountered by medical students. The content in this section

Includes:: a general approach (Tips Tricks & Cautionary Tales) leading to a sample interview moving on to indicative stations for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). The Next Steps section puts psychiatry into the context of early working life as a doctor & highlights where psychiatric considerations overlap with medical & surgical management as exemplified by scenarios dealing with capacity to consent to treatment. Psychiatry PRN exists to enable students to engage with psychiatry. In addition to the framework described above the book is rich in illustrative content be that an original impressionistic picture of a condition or an allusion to contemporary cultural representations of mental health & illness to which students may relate albeit if they havent previously encountered psychiatric disease. To catalyse this process the book opens with Vincent Van Gogh as its first patient & continues in a vivid humane fashion to prepare the student for the typical content of undergraduate psychiatry with particular flair in terms of practical interactions with patients & associated assessment. Online Resource Centre: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/stringer * Video clips of key psychiatric interviews e.g. mini mental state examination history taking of depression. Clips accompanied by guidance on usage. * Illustrative content from the book including clinical signs drawings (with exercise) visual mnemonics of side effects & risk factors & impressionistic drawings of psychiatric conditions. * Self-assessment resources including sample OSCEs & interactive cases.

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PSYCHIC is the intimate first-person unapologetic no-holds-barred story behind the story that Sylvia at the age of 72 is finally ready to tell. In PSYCHIC Sylvia will reveal the little known truths behind her three failed marriages including the physical abuse bankruptcy & legal troubles. While the press had a field day writing about it at the time Sylvia remained quiet...until now. Sylvia will discuss her painful transitions & the financial & emotional damage inflicted by her husbands. & as an almost parenthetical lesson for all of us in forgiveness & compassion shell describe the experience of moving husband Dal Brown back into her house to take care of him when she learned that he was alone & in failing health. Then there are Sylvias own physical challenges from a series of painful hip surgeries to her relatively recent discovery that shed suddenly gone blind in one eye so that at the age of 72 when shed concluded that a limping one-eyed woman was done when it came to romance no one was more shocked than she when the real Mr. Right finally impossibly showed up. ...

This comprehensive book will teach you everything you need to know about how to activate & develop your psychic skills. Starting with a questionnaire to test how much psychic power you already have The Psychics Bible" leads you through a variety of techniques from grounding & balancing yourself to energy healing psychic protection scrying contacting your spirit guides & much more. Full of practical advice & step-by-step exercises this is the perfect reference for anyone who would like to explore their psychic abilities." ...

She was a fugitive lost in a storm. That was when she saw the sign: motel
- vacancy. The sign was unlit the motel dark. She switched
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This book is the first to use psychoanalysis as a basis for exploring how occupational therapists do their work & it incorporates a new conceptual model to guide practice. The authors emphasize the role of the unconscious in all that people do & are & argue that activities (or occupations) are simultaneously real (i.e. tangible) & symbolic. Ideal for academic & clinical occupational therapists this book will also appeal to psychotherapists. ...

Psychodynamic Counselling in Action" is widely regarded as the most accessible introduction to the psychodynamic approach making it ideal for readers who are new to the subject. In this fourth edition of his bestselling book Michael Jacobs describes the psychodynamic counselling process from initial meeting right through to the end of the relationship. He sets out the main theory & principles involved in psychodynamic work &
- through two case studies
- a man & a woman
- shows how these can be applied creatively & effectively within the process. In this new updated edition each chapter of the book now

Includes:: a set of thought-provoking training exercises designed by Michael to help readers develop their psychodynamic counselling skills to promote discussion of each stage of the counselling process & to translate psychodynamic theory into practice. " Psychodynamic Counselling in Action" has been instrumental in training many thousands of counsellors & continues to be the essential text for a wide range of courses."




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Psychogeography. Increasingly this term is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines & the occult to urban walking & political radicalism. But where does it come from & what exactly does it mean? Psychogeography is the point where psychology & geography meet in assessing the emotional & behavioural impact of urban space. The relationship between a city & its inhabitants is measured in two ways
- firstly through an imaginative & literary response secondly on foot through walking the city. PG creates a tradition of the writer as walker & has both a literary & a political component. This book examines the origins of Psychogeography in the Situationist Movement of the 1950s exploring the theoretical background & its political applications as well as the work of early practitioners such as Guy Debord & Raoul Vaneigem. Elsewhere psychogeographic ideas continue to find retrospective validation in much earlier traditions from the visionary writing of William Blake & Thomas De Quincey to the rise of the flaneur on the streets of 19th century Paris & on through the avant-garde experimentation of the Surrealists. These precursors to Psychogeography are discussed here alongside their modern counterparts for today these ideas hold greater currency than ever through the popularity of writers & filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair & Peter Ackroyd Stewart Home & Patrick Keiller. From Urban Wandering to the Society of the Spectacle from the Derive to Detournement Psychogeography provides us with new ways of apprehending our surroundings transforming the familiar streets of our everyday experience into something new & unexpected. This guide conducts the reader through this process offering both an explanation & definition of the terms involved an analysis of the key figures & their work as well as practical information on Psychogeographical groups & organisations.
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