Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Subject Head (Allied Health) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Rebecca Rylance is Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

• Introduction viiiEssential skills and knowledgeAssessment 3Care planning 5Clinical decision-making 8Clinical observations 10Clinical risk in mental health 12Communication 14Diagnosis and classification 17Documentation 19Early intervention services 21Electroconvulsive therapy 24Elimination 25Infection control 27Leadership 29Lifelong learning 31Managing aggression and violence 34Managing people 36Managing risk 39Medication 41Medicines management 44Mental health law 46Nutrition and fluid management 50Organising care 52Physical well-being 54Psychiatric examination 57Psychological interventions 59Psychological therapies 61Recovery 64Reflection 66Research 68Suicide and self-harm 71Therapeutic relationships 74Time management 76Values-based practice 78ConditionsAcute confusional state 85Alcohol misuse 87Anxiety and related conditions 89Bipolar affective disorder 91Child and adolescent mental health 92Dementia 95Depression 97Disorders associated with pregnancy 99Drug misuse 102Eating disorders 104Functional disorders in older adults 106Learning disabilities in mental health 108Neuropsychiatry 110Personality disorders 112Schizophrenia 114Sexual disorders 117Sleep disorders 119Trauma and other stress-related conditions 122Unresolved grief 124Specific issuesAsylum seekers and refugees 131Culture and ethnicity 132Homelessness 133Older adults 134Safeguarding vulnerable adults 135Sexual abuse 137Sexuality and gender 138Spirituality and religion 140Appendices 141Revision questions 150Glossary 162References, further reading and useful resources 168Index 179

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