The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Psychiatry and Medication

Robert Brown is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University and was a Founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Limited. He was a Mental Health Act Commissioner from 1992 until 2010. He provides refresher training for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) and contributes to the training of section 12 approved doctors and Approved Clinicians in South West England and Wales. He provides consultation and supervision for the AMHPs/BIAs in the Deprivation of Liberty Team in Cornwall. Rob also provides consultation to Lead AMHPs in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Lambeth, Portsmouth and West Berkshire. He has published widely in the field of mental health and mental capacity law. Gwen Adshead is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Broadmoor Hospital and lectures at St George’s Hospital in London. Alan Pollard is Chief Pharmacist at the Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and teaches on ASW courses.

• The importance of psychiatry and medication for AMHPsPsychiatrists: training and how they practiseAn overview of psychiatry and classificationPsychotic disordersNeurotic disorders, substance abuse and personality disordersForensic psychiatryPsychiatry of old agePsychiatry and risk assessmentPatients as parentsChild and adolescent psychiatryTreatment issues in psychiatryClassification of medication in psychiatryAnti-depressants and mood stabilisersAnti-psychoticsAnxiolytics, sedative/hypnotics, substance abuseOlder adults, children, unlicensed drugsThe law and psychiatric treatmentTreatment under the Mental Health Act

Excellent addition to the AMHP′s knowledge base in working with service users and other mental health professionals.