Medicines Management in Mental Health Care
Erschienen am 20. August 2009
272 Seiten
978-1-4443-1616-2 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Medicines are the most common form of treatment for those withmental health problems worldwide. Medicines Management in MentalHealth Care is the first detailed evidence-based medicinesmanagement text for mental health practitioners in the UK.
Medicines Management in Mental Health Care is divided intotwo parts. Part one provides mental health nurses and other mentalhealth workers with a detailed understanding of the evidence-basefor medicines management covering subjects including psychotropicmedication and co-morbidity. Part two addresses the practicalimplications for clinical practice and provides vital guidance onprescribing and medicines management, working with service users,treatment adherence, evaluation skills and problem solving as wellas specific advice relating to the realities of practice.
Medicines Management in Mental Health Care is an essentialresource for mental health nurses and mental healthpractitioners.
* Discusses evidence-based interventions
* Outlines the main types of medicines offered
* Discusses co-morbidity
* Outlines a model of medicines management
* Discusses good prescribing practice
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Present[s] a model of medical management that emphasizes the themes of recovery in self-efficacy terms, and practitioner collaboration (with the specialist pharmacist part of the team) and empowerment through education." (Book News, December 2009)Weitere Details
Weitere Ausgaben
Personen
Dr Neil Harris is a Consultant Nurse at Manchester MentalHealth & Social Care Trust and Lecturer at the University ofManchester.
Dr John Baker is a Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at theUniversity of Manchester.
Dr Richard Gray is Professor of Nursing Research at theUniversity of East Anglia.
Inhalt
Part one: An evidence base for medicines management.
1 Introduction and setting the scene.
2 Psychotropic medication.
3 Co-morbidity.
Part two: Medicines management in clinical practice.
4 Non-medical prescribing and medicines management policies.
5 Recovery and medicines.
6 Treatment adherence.
7 The role of the prescriber in medicines management.
8 The role of the pharmacist in medicines management.
9 Engagement and working collaboratively with service users.
10 Evaluating treatment.
11 A medication management toolkit.
12 Problem solving.
13 Inpatient medication management.
