Learning Disabilities and Mental Health
A Nursing Perspective
Published on 8. May 2008
248 pages
978-0-470-77769-5 (ISBN)
Description
Learning disabilities and mental health: a nursingperspective provides an evidence-based perspective on care ofindividuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems.Around 30% to 40% of people with learning disabilities willexperience mental health disorders during their lives. Manylearning disability nurses and a significant number of mentalhealth nurses are in daily contact with this group, and theircomplex needs are not often well understood.
* * Examines current theory and practice in supporting people withlearning disabilities and additional mental health needs
* * Evaluates the learning disability nursing contribution tocare
* * Identifies the key knowledge and skills required by learningdisability and mental health nurses and other health careprofessionals
* * Addresses key issues in contemporary practice
* * Explores assessment of needs in order to provide needs-ledservices
Reviews / Votes
The authorssuccessfully straddle the two areas of learning disability andmental health, the result being valuable for both mental healthprofessionals wanting to gain a greater understanding of theapplication of their discipline to people with learningdisabilities, and for those who care for people with a learningdisability seeking more understanding of identifying and respondingto mental health disorders. (Centraland North West London NHS Foundation Trust,2010)More details
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Persons
Raghu Raghavan is Lecturer in Learning Disability, at the University of Bradford. John Turnbull is editor of the RCN Learning Disability Practice journal and Director of Nursing at Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust.
Content
Foreword by John Turnbull.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Nature of Mental Health.
Learning Disability Nursing.
Intellectual Disability and Mental Health: The Facts andFictions.
Identifying Needs and Wishes.
Assessment Methods.
Therapeutic Approaches.
Caring in a Secure Environment.
Caring in Community Settings.
Professional and Legal Issues.
Service Perspectives.
Appendix 1: Assessment Tools.
Appendix 2: Genetic Syndromes Related to Mental Health.
Index
