Description

Psychiatric Clinical Skills is a practical guide to engaging and assessing people who have mental health problems. Written by a team of experienced clinicians, it focuses on “what to ask” and “how to ask” and covers a wide spectrum of clinical problems and settings. It includes a chapter written from the perspective of people who live with mental health problems. As well as covering the full range of mental health disorders, the guide includes informaition about: – culture competence – assessment of children, adolescents and older adults – assessment of families – use of standardized rating scales – documentation. Each chapter includes easy-to-use features such as clinical vignettes, chapter overviews and keypoint summaries.

Author: Goldbloom, David S

Topic: Medical / Nursing
Media: Book
ISBN: 1770523782
Language: English
Pages: 387