**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Psychiatric**
Holistic overview of mental health for nurses in a practice setting
All nurses play an important role in supporting mental health as part of holistic care provision. This book is designed to help students and novice clinicians to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to care for people across a wide range of specialist and non-specialist practice settings.
Written by a highly experienced team of mental health nursing experts, the book covers all the common mental health conditions nurses are likely to encounter in practice. It provides essential information on assessing for and identifying people experiencing mental illness as well as how to provide appropriate responses, support and referral, across the numerous contexts in which nurses work.
Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition includes a wealth of lived experience perspectives designed to provide a critical perspective and a way of thinking about the issues more deeply, building empathy and understanding.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. List of Illustrations - p. xv 3. List of Tables - p. xvi 4. PART 1. Positioning Practice - p. 1 5. 1. Why mental health matters - p. 3 6. 2. Nursing and mental health in c ontext - p. 14 7. 3. The mental health and illness continuum - p. 29 8. 4. Safety in care, safety at work - p. 39 9. 5. Working with families in mental health - p. 55 10. 6. Aboriginal and torres strait islander mental health - p. 71 11. 7. Kua takoto te manuka: (The leaves of the manuka tree have been laid down. 1 ) - p. 85 12. 8. Professional self-care - p. 99 13. PART 2. Knowledge for Practice - p. 115 14. 9. Mental health assessment - p. 117 15. 10. Legal and ethical issues - p. 137 16. 11. Anxiety - p. 156 17. 12. Mood disorders - p. 173 18. 13. Substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders - p. 184 19. Introduction - p. 184 20. Types of substance use disorders - p. 184 21. Behavioural addictions - p. 185 22. Prevalence of substance use and co-occurring disorders - p. 185 23. Substance use and misuse among specific populations - p. 187 24. Pharmacology of psychoactive drugs - p. 189 25. Contributing factors to substance use disorder - p. 190 26. The experience of a substance use disorder - p. 191 27. Physical health and substance use disorders - p. 198 28. Interventions - p. 202 29. Detoxification - p. 203 30. Relapse prevention - p. 204 31. Other healing approaches - p. 204 32. Co-occurring substance use disorders - p. 204 33. Chapter summary - p. 206 34. Review questions - p. 207 35. Useful websites - p. 207 36. References - p. 207 37. 14. Psychosis and schizophrenia - p. 211 38. 15. Eating disorders - p. 228 39. 16. Personality disorders - p. 249 40. 17. Mental health in childhood and adolescence - p. 264 41. 18. Mental health in older age - p. 281 42. 19. Autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability - p. 297 43. 20. Physical health in the context of mental health - p. 308 44. 21. Psychopharmacology - p. 323 45. PART 3. Contexts of Practice - p. 345 46. 22. Mental health in every setting - p. 347 47. 23. Preparing for mental health clinical placement - p. 352 48. 24. Primary care and community - p. 359 49. 25. Emergency care - p. 367 50. 26. Generalist in-patient settings - p. 373 51. 27. Care of older adults - p. 380 52. 28. Perinatal and infant mental health - p. 389 53. 29. Forensic mental health nursing - p. 397 54. Index - p. 406
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Psychiatric**
Holistic overview of mental health for nurses in a practice setting
All nurses play an important role in supporting mental health as part of holistic care provision. This book is designed to help students and novice clinicians to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to care for people across a wide range of specialist and non-specialist practice settings.
Written by a highly experienced team of mental health nursing experts, the book covers all the common mental health conditions nurses are likely to encounter in practice. It provides essential information on assessing for and identifying people experiencing mental illness as well as how to provide appropriate responses, support and referral, across the numerous contexts in which nurses work.
Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition includes a wealth of lived experience perspectives designed to provide a critical perspective and a way of thinking about the issues more deeply, building empathy and understanding.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. List of Illustrations - p. xv 3. List of Tables - p. xvi 4. PART 1. Positioning Practice - p. 1 5. 1. Why mental health matters - p. 3 6. 2. Nursing and mental health in c ontext - p. 14 7. 3. The mental health and illness continuum - p. 29 8. 4. Safety in care, safety at work - p. 39 9. 5. Working with families in mental health - p. 55 10. 6. Aboriginal and torres strait islander mental health - p. 71 11. 7. Kua takoto te manuka: (The leaves of the manuka tree have been laid down. 1 ) - p. 85 12. 8. Professional self-care - p. 99 13. PART 2. Knowledge for Practice - p. 115 14. 9. Mental health assessment - p. 117 15. 10. Legal and ethical issues - p. 137 16. 11. Anxiety - p. 156 17. 12. Mood disorders - p. 173 18. 13. Substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders - p. 184 19. Introduction - p. 184 20. Types of substance use disorders - p. 184 21. Behavioural addictions - p. 185 22. Prevalence of substance use and co-occurring disorders - p. 185 23. Substance use and misuse among specific populations - p. 187 24. Pharmacology of psychoactive drugs - p. 189 25. Contributing factors to substance use disorder - p. 190 26. The experience of a substance use disorder - p. 191 27. Physical health and substance use disorders - p. 198 28. Interventions - p. 202 29. Detoxification - p. 203 30. Relapse prevention - p. 204 31. Other healing approaches - p. 204 32. Co-occurring substance use disorders - p. 204 33. Chapter summary - p. 206 34. Review questions - p. 207 35. Useful websites - p. 207 36. References - p. 207 37. 14. Psychosis and schizophrenia - p. 211 38. 15. Eating disorders - p. 228 39. 16. Personality disorders - p. 249 40. 17. Mental health in childhood and adolescence - p. 264 41. 18. Mental health in older age - p. 281 42. 19. Autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability - p. 297 43. 20. Physical health in the context of mental health - p. 308 44. 21. Psychopharmacology - p. 323 45. PART 3. Contexts of Practice - p. 345 46. 22. Mental health in every setting - p. 347 47. 23. Preparing for mental health clinical placement - p. 352 48. 24. Primary care and community - p. 359 49. 25. Emergency care - p. 367 50. 26. Generalist in-patient settings - p. 373 51. 27. Care of older adults - p. 380 52. 28. Perinatal and infant mental health - p. 389 53. 29. Forensic mental health nursing - p. 397 54. Index - p. 406
