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It is essential for mental health nurses to understand the physical health needs of people with mental health disorders in order to provide holistic care. Yet these people often have their physical health needs unrecognised or poorly managed. This book is a practical and informative guide to the physical...

This resource supports evidence-informed approaches to improving the cultural competence of health service delivery. By reviewing the evidence from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, it provides readers with a clear and systematic overview of the interventions and indicators applied to enable...

Urban Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services weaves together different strands of mental health work undertaken in one inner-city Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service by professionals working in a range of ways. In particular, it provides examples of how an urban CAMH service has been responsive...

Listening Visits in Perinatal Mental Health focuses on how women and families suffering from perinatal mental illness can be supported by a wide range of practitioners. Based on the skills of attentive listening, it is designed for use by health professionals and support workers concerned with maternal...

Mental health has long been perceived as a taboo subject in the UK, so much so that mental health services have been marginalised within health and social care. There is even more serious neglect of the specific issues faced by different ethnic minorities. This book uses the rich narratives...

New public health governance arrangements under the coalition government have wide reaching implications for the delivery of health inequality interventions. Through the framework of understanding health inequalities as a 'wicked problem' the book develops an applied approach to researching, understanding...

This is the first textbook to focus on environmental threats to child health. It will interest professionals and graduate students in public health, pediatrics, environmental health, epidemiology, and toxicology. The first three chapters provide overviews of key children's environmental health issues...

Scientific research proves at least 30 health benefits from drinking coffee regularly ...when you drink the right amount, the right kind of coffee, and drink it the right way. Coffee is incredibly healthy …and there definitely are "right" and "wrong" ways to prepare...

This book is more than a dental health guide. It is a prevention program for your TOTAL HEALTH, so that you can save on expensive medical costs and live a healthy life. Ask yourself, “Why have you had some tooth and gum issues requiring treatment, in spite of the fact that you brush and...

If not for the reproductive functions of women, would there be anything called women’s health care? A review of medical literature, practice, and policy in this country would suggest that the answer is no. Offering a startling view of the current state of health care for women in the United States...

From the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) comes an exciting source of theoretical approaches, epidemiological findings, and real-life examples regarding the therapeutic and health-enhancing effects of music. Experts across fields including psychology, neurology, music therapy,...

So many people do not feel “alive” in their lives. They have lost their connection to themselves and each other. They are out of alignment in body, mind, spirit and community. They have relinquished control and responsibility for their health and life to outside sources. In this book the...

Integrative mental healthcare: •is a person-centered approach that emphasizes maintaining optimal health and wellness •takes into account the symptoms, preferences and circumstances of each unique person •focuses on treating symptoms not disorders •uses conventional mainstream approaches like...

Integrative mental healthcare: •is a person-centered approach that emphasizes maintaining optimal health and wellness •takes into account the symptoms, preferences and circumstances of each unique person •focuses on treating symptoms not disorders •uses conventional mainstream approaches like...