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Mental health and mental illness in paramedic practice / Louise Roberts and David Hains.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chatswood, NSW : Elsievier Australia, 2022Description: xvi, 491 pages : illustrations 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780729543187
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89025
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Includes bibliographical references and index.


Chapter 1: Introduction to mental healthcare in paramedic practice: The provision and context of mental healthcare in Australia -- Chapter 2: Caring and person-centred mental healthcare: Stigma, discrimination and the role of culture -- Chapter 3: Communication and the therapeutic relationship -- Chapter 4: Stress, arousal and emotions -- Chapter 5: Assessment: history taking and the mental state examination -- Chapter 6: Legal and ethical issues in pre-hospital mental healthcare -- Chapter 7: Physical health and mental health -- Chapter 8.1: Mental health across the life span: Caring for the mental health of children and young people -- Chapter 8.2: Mental health across the life span: Caring for the mental health of older people -- Chapter 9: Caring for a person with anxiety -- Chapter 10: Caring for a person with changes in mood ('affective' disorders) -- Chapter 11: Managing risk, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt -- Chapter 12: Caring for a person who has self-harmed -- Chapter 13: Caring for a person with psychosis -- Chapter 14: Caring for a person with substance use and mental health concerns -- Chapter 15: Managing challenging behaviour and workplace violence -- Chapter 16: Understanding personality and changes in personality -- Chapter 17: Common psychological interventions -- Chapter 18: Psychopharmacology.

With increasing prevalence, paramedics are commonly dispatched to pre-hospital settings where mental health and mental illness are essential considerations in paramedic practice and approaches to treatment. Mental Health and Mental Illness in Paramedic Practice is the first text of its kind - a resource specifically written by expert clinicians and academics solely for the Australian and New Zealand paramedic context. The text introduces fundamental concepts and theories in mental health and mental illness in the context of paramedic principles of care. It delves into topics such as person-centred mental healthcare; communication and the therapeutic relationship; and legal and ethical issues - all within the realm of paramedic practice. The textbook steps students through common patient presentations in the pre-hospital setting and offers practical guidance in applying appropriate approaches to treatment.

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