Awards

• Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Psychiatry 2010
• Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Psychiatry 2010.

Overview

This practical handbook covers everything a practitioner needs to know about dealing with children and adolescents who present in an emergency department with mental health problems. It provides an easily accessible framework of knowledge on child and adolescent mental health, with comprehensive, easy-to follow guidance. The book includes contributions from professionals across a range of disciplines: paediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, emergency medicine, and social care. The authors clarify the roles and responsibilities of every professional involved in the care of young patients and their families in a very vulnerable and potentially frightening situation. The subjects covered include: Understanding child and adolescent mental health problems. Their social and developmental contexts. The management of common mental health problems in this age group. Carrying out balanced risk assessments. Liaison with social services and the role of other agencies. The legal context. Confidentiality and child protection. Diversity issues. ~ Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category of the 2010 BMA Medical Book Awards. ~ Readership The book is intended for psychiatrists at all levels dealing with young people, paediatricians and emergency department clinicians, teachers and trainers, and the heads of department, managers and commissioners who work together to provide effective and efficient services to meet the needs of this under-served client group.

Full Product Details

Author:   Tony Kaplan
Publisher:   RCPsych Publications
Imprint:   RCPsych Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9781904671732

ISBN 10:   190467173
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents 1. INTRODUCTION - Tony Kaplan 2. CONTEXTUAL FACTORS IN ASSESSING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS - Helen Stuart 3. EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT AND CRISIS INTERVENTION - Tony Kaplan 4. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATIONS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - Josie Brown 5. SELF-HARM: ISSUES, ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION - Tony Kaplan 6. VIOLENCE AND EXTREME BEHAVIOUR - Lois Colling and Eric Taylor 7. CONSENT, CAPACITY AND THE LAW - Mary Mitchell 8. CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD PROTECTION - Tricia Brennan 9. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS - Begum Maitra 10. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Tony Kaplan 11. CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMATION-SHARING - Tony Kaplan and Tricia Brennan 12. PRACTITIONERS AND PATHWAYS: A COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK - Tony Kaplan, Paul Gill, Diana Hulbert, Avril Washington, Ian Maconochie and Annie Souter 13. ISSUES FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MANAGERS - Tony Kaplan APPENDICES: I. Recommendations of the Joint Colleges Working Group on CAMHS in the emergency department - Tony Kaplan II. Mental state examination checklist - Tony Kaplan III. Mental Health Act 2007: brief guide IV. Ten essential shared competencies for mental health practice V. Protocols VI. Emergency department mental health risk assessment tool - Diana Hulbert

Reviews

The aim of this handbook is for 'practitioners at the front line in emergency departments to be better trained, more informed and better prepared'... I suspect the book will be most welcome to colleagues from accident and emergency departments, as dealing with young people must represent additional stress within already highly demanding work. The book also provides an overview of child and adolescent mental health that will be of interest to many child and adolescent psychiatrists. Despite my 10 years as a consultant in this field, I found that I was learning some useful new information or that things I half knew were being helpfully clarified...this handbook should definitely be read by all senior trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry and will be very useful to many others involved in this increasingly significant area of healthcare. British Journal of Psychiatry

Author Information

Tony Kaplan (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Young People's Crisis Recovery Unit, Edgware Community Hospital, Middx).

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