Accessible and informative, this guide is for anyone working with people experiencing mental illness. It details the major mental health disorders, the issues and implications surrounding them and explains the current legislation in easy-to-understand terms.

Table of Contents

• FOREWORD BY VIKRAM PATEL
• INTRODUCTION: A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS
• Using this book
• References
• CHAPTER 1: SEVERE AND ENDURING MENTAL ILLNESS
• Defining mental illness
• A matter of degrees
• What is psychosis?
• The problem of diagnosis
• Neurotransmitters
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Casenotes: Severe mental illness
• References
• CHAPTER 2: TREATMENT AND SUPPORT
• Medication
• Talking treatments
• The Professionals: Health, social and the non-statutory services
• References
• CHAPTER 3: RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
• What is risk assessment?
• First contact
• Identifying risk factors
• Managing risk
• Casenotes: Risk assessment and management
• References
• CHAPTER 4: CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR
• What is ‘challenging behaviour’?
• The CAPE model
• The Challenging Behaviour Toolkit
• Skilled communication
• Casenotes: Challenging behaviour
• References
• CHAPTER 5: INTRODUCING PERSONALITY DISORDER
• What is personality disorder?
• What's in a name?
• Treating personality disorder
• Working with personality disorder
• The Personality Disorder Toolkit
• Casenotes: Working with personality disorder
• References
• CHAPTER 6: MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
• A whistle-stop tour of the criminal justice system
• References
• CHAPTER 7: INTRODUCING THE MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
• Mental Health Act 1983
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005
• References
• SUBJECT INDEX
• AUTHOR INDEX