Main description:

Mental Health and Collaborative Community Practice: An Australian Perspective is an authoritative, comprehensive reference on the state of mental health and mental health care in Australia and internationally. It provides the latest information on descriptions of the disorders, policy, and treatments for mental illness.

The fourth edition is updated with the most recent changes to policy and practice, including incorporating the new diagnostic tool ICD11. With a strong focus on community collaboration and personal recovery and through the many personal stories of mental health care that are woven into the descriptions of disorders and their treatments, this edition provides guidance for a more personal approach to mental health care. An extended team of authors, editors and associate editors provide their
interdisciplinary perspectives to help readers understand and connect with the broad facets of mental health care.

Contents:

PART 1: THE CONTEXT FOR CONTEMPORARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE1.1 Mental health care as a complex systemGraham Meadows, Fiona McDermott, Sebastian Rosenberg, Merinda Epstein, Allan Pinches, Jacques Boulet, Jonathan Harms, Richard Baldwin & Cassandra Hastie1.2 Critical environmental and social determinants of mental health problems and their careSusie Burke, Joanne Enticott, Anton Isaacs, Graham Meadows & Sebastian Rosenberg 1.3 Specific community perspectives in mental healthPat Dudgeon, Sabine Hammond, Graham Meadows, Helen Milroy, Sally Morris & Sebastian Rosenberg 1.4 Advancing knowledge in mental health careFiona McDermott, Brenda Happell, Graham Meadows, Ellie Fossey, Suresh Sundram, Frances Shawyer (with Amanda Favilla), Catherine McNab, Brett Inder, Yoland Wadsworth, Flick Grey, Allan Pinches, Bridget Bassilios, Meredith Harris, Philip Burgess, Jane Pirkis & Marlena Klaic 1.5 Delivering mental health careGraham Meadows, Sebastian Rosenberg, Alan Woodward, Joanne Enticott, John Farhall & Margaret Grigg 1.6 Information on Australian mental health and its mental health care systemGraham Meadows, Joanne Enticott, Carol Harvey, Vera Morgan, Frances Shawyer & Sebastian Rosenberg1.7 Mental health services across AustraliaStephen Allison, Eddie Bartnik, Tarun Bastiampillai, Malcolm Battersby, Richard Benjamin, Lisa Brophy, Brett Emmerson, Valerie Gerrand, Margaret Grigg, Aaron Groves, Catherine Lourey, Graham Meadows, Mary Morris, Sebastian Rosenberg,James Scott, Bruce Singh & Sebastian Rosenberg with Peggy Brown and Bernard Hughson PART 2: PRINCIPLES FOR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY PRACTICE2.1 Who provides mental health care and support?Ellie Fossey, Cath Roper, Hamilton Kennedy, Rory Randall, Annette Mercuri, Louise Stone, Grant Blashki, David Huppert, Kylie Boucher, Fiona Best, John Farhall, Marilyn Cugnetto, Justin Scanlon, Bani Aadam, Melissa Petrakis & Harry Minas 2.2 Working collaborativelyBrenda Happell, Cath Roper, Graham Meadows, Louise Byrne, Helena Roennfeldt, Annette Mercuri, Flick Grey, Laura Collister, Brett Scholz, Noel Renouf, Fiona Smith & Lisa Brophy 2.3 Assessment in mental healthGraham Meadows, Bani Aadam, Sally Buchanan-Hagen, Marilyn Cugnetto, Indigo Daya, John Farhall, Sabin Fernbacher,Ellie Fossey, Caroline Johnson, Robert King, Lyn Mahboub, Harry Minas, Melissa Petrakis, Cath Roper, Neeraj Sareen, Justin Scanlan & Timothy Wand 2.4 Case managementEllie Fossey, Cath Roper, Sandy Watson, Kath Thorburn, Vrinda Edan, Jaz Chisholm, Melissa Petrakis, Bridget Hamilton, Carol Harvey, Nikolaos Kazantzis, Neil Thomas, Harry Minas & Lisa Brophy 2.5 PsychopharmacologyNicholas Keks, Judy Hope, Graham Meadows & Carmela Salomon 2.6 Supporting recovery and wellnessEllie Fossey, Cath Roper, Priscilla Ennals, Marc Morel, John Farhall, Robert King, Neil Thomas, Nikolaos Kazantzis,Alexandra Petrik, Frances Shawyer, Sarah Francis, Tara Hickey, Anne Williams, Rob Stanton & Brenda Happell 2.7 Working with familiesBrendan O'Hanlon, Carol Harvey, Abner Poon, Rose Cuff, Peter McKenzie & Jeff Young PART 3: MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LIFESPAN3.1 Childhood mental healthBarbara Keeble-Devlin 3.2 Youth mental healthCristina Mei, Faye Scanlan, Roxxanne MacDonald & Patrick McGorry 3.3 Mental health of older adultsChristos Plakiotis, Sagarika De Fonseka, Rhoda Lai & Daniel O'Connor PART 4: MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF DISORDERS4.1 Neurodevelopmental disorders and associated psychiatric disordersChad Bennett, Tareq Abuelroos & Hamilton Kennedy 4.2 Schizophrenia or other primary psychotic disordersCherrie Galletly, Margaret Grigg, Bernie McCormick & David Castle 4.3 Mood disordersKay Wilhelm & Marlies Alvarenga 4.4 Anxiety, fear, obsessive-compulsive, stress-related and dissociative disordersDaniel Fassnacht, Erin Parker, Mike Barry, Michelle Banfield, Darren Jiggins, David Clarke & Michael Kyrios 4.5 Feeding or eating disordersPhillipa Hay, Stephen Touy, June Alexander & Sally Morris 4.6 Disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience, factitious disorders, and psychological or behavioural factors affecting disorders or diseasesAkshay Ilango, David Clarke & Graham Meadows with Graeme Smith 4.7 Substance use disordersMaree Teesson, Louise Mewton & Andrew Baillie 4.8 Gambling and gaming disordersStephanie Merkouris, Daniel King, Chloe Hawker, Kate Sommerville & Nicki Dowling 4.9 Personality disordersSathya Rao, Jaydip Sarkar, Jillian Broadbear, Rita Brown, Flick Grey & Danielle Jaeger with Bruce Falconer