Preface.

List of Abbreviations.

1 Mental Health Assessment (Teifion Davies and Tom Craig).

2 Managing Distressed and Challenging Patients (Teifi on Davies).

3 Mental Health Problems in Primary Care (Richard Byng and Jed Boardman).

4 Managing Mental Health Problems in the General Hospital (Amanda Ramirez and Allan House).

5 Mental Health Emergencies (Zerrin Atakan and David Taylor).

6 Mental Health Services (Rosalind Ramsay and Frank Holloway).

7 Anxiety (Stirling Moorey and Anthony S Hale).

8 Depression (Anthony S Hale and Teifi on Davies).

9 Bipolar Disorders (Teifi on Davies).

10 Schizophrenia (Trevor Turner).

11 Disorders of Personality (Martin Marlowe).

12 Psychosexual Problems (Dinesh Bhugra, James P Watson and Teifi on Davies).

13 Addiction and Dependence: Illicit Drugs (Clare Gerada and Mark Ashworth).

14 Addiction and Dependence: Alcohol (Mark Ashworth, Clare Gerada and Yvonne Doyle).

15 Mental Health Problems in Old Age (Chris Ball).

16 Dementia (Chris Ball).

17 Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents (Emily Simonoff).

18 Mental Health Problems in People with Intellectual Disability (Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt).

19 Mental Health in a Multiethnic Society (Simon Dein).

20 Mental Health on the Margins: Homelessness and Mental Disorder (Philip Timms and Adrian McLachlan).

21 Mental Health and the Law (Humphrey Needham-Bennett).

22 Drug Treatments in Mental Health (Soumitra R Pathare and Carol Paton).

23 Psychological Treatments (Suzanne Jolley and Phil Richardson).

24 Risk Management in Mental Health (Teifion Davies).

Index.