Psychologically Informed Physiotherapy: Embedding psychosocial perspectives within clinical management (Physiotherapy Essentials)

Psychologically Informed Physiotherapy is a key new textbook for those who need a trusted and comprehensive resource to guide them in applying psychosocial perspectives to their physiotherapy practice.

The first of its kind, this textbook brings together an international and interdisciplinary team of leading experts in the field. Together they present an evidence-based range of ideas and concepts around the psychologically informed practice framework, bringing psychosocial aspects of physiotherapy to the fore alongside the established biomedical model. By applying these aspects to screening, exploration and triaging, physiotherapists are better able to identify the origins of pain and barriers to rehabilitation; and so are more likely to achieve consistently good clinical outcomes for their patients. Throughout, clinical case studies ensure that the theory is then grounded in a variety of practical scenarios after which some reflective exercises and clinically relevant scenarios reinforce learning and understanding.

Chapters on:

• Psychology of professional identity in health care
• The biopsychosocial model
• Screening for red flags
• Adapting interactions with others to form empowering relationships and influence behavioural change
• Neuro-immune-endocrine interactions and clinical practice in stress, pain and recovery
• Care of the anxious patient through cognitive and person-centred strategies
• Alternative and evolving models of practice, including the clinical flag system
• The psychology of the athlete from the physiotherapist’s perspective
• Using counselling and psychological strategies within physiotherapy
• Making evidence-based decisions and measuring effectiveness in practice
• Using psychological interventions as a student or new graduate
• First textbook of its kind for physiotherapists
• Ideal confidence booster for both students and practitioners new to the subject
• Illustrates the role social factors have on thoughts, emotions and behaviour in patients as well as the neurobiological manifestations of social stressors
• Presents key, evidence-based concepts from leading international academics, clinicians and researchers in the field and across a range of health professions, including counselling and psychology

Acute Psychiatric Emergencies: A Practical Approach (Advanced Life Support Group) 1st Edition

Acute Psychiatric Emergencies is designed for all medical and healthcare professionals working with patients in mental health crisis. This manual is a key component of the Acute Psychiatric Emergencies (APEx) course, which uses a structured approach developed by leading psychiatry and emergency medicine specialists with years of practical experience.

This valuable resource provides a practical approach for dealing with mental health emergencies, helping healthcare professionals from different specialties speak a common language and develop a shared understanding that expedites excellent care. The manual outlines the assessment and management of patients who have self-harmed, those that are apparently drunk, the patient behaving strangely, the patient with acute confusion, and those that are aggressive.

• Presents a structured, practical approach for the emergency care of patients presenting in acute psychiatric crisis
• Covers common presentations of psychiatric emergencies
• Emphasises close co-operation of emergency and mental health teams
• Offers content designed jointly by practicing psychiatrists and emergency physicians from the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)

Acute Psychiatric Emergencies will be useful for practitioners of emergency medicine, psychiatry, emergency and mental health nursing as well as other mental health and crisis care professionals.

The Art Of Psychological Warfare

Do you feel like other people always get the best of you? Do you wish you were more assertive in dealing with others? Have you ever felt bullied or dismissed by others? Want to get some payback? Then you’re ready to take psychological warfare seriously. You’ll never have a mere conversation again after putting our tricks into practice.

This book teaches you personal interaction on a psychological level. It runs from trivial tricks like getting people to like and respect you more, to tactical life skills like making a convincing argument or persuading somebody to do you a large favor. In case you’re up for some heavier artillery, it also teaches you how to play manipulative tricks on people by exploiting arcane quirks in the human mind, to psychological combat maneuvers practiced by law enforcement and the military.

Learn from psychology experts and military black-ops experiments alike, as we explore the maze of the human mind and discover some access panels that weren’t meant to be discovered. If you don’t want to use it offensively, you can also use it as a defense against the con artists and sociopaths who try to pull one over on you – perhaps you’ll even see your relationship in a new way.

It’s time you asserted yourself! Get in touch with your inner Jedi and learn a few mind tricks of your own. If you even use it to argue your way out of one traffic ticket, this book has paid for itself right there.

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition is the most comprehensive RN psychiatric nursing text on the market! Awarded second place in the 2018 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing category. User-friendly by design, it simplifies the often-intimidating subject of psychiatric-mental health nursing with a practical, clinical perspective. This edition was revised in conjunction with a readability expert to support clarity and ease of understanding. Chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing your students for clinical practice with real-world examples. New to this edition are full-page illustrated explanations about the neurobiology of disorders and associated medications, criteria from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) for major disorders, completely revised Evidence-Based Practice boxes, and a fully rewritten chapter on Dying, Death, and Grieving to provide students with essential information about difficult topics.

• Mentor-like writing style reinforces important information and helps in applying textbook content to the clinical setting.
• Coverage of key topics and emerging nursing trends keep you current with best practices in the field.
• Considering Culture boxes discuss the importance of person-centered care in providing competent care to diverse populations in various clinical situations.
• Vignettes with vivid mini-stories prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.
• Health Policy Boxes introduce the role you can play in advocating for patients and the profession.
• Clinical chapters follow the six-step nursing process, providing consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.

• NEW! Full-page illustrated explanations about the neurobiology of disorders and associated medications.

• NEW! DSM-5 guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are fully incorporated in the text, and include updated NANDA content.
• NEW! Completely revised Evidence-Based Practice boxes.
• NEW! Revised chapter on Dying, Death and Grieving gives you all the vital information you need.
• NEW! Ten NCLEX-style questions and answers at the end of each chapter.