The increasing number of individuals with co-existing substance misuse and psychiatric disorders presents a key challenge to mental health and addiction nurses. This practice-based text focuses on the management and intervention strategies to effectively meet the needs of this client group in both community and residential settings.
Dual Diagnosis Nursing is a comprehensive text for practitioners on contemporary approaches to working with dual disorder and dual diagnosis patients. It explores both clinical and theoretical perspectives in a variety of different care and treatment settings, addressing key issues such as needs of special populations, multi-dimensional assessment, dealing with emergencies, prescribing and medication management, nursing and psychological interventions, spiritual needs, carers' interventions and professional development.
Part 1 Background. Chapter 1: Understanding Dual Diagnosis: an Overview.
Chapter 2: Policy Initiatives in Substance Misuse and Mental Health: Implications for Practice.
Chapter 3: Understanding Drug Use and Misuse.
Chapter 4: Psychoactive Substances and their Effects.
Chapter 5: Mental Health: an Introduction.
Chapter 6: Alcohol and Dual Diagnosis.
Chapter 7: Eating Disorders and Dual Diagnosis.
Chapter 8: Problem Drug Use and Personality Disorders.
Part 2 Special Populations.
Chapter 9: Black and Ethnic Minority Communities: Substance Misuse and Mental Health: Whose Problems Anyway?.
Chapter 10: Vulnerable Young People and Substance Misuse.
Chapter 11: Meeting Multiple Needs: Pregnancy, Parenting and Dual Diagnosis.
Part 3 Context and Approaches.
Chapter 12: Addiction and Mental Health Nursl&
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