Published April, 2013
By Nick Brindle, Tim Branton and Alison Stansfield
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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This guides clinicians through the parts of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 that they need to understand and use in their daily practice. It covers how to assess whether a person lacks capacity; the range, scope and limitations, of the various authorities to treat, including determining 'best-interest', advance decisions and lasting power of attorney.

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Published January, 2013
By Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Contains easy-to-read factsheets on over 40 different mental health issues (including emotional and behavioural problems) affecting children and young people. Each explains the problem, causes and effects, practical tips to deal with it, available treatments, the best available evidence, case studies and sources of further help.

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Published January, 2013
By Kamaldeep Bhui
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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A guide for mental health professionals to working with culturally diverse populations who may not expect the same sort of treatments or interventions or even assessment processes as the cultural majority. The scenarios are common, and the essays cover some of the obstacles to improving care, dilemmas facing the clinician, and how they might be overcome.

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Published December, 2012
By David Gray and Irene Cormac
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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A practical manual on dealing with physical diseases that commonly affect psychiatric patients. All psychiatrists must be able to deal with medical emergencies and minor injuries, interpret basic medical investigations and recognise where and when to get help from a general practitioner or another specialist. Essentials of Physical Health in Psychiatry addresses this need.

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Published November, 2012
By National Collaborating Centre and National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Under-recognition of autism leads to poor care, social and economic exclusion, and masks coexisting health problems. This sets out clear recommendations for healthcare staff (based on the best available evidence) on how to identify, assess and diagnose autism; on organisation, delivery, psychosocial interventions and biomedical interventions.

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Published October, 2012
By Philip Graham, Philip J. Graham, Valsamma Eapen and Shoba Srinath
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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This book is a practical manual for primary healthcare professionals, teachers and anyone who works with children - especially in places where specialist psychiatric care is not available. After giving an overview of child mental health problems, the manual goes on to deal with the various developmental, behavioural and emotional problems that arise in as many as 10% of the youth population.

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Published July, 2012
By Gwen Adshead and Jaydip Sarkar
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Personality disorder used to be a diagnosis of exclusion, a condition deemed 'untreatable'. This situation has been transformed in the past ten years, with a huge expansion of research and clinical interest in personality disorders. This book provides an expert synthesis of these clinical advances.

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Published July, 2012
By Femi Oyebode and Femi Oyebodi
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Madness at the Theatre studies the theatrical representation of madness from the classical Greek period through to the 21st century. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the language of drama, the depiction of mental illness, and in the wider place of madness as a concept within society.

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Published June, 2012
By National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Recent government initiatives have highlighted the importance of taking account of service users' views to improve the quality of their care. This examines the evidence, and gives recommendations, for improving service users' experience of mental health services in seven main areas, including: assessment, hospital and community care and discharge.

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Published May, 2012
By National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
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Self-harm is common, especially in young people. This gives recommendations for healthcare professionals and will improve the longer-term care of people who self-harm (covers people aged 8 and above). It reviews the evidence for assessment, psychosocial and pharmacological interventions, staff training, capacity and confidentiality issues.

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