Dual Diagnosis Nursing

By Rassool

Dual Diagnosis Nursing

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405119020
• ISBN13: 9781405119023
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 7.4"