Where There Is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual (Books Beyond Words)
By Vikram Patel.
Description
Even though mental illnesses are common and cause great suffering in every part of the world, many health workers have a limited understanding about mental health and are less comfortable dealing with mental illness. This book is a practical manual for mental health care for the community health worker, the primary care nurse, the social worker and the primary care doctor, particularly in developing countries. After giving the reader a basic understanding of mental illness, the book goes on to describe more than 30 clinical problems associated with mental illness and uses a problem-solving ...
ISBN(s)
1901242757, 9781901242751
