000			01323cam a2200205 4500
008			090629n2009 000 0 eng u
020			_a9781904671732
060			_aWS 350.
245	0		_aEmergency department handbook : _bchildren and adolescents with mental health problems
260			_aLondon : _bRCPsych Publications, _c2009
300			_axii, 193p.
340			_aBook
520			_aThis book is a practical handbook to everything a practitioner needs to know about dealing with children and young people with mental health problems who present in an emergency department. It provides an easily accessible framework of knowledge on child and adolescent mental health problems and what to do about them. Clinical examples are used throughout and comprehensive, easy to follow guidance is given. The subjects covered include: safeguarding; confidentiality and diversity; understanding the family, social, developmental and legal contexts, understanding the problems holistically; carrying out balanced risk assessments; 'being' therapeutic; service organisation and resourcing; and, quality standards and competencies.
650		2	_aEmergency medicine
650		2	_aChild psychiatry
650		2	_aAdolescent psychiatry _95139
650		2	_aMental health services
700	1		_aKaplan, Tony _eeditor
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999			_c13267 _d13267