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• Title:Where there is no psychiatrist : a mental health care manual / Vikram Patel ; illustrations by Wilson D'Souza.
  
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• Author/Creator:Patel, Vikram.
  
• Published/Created:London : Gaskell, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM141 .P295 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Psychiatry.
  Psychiatry--Developing countries.
  Mental illness.
  Mental illness--Developing countries.
  
• Medical Subjects:Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
  Primary Health Care.
  Developing Countries.
  
• Description:xxii, 266 pages : illustrations.
  
• Summary:"This book is a practical manual of mental health care for community health workers, primary care nurses, social workers and primary care doctors, particularly in developing countries."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index.
  
• ISBN:1901242757
  
• Contents:Foreword / David Morley
  Pt. I. overview of mental illness
  1. introduction to mental illness
  2. Assessing someone with a mental illness
  3. treatment of mental illness
  Pt. II. Clinical problems
  4. Behaviors that cause concern
  5. Symptoms that are medically unexplained
  6. Habits that cause problems
  7. Problems arising from loss and violence
  8. Problems in childhood and adolescence
  Pt. III. Integrating mental health
  9. Mental health in other contexts
  10. Mental health promotion and advocacy
  Pt. IV. Localising this manual for your area
  11. Medicines for mental illness
  12. Resources in your area
  App. Flow charts for clinical problem-solving.