Mental health disorders sourcebook provides basic consumer health information about healthy brain functioning and mental illnesses including depression, bipolar disorder (BPD), anxiety disorders (ADs), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), psychotic and personality disorders, eating disorders, impulse control disorders (ICDs), and more ; along with information about medications and treatments, mental-health concerns in specific groups such as children, adolescents, older adults, minority populations, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual, a glossary of terms related to mental health, and directories of resources for additional help and information / James Chambers, editorial director.
| Other author | Chambers, James (Editor |
| Other author | Omnigraphics, Inc. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Eighth edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Omnigraphics, an imprint of Infobase, [2021] |
| Description | xvii, 683 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Gale eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Series | Health reference series |
| Contents | Preface -- Part 1: The brain and mental health -- 1. Mental health begins with healthy -- Brain functions -- Brain basics -- Mental-health problems -- Impact and determinants of mental health -- 2. The components of mental health -- Good mental health -- Good emotional health -- Mental and emotional well-being -- 3. Mental-health statistics -- 4. Lifestyles and mental health -- Eating well and mental health -- Sleep and mental health -- Physical activity and mental health -- Keeping mentally fit as you age -- 5. Developing and reinforcing mental wellness -- Becoming more resilient -- Stress and how to handle it -- Controlling anger -- Coping with a breakup -- Coping with grief -- Myths about mental health -- 6. Mental health at work -- 7. The stigma of mental illness -- Part 2: Mental illnesses -- 8. Suicide and mental illness -- Facts about suicide -- Questions about suicide risk -- Suicidal ideation among LGBT youth -- 9. Depressive disorders -- Depression -- Persistent depressive disorder -- Seasonal affective disorder -- 10. Bipolar diorders -- 11. Anxiety disorder -- Understanding anxiety disorders -- Generalized anxiety disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Panic disorder -- Social anxiety disorder -- compulsive hoarding -- 12. Phobias and fears -- 13. Posttraumatic stress disorder -- 14. Psychotic disorders -- Psychosis -- Delusional disorder -- Factitious disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Schizoaffective disorder -- 15. Personality disorders -- Antisocial personality disorder -- Borderline personality disorder -- histrionic personality disorder -- Histrionic personality disorder -- Narcissistic personality disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder -- Paranoia -- 16. Eating and body image disorders -- Eating disorders: an overview -- Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -- Binge-eating disorder -- Body dysphoric disorder -- 17. Addictions -- Biology of addiction -- Mental health and substance-use disorders -- Alcoholism and mental health -- Comorbidity: addiction and other mental disorders -- 18. Impulse control disorders -- What are impulse control disorders? -- Self-harm -- Problem gambling -- 19. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- reproductive health and mental health -- 21. Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis -- 22. Dissociation and dissociative disorders -- 23. Mania and hypomania -- Part 3: Pediatric mental-health concerns -- 24. Childhood mental disorders -- 25. Mental healthcare for children and teens -- 26. Anxiety, depression, and children's mental health -- 27. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- 28. Obsessive-compulsive disorder among children -- 29. behavior disorder in children -- 30. autism spectrum disorder -- 31. Bipolar disorder in children and teens -- 32. Language and speech disorders -- 33. Learning disorders -- 34. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections -- 35. Posttraumatic stress disorder in children -- 36. Helping children and teens cope with violence and disaster -- Part 4: Other populations with distinctive mental-health concerns -- 37. Mental-health issues among older adults -- Mental health and aging -- Alzheimer disease among older adults -- Depression in late life -- Dementia -- 38. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual mental health issues -- Mental health and gay and bisexual men -- Substance-use disorders and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual -- 39. Victims of trauma and disaster -- Abuse, trauma, and mental health -- Coping with traumatic events -- Disaster survivors and mental health -- 40. Mental-health issues among minority and immigrant populations -- Mental health and minority populations -- Mental health and African American -- Mental health and American Indians/Alaska Natives -- Mental health and Asian Americans -- Mental health and Hispanics -- Part 5: Mental-health treatments -- 41. Recognizing a mental-health emergency -- 42. Recovery is possible -- 43. Mental-healthcare services -- Types of mental-health professionals -- Psychotherapies -- 44. Mental-health medications -- Mental-health medications: an overview -- Antidepressants -- Anti-anxiety medications -- Stimulants -- Antipsychotics -- Mood stabilizers -- Special groups: children, older adults, and pregnant women -- 45. Brain stimulation therapies -- 46. COmplementary and alternative medicine for mental healthcare -- Anxiety and complementary health approaches -- Autism and complementary health approaches -- Depression and complementary health approaches -- Seasonal affective disorder and complementary health approaches -- Sleep disorders and complementary health approaches -- Substance-use disorders and complementary health approaches -- 47. Pets are good for mental health -- 48. technology and the future of mental-health treatment -- 49. Health insurance and mental-health services -- 50. working with a mental-health condition -- Part 6: Mental illness co-occurring with other disorders -- 51. COVID-19 and mental health -- Mental healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic -- Mental health and coping during the coronavirus pandemic -- Coping with stress -- Mental-health impacts of COVID-19 -- 52. Cancer and mental health -- Psychological stress and cancer -- Depression in cancer patients -- Delirium in advanced cancer -- 53. Diabetes and mental health -- 54. Epilepsy and mental health -- 55. Heart disease and mental health -- 56. Human immunodeficiency virus and mental health -- 57. Chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder -- 58. Sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder -- 59. Stroke and mental health -- Part 7: Additional help and information -- 60. A glossary of terms related to mental health -- 61. Crisis hotlines and helplines -- 62. Mental-health disorders: resources of information and support. |
| Abstract | "Provides basic consumer health information about the signs, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment of various mental illnesses, and the special mental-health concerns of children and other groups, along with tips for maintaining mental wellness. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021033372 |
| ISBN | 9780780819702 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0780819705 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |