TY - GEN AU - Louise Roberts TI - Mental Health and Mental Illness in Paramedic Practice SN - 9780729543187 PY - 2022/// CY - Chatswood PB - Elsevier KW - Mental health services KW - Emergency medicine N1 - 1. Introduction to mental healthcare in paramedic practice: The provision and context of mental healthcare in Australia 2. Caring and person-centred mental healthcare: Stigma, discrimination and the role of culture 3. Communication and the therapeutic relationship 4. Stress, arousal and emotions 5. Assessment: history taking and the mental state examination 6. Legal and ethical issues in pre-hospital mental healthcar 7. Physical health and mental health 8.1 Mental health across the life span: Caring for the mental health of children and young people 8.2 Mental health across the life span: Caring for the mental health of older people 9. Caring for a person with anxiety 10. Caring for a person with changes in mood (‘affective’ disorders) 11. Managing risk, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt 12. Caring for a person who has self-harmed 13. Caring for a person with psychosis 14. Caring for a person with substance use and mental health concerns 15. Managing challenging behaviour and workplace violence 16. Understanding personality and changes in personality 17. Common psychological interventions 18. Psychopharmacology ER -