Mental Health Research and Practice

A practical and innovative manual guiding mental health professionals on how to improve clinical psychiatric practice in daily practice.

A comprehensive handbook covering current, controversial, and debated topics in psychiatric practice. Providing a global overview on a range of key topics in mental health, from personality disorders to ICD-11 and telemental health, this book is essential reading for mental health professionals seeking to improve their everyday clinical practice.A comprehensive handbook covering current, controversial, and debated topics in psychiatric practice, aligned to the EPA Scientific Sections. All chapters been written by international experts active within their respective fields and they follow a structured template, covering updates relevant to clinical practice and research, current challenges, and future perspectives. This essential book features a wide range of topics in psychiatric research from child and adolescent psychiatry, epidemiology and social psychiatry to forensic psychiatry and neurodevelopmental disorders. It provides a unique global overview on different themes, from the recent dissemination in ordinary clinical practice of the ICD-11 to the innovations in addiction and consultation-liaison psychiatry. In addition, the book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on emerging hot topics including emergency psychiatry, ADHD in adulthood, and innovation in telemental health. An invaluable source of evidence-based information for trainees in psychiatry, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals.