The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations

Blows, William T.

The Biological Basis of Mental Health

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This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing. 
This fully revised fourth edition includes new chapters on behavioural science, and brain-gut and brain-gender connections, as well as expanded content on memory and genetics. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic research with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health covers topics including brain development, neural communication, neurotransmitters and receptors, hormones and behaviour, genetic disorders, pharmacology, substance misuse, anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, epilepsy, subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain, dementia, developmental disorders, and sleep. 
This unique textbook is an essential read for all healthcare students, practitioners and educators with an interest in mental health and neuroscience. 
 About the Author 
William T. Blows was formerly a lecturer at City University of London, UK where he taught biology to nurses.

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This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing. 
This fully revised fourth edition includes new chapters on behavioural science, and brain-gut and brain-gender connections, as well as expanded content on memory and genetics. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic research with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health covers topics including brain development, neural communication, neurotransmitters and receptors, hormones and behaviour, genetic disorders, pharmacology, substance misuse, anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, epilepsy, subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain, dementia, developmental disorders and sleep. 
This unique textbook is an essential read for all healthcare students, practitioners and educators with an interest in mental health and neuroscience.

Accurate clinical observations are the key to good patient care and fundamental to nursing practice. To be fully competent in these basic skills, nurses need to understand not only how and why procedures are performed, but also how results are affected for example by variation in technique or the health status of the patient. The Biological Basis of Nursing: Clinical Observation is a unique text which integrates explanations of essential nursing procedures with the biological knowledge that underpins practice. Essential reading for all students preparing for clinical practice in nursing.

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Written by an experienced nurse lecturer who also trained as a mental health nurse, this book explores the underlying biology associated with the pathology of mental health disorders and the related nervous system. Integrating related pharmacological and genetic knowledge, The Biological Basis of Nursing: Mental Health covers topics including: <ul>
<li>the physiology of neurotransmission and receptors</li> <li>the normal human brain</li> <li>hormones and mental health</li> <li>the biology of emotions, stress, anxiety and phobic states</li> <li>the biology of substance abuse</li> <li>developmental disorders</li> <li>genetics and mental health</li> <li>affective disorders: depression and suicide</li> <li>schizophrenia</li> <li>the ageing brain and dementia</li> <li>degenerative diseases of the brain</li> <li>epilepsy and sleep disorders.</li>
</ul>
Relevant to nurses at all stages of their training, this is an essential text for mental health nursing students, practitioners and educators.

The Biological Basis of Nursing: Mental Health

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The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing

Written by an experienced nurse lecturer who also trained as a mental health nurse, this book explores the underlying biology associated with the pathology of mental health disorders and the related nervous system. Fully revised for this second edition, the text includes three new chapters on brain development,pharmacology and learning, behavioural and developmental disorders. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic knowledge with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing covers topics including: <ul>
<li>the physiology of neurotransmission and receptors </li> <li>hormones and mental health </li> <li>the biology of emotions, stress, anxiety and phobic states </li> <li>the biology of substance abuse </li> <li>the pharmacology of psychoactive drugs</li> <li>developmental disorders </li> <li>brain anatomy and development </li> <li>the biology of behaviour </li> <li>genetics and mental health </li> <li>affective disorders: depression, mania and suicide </li> <li>schizophrenia </li> <li>autism and other syndromes </li> <li>the ageing brain and dementia </li> <li>degenerative diseases of the brain </li> <li>epilepsy. </li> </ul>
Accessibly laid out, with many of diagrams, tables and key points at the end of each chapter, this is an essential text for mental health nursing students, practitioners and educators.

Psychology & Counseling

Accurate clinical observations are key to good patient care and fundamental to clinical practice. A thorough understanding of the biological science underlying vital observations – such as taking the temperature or measuring the pulse – enables health professionals to make well-informed clinical decisions quickly and accurately. To be fully competent in these basic skills, there is a need to understand not only how and why procedures are performed, but also how results are affected, for example by variation in technique or the health status of the patient. This new edition integrates clear explanations of the techniques involved in these procedures with the biological knowledge which gives them meaning. For each topic, William T. Blows explains the pathological basis for variations in observed results, focusing on relevant anatomy and physiology, genetics and pharmacology and the basic principles of care. This helpful text gives health practitioners at all levels the understanding needed to: <ul>
<li>Perform clinical observations accurately </li> <li>Make accurate judgements about the patient’s condition </li> <li>Make accurate decisions concerning patient care. </li> </ul>
In addition to all-new chapters on observations of nutrition; fluid balance and hydration; drug side effects and interactions; skin and pain, the text looks at: <ul>
<li>Temperature </li> <li>Cardiovascular observations </li> <li>Respiratory observations </li> <li>Urinary and bowel observations </li> <li>Neurological observations </li> </ul>
The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations is a unique text which integrates explanations of essential procedures with the biological knowledge that underpins practice. It is essential reading for all students preparing for clinical practice.

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The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations

The Biological Basis of Mental Health

The Biological Basis of Mental Health

The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations

The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations

The Biological Basis of Nursing: Mental Health

The Biological Basis of Nursing: Mental Health

The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing

The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing

The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations