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:      the physiology of neurotransmission and receptors       hormones and mental health       the biology of emotions, stress, anxiety and phobic states       the biology of substance abuse       the pharmacology of psychoactive drugs      developmental disorders       brain anatomy and development       the biology of behaviour       genetics and mental health       affective disorders: depression, mania and suicide       schizophrenia       autism and other syndromes       the ageing brain and dementia       degenerative diseases of the brain       epilepsy.     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.

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