title: Psychiatric Mental Health Case Studies and Care Plans
author:  Kim A. Jakopac 
description: Nursing Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
zlib_text: Mental Health and Illness Worldwide
  Series Editors:
  Norman Sartorius · Ee Heok Kua
  Mental health 
  and Illness in 
  the Rural World
  Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi Editor
  
  Mental Health and Illness Worldwide
  Series Editors
  Norman Sartorius
  Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (AMH)
  Geneva, Switzerland
  Ee Heok Kua
  Department of Psychological Medicine
  National University of Singapore
  Singapore, Singapore
  
  Most books on mental health and illness are published for readers in North America
  and Europe, and not much is known about psychiatric practice, services and research
  in Asia, Africa, and South America. This series will include contributions of
  clinicians and researchers worldwide. Each volume will cover broad issues including
  epidemiology, cross-cultural comparison, clinical research, stigma of mental illness,
  cultural issues in mental healthcare, health economics, innovative services, preven-
  tive programs and health service outcome research. The volumes will ﬁnd a wide
  