Full Description
Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is an accessible evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse. This comprehensive overview explores concepts of mental health and distress, ethics and accountability, key nursing models to be aware of, and the prevalence, predisposing factors and features of the most commonly occurring mental health problems.
KEY FEATURES:
Places mental health conditions and interventions within a wider holistic context
Situates recovery at the centre of mental health nursing practice
Links key concepts to mental health across the lifespan
Contains learning outcomes in each chapter and includes vignettes, activities and reflective exercises to root concepts in real life practice
Information is placed in a practice context from the outset, making this an essential guide to both the theory and the practice of mental health nursing. It is ideal for students on courses relating to mental health care, as well as for registered nurses and health care practitioners looking to revise their knowledge of key concepts.
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Interactive multiple-choice questions
Links to online resources
Chapter summary sheets
Contents
Preface vii
List of Contributors xi
About the Companion Website xv
Part 1 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 1 What is mental health? 3
Anne Felton, Gemma Stacey, Steve Hemingway and Andrew Clifton
Chapter 2 The policy context of mental health nursing in the UK 21
Karen Ozden
Chapter 3 Models and values of mental health nursing practice 39
Gemma Stacey
Chapter 4 Legal and ethical frameworks for mental health nursing practice 51
Alastair Morgan and Nigel Plant
Chapter 5 Facilitating evidence based practice 69
Karen-Leigh Edward
Chapter 6 Co-production: facilitating recovery with service users 83
Andrew Clifton and Jane Noble
Chapter 7 Communication and interpersonal skills 1: an introduction 97
Steve Lyon
Part 2 Mental Health Problems and Therapeutic Interventions
Chapter 8 Commonly occurring mental health problems 113
Andrew Ramtohul and Jo Higman
Chapter 9 Serious mental health problems 127
Jo Fox
Chapter 10 Organic mental health problems 143
Alan Pringle
Chapter 11 People with learning disabilities and mental health 157
Stacey Atkinson
Chapter 12 Substance misuse 171
Jane McGregor and Paul Cassedy
Chapter 13 Eating disorders 187
Fiona Joanne Trotter
Chapter 14 Personality disorder 205
Andrea Milligan and Cholena Mountain
Chapter 15 Communication and interpersonal skills 2: emotional engagement 225
Theo Stickley, Julie Gosling and Caroline Fox
Chapter 16 Cognitive behavioural therapy 239
Philip Kinsella
Chapter 17 Psychodynamic and other talking therapies 251
James Turner and John Wren
Chapter 18 Basics of psychopharmacology 269
Rebecca Burgess-Dawson and Steve Hemingway
Chapter 19 Assessment and therapeutic management of risk 289
Danielle Brady
Chapter 20 Working with self-harm and suicide 307
Charley Baker
Chapter 21 Mental health promotion 321
Sandra Moran
Part 3 Mental Health Nursing and the Lifespan
Chapter 22 Mental health and children, adolescents and younger people 337
Richard Glover and Joseph Kilgariff
Chapter 23 Mental health and adults 353
Ruth Brown, Kat Munn and Vikki Wilford
Chapter 24 Mental health in later life 373
Michaela Mallon
Part 4 Recovery in the Context of Mental Health Services
Chapter 25 Applying recovery based principles in practice 389
Ros Masamha
Chapter 26 Community based mental health services in action 401
Gary Payne, Kevin Somerton and Alyson Leeks
Chapter 27 In-patient services 421
Tim Carter and Nicola Wright
Chapter 28 Working with family and friends 437
Karen Machin and Emma Watson
Chapter 29 Embracing mental health and physical healthcare 451
Sheila Hardy and Jacquie White
Chapter 30 Clinical supervision for the new supervisee 473
Paul Cassedy Answers 487
Index 509
