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Mental Health Nursing

A Manual for Practice

  • 1st Edition - September 2, 2013
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ruth Elder, Katie Evans, Debra Nizette, Steve Trenoweth
  • Language: English

This exciting new book offers a contemporary manual for the mental health nurse within a mental health care system that is increasingly focused on recovery. Mental Health Nursi… Read more

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This exciting new book offers a contemporary manual for the mental health nurse within a mental health care system that is increasingly focused on recovery. Mental Health Nursing incorporates recent policy changes that place a greater emphasis on person-centred and social caring, whilst retaining a strong evidence base. The holistic, skills-based approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner to understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client’s experience of mental illness.

Key features

  • Broad, yet in-depth, examination of the essential features of contemporary mental health nursing practice

  • A manual for practice - a skills-based approach provides clear guidance to novices on how to complete essential mental health nursing roles

  • ‘Critical Thinking Challenges’ based on Case Histories provide a realistic context

  • ‘Nurse’s Stories’ explore the reality of mental health nursing care

  • On-line resources guide the reader to reflect upon the essential content and ideas contained within each chapter

Table of contents

PART 1: PREPARING FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING1: The Effective Nurse2: The Context of Practice3: Historical Foundations4: The UK and Euiropean Politico-legal Context5: Professional and Ethical IssuesPART 2: MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS6: Mental Health in the UK and Europe7: Physical Health and Assessment 8: Theories on Mental Health and Illness9: Mental Health Across the Lifespan10: Crisis and Loss11: Assessment and DiagnosisPART 3: UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS12: Intellectual Disabilities13: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence14: Disorders of Old Age15: Schizophrenic Disorders16: Mood Disorders17: Personality Disorders18: Anxiety Disorders19: Eating Disorders20: Substance-related Disorders and Dual Diagnosis21: Somatoform and Dissociative DisordersPART 4: DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING22: Settings for Mental Health Care23: The Patient as Person24: Therapeutic Interventions25: Psychopharmacology

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 15, 2013
  • Language: English

About the authors

RE

Ruth Elder

Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

KE

Katie Evans

Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer and Convenor of the Postgraduate Mental Health Program, School of Nursing, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

DN

Debra Nizette

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Office, Queensland Health, QLD, Australia

ST

Steve Trenoweth

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Affiliations and expertise
PhD, MSc, PGDipEA, BSc (Hons), RMN, FHEA, MBPsS Senior Lecturer (Mental Health) College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare