Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing
An Essential Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students

By (author) Anne Felton,Gemma Stacey,Steve Hemingway,Andrew Clifton,A Clifton

ISBN13: 9781118880210

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 03/11/2017

Availability: Available

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. www.wiley.com/go/fundamentalsofmentalhealth Interactive multiple-choice questions Links to online resources Chapter summary sheets
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
  • Medicine: general issues
  • Nursing & ancillary services
  • Psychiatric nursing
  • Mental Health Nursing
  • Professional & Vocational
Height:249
Width:175
Spine:25
Weight:975.00
List Price: £38.95