Dealing first with basic nursing concepts, this book moves on to deal with specialism. It is organized in four main units - the first covers the principles of psychiatric nursing care including roleand functions, models of care and the therapeutic relationship and the context in which psychiatric care is practised in the UK. The second section looks at where psychiatric care is provided: at home, in day centres, in hospital settings. With the move towards care in the community, emphasis is given to the continuity of care and this unit reflects the needs of UK practitioners. The third section applies these principles in practice and considers the nursing interventions for a range of mental health care needs of individuals due to a wide range of conditions. The fourth section considers the main treatment interventions offered in the UK with the final section looking at the future of mental health care in the UK.

Table of Contents

PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING CARE * Competent Caring: Influences on the Role of the Mental Health Nurse * Models and Theories * The Nurse-Patient Relationship * User Issues and Critical Theories * Psychological Assessment and Measurement for Nurses * Sociocultural Context of Mental Health Nursing Care * The Biological Context of Mental Health Nursing * The Legal and Ethical Context of Mental Health Nursing * Quality and Standards of Nursing Practice * Supervision of Practice* PRINCIPLES OF ORGANISING PATIENT CARE * Community Care * Health Promotion: Its Application to Mental Health * Crisis Theory and Intervention * In-Patient Nursing Care * Liaison Mental Health Nursing * Nursing Interventions with Long-term Clients * APPLYING PRINCIPLES IN NURSING PRACTICE * Understanding Suicidal Behaviour * Nursing Interventions with Acutely Ill Clients * The Management of Violence * Drug and Alcohol Nursing * Concepts and Treatment of Eating Disorders * Key Issues in Sexual Health * Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Nursing * Elderly Care * Care of the Survivor * Forensic Psychiatric Nursing * Psychopharmacology * Complementary Therapies and Mental Health Nursing * Behavioural Psychotherapy * Approaches to Therapeutic Groups * A Family Approach to Nursing Care of Schizophrenia * Looking Forward