Evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse, covering social, political, psychological, and biological aspects of mental health
Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is an accessible, evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse, exploring the 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. This book places mental health conditions and interventions within a wider holistic context, situates recovery at the centre of mental health nursing practice, and links key concepts to mental health across the lifespan.
This second edition contains revised content throughout as well as five new chapters on race, ethnicity, and diversity; sexuality, gender, and identity; global challenges for mental health; care planning in mental health; and transition to registration in leadership and resilience. Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing includes:
Different ways of defining mental health, and how different definitions can potentially ignore social factors that may influence health, such as poverty
Social, political, and psychological factors that impact mental wellbeing and recovery, from cultural inequalities to poor housing, to trauma and cognitive behavior
Biological theory related to mental health, covering brain structure, neurochemistry, medication, and more
Today's most common mental health problems including anxiety, mood disorders, psychosis, substance misuse, eating disorders, and organic disorders
Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand reference on the subject for student nurses enrolled in pre-registration graduate nursing programmes, as well as early career nurses, nurses returning to practice, and healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners.
List of contributors ix Preface xiii
About the companion website xv
Part 1 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing 1
Chapter 1 What is mental health? 3
Carmel Bond, Anne Felton, Steve Hemingway, and Andrew Clifton
Chapter 2 The policy context of mental health nursing in the UK 17
Heather Rugg
Chapter 3 Models and values of mental health nursing practice 27
Gemma Stacey and Carmel Bond
Chapter 4 Legal and ethical frameworks for mental health nursing practice 35
Alastair Morgan and Nigel Plant
Chapter 5 Facilitating evidence-based practice 49
Karen-Leigh Edward and Steve Lui
Chapter 6 Participatory approaches with service users 63
Chris Essen, Lizzie Walker, Mike Walker, and Andrew Clifton
Chapter 7 Racism and mental health 73
Catherine Playfair
Chapter 8 Sexuality, gender identity and mental health 83
Ella Guerin
Chapter 9 Communication and interpersonal skills 1: an introduction 93
Steve Lyon and Amy Smith
Part 2 Mental Health Problems and Therapeutic Interventions 103
Chapter 10 Commonly occurring mental health problems 105
Andrew Ramtohul and Jo Higman
Chapter 11 Serious mental health problems 117
Jo Hill
Chapter 12 Organic mental health problems 129
Alan Pringle and Gary Payne
Chapter 13 People with learning disabilities and mental health 141
Stacey Atkinson and Gail Galvin
Chapter 14 Substance misuse 153
Ian Hamilton and Mark Monaghan
Chapter 15 Eating disorders 167
Katy Beckett
Chapter 16 Personality disorder 181
Catherina Westwood, Kennedy Brown, and Steve Hemingway
Chapter 17 Communication and interpersonal skills 2 195
Lucian Milasan
Chapter 18 Cognitive behavioural therapy 205
Maria Filip and Finty O'Brien
Chapter 19 Psychodynamic and other talking therapies 215
James Turner and John Wren
Chapter 20 Basics of psychopharmacology 229
Rebecca Burgess-Dawson
Chapter 21 Assessment and therapeutic management of risk 247
Catherine Chadwick and Michael Doyle
Chapter 22 Working with self-harm and suicide 263
Charley Baker
Chapter 23 Health promotion and mental health 275
Peter A. Brown
Chapter 24 Global challenges for mental health 285
Andrew Clifton, Colin Winter, David Crawford, and Sinead McLachlan
Part 3 Mental Health Nursing and the Lifespan 297
Chapter 25 Young people's wellbeing 299
Emma Pell and Justin Hunter
Chapter 26 Adults experiencing mental illness 311
Matthew Johnson and Susan McAndrew
Chapter 27 Understanding mental health and wellbeing in people over the age of 65 323
Laura Hawley and Clementinah Rooke
Part 4 Embracing Recovery, Reflection and Resilience in Mental Health Services 333
Chapter 28 Care planning 335
Donna Kemp and Steve Hemingway
Chapter 29 Applying diverse recovery-based principles in practice 347
Roselyne Masamha and Lolita Alfred
Chapter 30 Community-based mental health services in action 359
Kevin Somerton and Alyson Leeks
Chapter 31 Inpatient services 371
Tim Carter and Chloe McCandlish Boyd
Chapter 32 Working with family and friends 383
Natasha Hackett
Chapter 33 Embracing mental health and physical healthcare 393
Sheila Hardy and Jacquie White
Chapter 34 Reflection and clinical supervision for the new supervisee 409
Darren Rowell-Burton, Ann Teemal, and Clair Piper
Chapter 35 The transition to leader 423
Justin Hunter
Index 435
