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Psychiatric and mental health nursing tends to be divided into two camps - that of the medical model and that of the humanist model. A central feature this book is its emphasis on a new concept of nursing practice called the craft of nursing. The idea of 'crafting' is that treatment of mental health and psychiatric patients is neither a science or an art but a combination of both. It trains the nurse to look not only for the medical diagnosis but emphasises the need for nurses to complement treatment with other disciplines too. This groundbreaking textbook teaches the nursing student about the psychiatric nurse settings where the main aim is to reduce distress of the patient, and about mental health nursing which tries to help people to resolve their problems and adapt to their setting thereby preempting potential mental health problems.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Contributors (p. xi)
• Poem: The Cleansing has Begun (p. xiv)
• Preface (p. xv)
• Acknowledgements (p. xviii)
• Section 1 The Need for Nursing
• Preface to Section 1 (p. 2)
• Chapter 1 Person-centered care: the need for diversity (p. 3)
• Chapter 2 The care and confinement of the mentally ill (p. 10)
• Chapter 3 Evidence-based practice in mental health care (p. 19)
• Chapter 4 The craft of psychiatric-mental health nursing practice (p. 26)
• Chapter 5 Managing developments in the craft of caring (p. 34)
• Chapter 6 The concept of recovery (p. 43)
• Chapter 7 Recovery and reclamation: a pilgrimage in understanding who and what we are (p. 50)
• Section 2 Assessment in Practice
• Preface to Section 2 (p. 57)
• Chapter 8 Assessment--the foundation of practice (p. 59)
• Chapter 9 Assessment methods (p. 66)
• Chapter 10 Interviewing as craft (p. 76)
• Chapter 11 Developing collaborative assessment (p. 87)
• Chapter 12 The context of assessment--families (p. 97)
• Chapter 13 The assessment of feelings, thoughts and beliefs (p. 104)
• Section 3 The Structure of Care
• Preface to Section 3 (p. 111)
• Chapter 14 Classification and nursing (p. 113)
• Chapter 15 The value of nursing diagnosis (p. 118)
• Chapter 16 Collaborating with patients and families in the development of care (p. 126)
• Section 4 Some Models of Therapeutic Practice
• Preface to Section 4 (p. 137)
• Chapter 17 Developing therapeutic one-to-one relationships (p. 139)
• Chapter 18 Developing empathy (p. 147)
• Chapter 19 Groupwork with children and adolescents (p. 155)
• Chapter 20 Psychodynamic approaches with individuals (p. 163)
• Chapter 21 Psychodynamic approaches to working in groups (p. 170)
• Chapter 22 Cognitive-behavioural approaches (p. 181)
• Chapter 23 Using solution-focused approaches (p. 187)
• Chapter 24 Using counselling approaches (p. 194)
• Chapter 25 Bereavement and grief counselling (p. 201)
• Section 5 Specific Needs for Nursing
• Preface to Section 5 (p. 210)
• Chapter 26 The person who experiences anxiety (p. 211)
• Chapter 27 The person who experiences depression (p. 219)
• Chapter 28 The person who is suicidal (p. 227)
• Chapter 29 The person who self-harms (p. 236)
• Chapter 30 The person who hears disturbing voices (p. 244)
• Chapter 31 The person who experiences disturbing beliefs (p. 251)
• Chapter 32 The person with schizophrenia (p. 258)
• Chapter 33 The person who is aggressive or violent (p. 274)
• Chapter 34 The person with a diagnosis of manic depression (p. 281)
• Chapter 35 The person with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (p. 288)
• Chapter 36 The person who uses substances (p. 296)
• Chapter 37 The person who is paranoid or suspicious (p. 305)
• Chapter 38 The person who has been sexually abused (p. 312)
• Chapter 39 The person with an eating disorder (p. 321)
• Chapter 40 The person who is homeless (p. 328)
• Chapter 41 The person with dementia (p. 336)
• Section 6 The Organization of Care
• Preface to Section 6 (p. 348)
• Chapter 42 Acute inpatient nursing care (p. 349)
• Chapter 43 Community mental health care (p. 357)
• Chapter 44 Crisis assessment and intervention (p. 364)
• Chapter 45 Assertive outreach (p. 372)
• Chapter 46 Family support (p. 382)
• Chapter 47 Specialist services for homeless people (p. 391)
• Chapter 48 Services for people requiring secure forms of care (p. 400)
• Chapter 49 The psychiatric intensive care unit (p. 413)
• Chapter 50 Early intervention in psychosis (p. 420)
• Section 7 Some Standardized Processes of Nursing Practice
• Preface to Section 7 (p. 428)
• Chapter 51 Admission to a psychiatric unit (p. 429)
• Chapter 52 Assessing risk of suicide and self-harm (p. 436)
• Chapter 53 Engagement and observation of people at risk (p. 443)
• Chapter 54 Record keeping (p. 450)
• Chapter 55 Discharge planning (p. 458)
• Chapter 56 The nurse's role in the administration of ECT (p. 466)
• Chapter 57 Mental health promotion (p. 476)
• Chapter 58 Medication in nursing practice: the psychiatric nurse and prescribing authority (p. 488)
• Section 8 Legal, Ethical and Moral Issues
• Preface to Section 8 (p. 498)
• Chapter 59 Psychiatric legislation: an international perspective (p. 497)
• Chapter 60 Ethical issues in psychiatric and mental health nursing (p. 504)
• Chapter 61 Sexuality and gender (p. 515)
• Chapter 62 Freedom and consent (p. 522)
• Chapter 63 Providing culturally safe care (p. 532)
• Section 9 The Development of Mental Health Nursing
• Preface to Section 9 (p. 542)
• Chapter 64 Clinical supervision (p. 543)
• Chapter 65 The possibility of genuine mental health nursing (p. 552)
• Chapter 66 Nurse-consumer collaboration: go with the Flo! (p. 559)
• Chapter 67 Building practice from research (p. 568)
• Section 10 The Future of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing in Context
• Preface to Section 10 (p. 578)
• Chapter 68 The European context (p. 579)
• Chapter 69 The Japanese context: the expanding role of human communication (p. 588)
• Chapter 70 The United States context (p. 592)
• Chapter 71 The Australian and New Zealand context: prospects for mental health nursing 'down under' (p. 597)
• Chapter 72 The primacy of caring (p. 607)
• Index (p. 618)

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