Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2nd Edition: The craft of caring

Summary:
This second edition provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of psychiatric and mental health nursing, supported by relevant theory, research, policy and philosophy.

The book is underpinned by the concept of "the craft of caring", where the basis of good nursing practice is considered to be a combination of both art and science, and which encourages nurses to take a holistic approach to the practice of psychiatric and mental health nursing.

Chapters have been completely updated to reflect recent developments in nursing practice and the understanding of mental health disorders. Twelve new chapters have been added, giving more emphasis to certain groups such as children and young people, women, older people, asylum seekers and refugees. Additional coverage of specialist services, such as psychiatric liaison and spiritual care, has been included, and further emphasis is given to psychiatric diagnosis and mental health legislation in relation to human rights.

This is an essential text for all psychiatric and mental health nurses at diploma and degree level, as well as qualified mental health nurses seeking to update their knowledge. It will also be a useful reference for other disciplines such as social work, medicine and psychology.

• Highly respected editor with an expert contributor team
• Completely updated, with twelve new chapters
• Includes overviews of important clinical and policy developments in the UK and abroad
• Reflection points and personal illustrations to aid learning

Table of Contents:
SECTION ONE: THE NEED FOR NURSING
1. The nature of nursing
2. Getting personal: being human in mental health care
3. The care and confinement of the mentally ill
4. Evidence-based practice in mental health
5. The craft of psychiatric-mental health nursing practice
6. Leading developments in the craft of caring
7. Recovery: a personal perspective
8. Recovery and reclamation: a pilgrimage in understanding who and what we are
SECTION TWO: ASSESSMENT IN PRACTICE
9. Assessment: the foundation of practice
10. Assessment methods
11. The craft of interviewing
12. Developing collaborative assessment
13. The context of family assessment
14. The assessment of feelings, thoughts and beliefs
SECTION THREE: THE STRUCTURE FORCARE
15. Psychiatric diagnosis
16. Psychiatric diagnosis: living the experience
17. Nursing diagnosis
18. Collaboration with patients and families
SECTION FOUR: SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR NURSING
19. The person who experiences anxiety
20. The person who experiences depression
21. The person who is suicidal
22. The person who self-harms
23. The person who hears disturbing voices
24. The person who experiences disturbing beliefs
25. The person with a diagnosis of schizophrenia
26. The person who appears aggressive or violent
27. The person with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
28. The person with a diagnosis of personality disorder
29. The person who experiences mental health and substance use problems
30. The person who appears paranoid or suspicious
31.The person with experience of sexual abuse
32. The person with an eating disorder
33. The person who is homeless
34. The person with a dementia
35. The person with a diagnosis of autism
SECTION FIVE: SOME MODELS OF THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
36. Developing therapeutic one-to-one relationships
37. Developing empathy
38. Groupwork with children and adolescents
39. Psychodynamic approaches with individuals
40. Psychodynamic approaches to working in groups
41. Using counselling approaches
42. Bereavement and grief counselling
43. Cognitive-behavioural therapy
44. Using solution-focused approaches
45. Mindfulness
46. Therapeutic communities
SECTION SIX: THE ORGANIZATION OF CARE
47. The acute care setting
48. The psychiatric intensive care unit: coercion, control or care
49. Mental health nursing in community care
50. Crisis assessment and resolution
51. Assertive outreach
52. Family support: growing the family support network
53. The liaison psychiatry service
54. Services for people requiring secure forms of care: a global problem
55. Services for children and young people
56. Services for older people with mental health conditions
57. Early interventions in psychosis
58. Services for women
59. Services for asylum seekers and refugees
SECTION SEVEN: SOME STANDARDIZED PROCESSES OF NURSING PRACTICE
60. Admission to psychiatric unit
61. Assessing risk of suicide and self-harm
62. Engagement and observation of people at risk
63. Record-keeping
64. Discharge planning
65. The nurse’s role in the administration of electroconvulsive therapy
66. Mental health promotion and prevention
67. Mental health nurse prescribing
SECTION EIGHT: LEGAL, ETHICAL AND MORAL ISSUES
68. Mental health, the law and human rights
69. Ethics and nursing
70. Sexuality and gender
71. Freedom and consent
72. Providing culturally safe care
73. Spirituality, nursing and mental health
SECTION NINE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
74. Clinical supervision
75. The possibility of genuine mental health nursing
76. Building practice from research
77. Reclamation: beyond recovery
SECTION TEN: THE FUTURE OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING IN CONTEXT
78. The United Kingdom context
79. The European context
80. The Japanese context
81. The United States context
82. The Canadian context
83. The Australian and New Zealand context
84. The politics of caring

About the Author(s):
Phil Barker PhD RN FRCN, was the UK's first Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Practice, at the University of Newcastle, UK. He is presently Honorary Professor, University of Dundee, Scotland and a psychotherapist in private practice.

Contributors:
Trevor Adams, Lecturer, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Jon Allen, Director of Nursing and Clinical Governance, Oxfordshire, UK Phil Barker, Honorary Professor, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK Ian Beech, Head of Mental Health Division, Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales Joy Bray, Formerly Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing, Homerton College, Cambridgeshire, UK Nancy Brookes, Nurse Scholar, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, Canada Poppy Buchanan-Barker, Director, Clan Unity International, Fife, UK Philip Burnand, Professor of Nursing, Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Mary E. Campbell, Psychiatric Mental Health

Readership:
Psychiatric/mental health nurses at diploma and degree level as well as postgraduate students and professionals wishing to update their knowledge