Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Using qualitative data collected from 31 participants, this article describes mental health service users’ disclosure practices following their discharge fr
Before and after introducing the recovery approach at Broadmoor Hospital the views of patients and staff were assessed using two subscales of the Developing
Community mental health teams comprise many professionals who share the common goal of contributing to their clients’ care and their recovery.
A questionnaire was used to investigate the provision of clinical supervision for nurses and allied health professionals (AHPs) working in mental health ser
Aim This study investigated the support that general nurses in the Blantyre District of Malawi receive from mental health specialists when cari
The prevalence of smoking in people with serious mental illness is up to 5.3 times higher than in the general population and many die prematurely from smoki
Aims The aim of this study was to explore the effects of a pilot clinical community mental health placement on general nursing students’ lived
Although women using drug and alcohol services are at higher risk of unplanned pregnancies and poorer pregnancy outcomes than women in the general populatio
Little is understood about animal hoarding, but it is believed to occur in most communities (Patronek 1999).
Child and adolescent mental health is a specialty that can fall between children’s and mental health nursing, with neither specialty including a significant
Despite significant changes to policy, legislation and treatment pathways for people with borderline personality disorder in recent years, stigma and prejud
The number of older adults in the UK is increasing, and they are vulnerable to long-term anxiety, depression, pain and dementia.
Literature on mental health promotion and wellbeing stresses the importance of inherent concepts, such as empowerment, collaboration and recovery, and indicates that the delivery of the intervention or the process of implementation is as important as the content.
A variety of psychiatric disorders have been treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) since the late 1930s, but myths and misconceptions held by the general public, clinicians, and patients about it have continued ever since.
The safety and quality of life of an individual, their family members and others can be compromised by compulsive hoarding syndrome. However services and treatment options remain limited despite increased awareness of its effects.
Diagnostic overshadowing occurs when symptoms of physical illness are attributed to the service user’s mental illness. This increases the risks of treatment delay and the development of complications.
Community psychiatric nurses’ experiences of caring for clients with borderline personality disorder
Aim To explore the experience of psychiatric nurses who work in the community caring for clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Reminiscence therapy is a positive pastime for people with dementia and there is evidence to suggest that it is helpful in improving overall psychological wellbeing and preventing further psychological deterioration.
