Clinical

Engaging service users in treatment is part of the supportive and therapeutic care provided by staff in low-secure services.

01 Nov 2013

Background Research on the mortality of released prisoners is sparse and what research has been conducted has mainly focused on drug-related ca

01 Nov 2013

An assertive outreach team has developed and introduced a monitoring tool to improve identification of substance use in service users with serious mental he

01 Nov 2013

Social care safeguarding processes can be introduced in prisons to protect vulnerable prisoners and their vulnerable dependants.

01 Nov 2013

This article discusses the negative attitudes of some nursing staff towards inpatients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), from the perspe

01 Nov 2013

Mental health nursing is an inherently stressful profession that can place significant burdens on practitioners, which in turn can cause burnout.

01 Oct 2013

People diagnosed with personality disorders often present a high risk to themselves and others, particularly in mental health inpatient settings.

01 Oct 2013

This article suggests that relational approaches and carer-centred practice in mental health and other services might alleviate some of the burden on the he

01 Oct 2013

This case study describes how behavioural activation was used to treat a client with depression who had undergone previous psychological treatments includin

01 Oct 2013

In the UK, the need for suitably trained clinical supervisors to ensure the effective delivery of psychological therapies in routine clinical practice is wi

01 Oct 2013

This article was inspired by Irvin Yalom’s client-centred approach using qualitative feedback from group members described in his classic work The Theory an

01 Sep 2013

Practitioners do not usually receive training on how to give evidence at mental health tribunals, but a nurse’s report to the tribunal needs to be full, acc

01 Sep 2013

There is growing evidence to suggest that, for child and adolescent mental health services, telehealth might be better than some aspects of traditional face-to-face service provision.

01 Sep 2013

Care of service users in a locked mental health ward can be improved if risk-averse attitudes among staff are changed.

01 Sep 2013

Aim To investigate whether lack of identification by healthcare workers of children of adult mental health service users was related to negative staff attitudes and organisational barriers to incorporating a child perspective.

01 Jul 2013

Aim To identify the benefits of inclusion of mental health nurses (MHNs) in primary care mental health teams (PCMHTs) in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

01 Jul 2013

This article demonstrates that when staff are trained in the positive behaviour support (PBS) model of care it helps them to manage challenging behaviour in patients and provide a safer environment for everyone.

01 Jul 2013

The increased use of acronyms and abbreviations by practitioners in mental health services challenges guidance that warns against using unnecessary jargon in practice.

01 Jul 2013

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