Book review: Mental Health in Children and Young People
Senior lecturer Dean-David Holyoake reviews Mental Health in Children and Young People
14 Dec 2018
Dean-David Holyoake
Book review: 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook
Senior lecturer Dean-David Holyoake reviews 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook.
17 Oct 2017
Child & Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical, All-In-One Guide
With more than 300 impressive pages, this book is full to the brim of accessible explanations of mental health disorders in children and young people
11 Dec 2015
Otis Doesn’t Scratch
I found this two-part resource an excellent addition to my experience kitbag. The first part is about Ted and his mum – who self-harms – and Otis the cat
11 Sep 2015
Specialist Mental Healthcare for Children and Adolescents
This book brings together experts in the field of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). It is a brave attempt at collating a range of topics in areas including practice, consultation, integrated services, specialist services and commissioning, offering insights into the challenges the specialism faces.
19 Aug 2015
Cyberchondria: emerging themes for children’s nurses in the internet age
In many countries, anxious adults and young people are increasingly searching the web for information about their health or ill health and that of their family. This activity often increases their anxiety and confusion. Cyberchondria refers to the resulting match with real or imagined symptoms, and may lead to unnecessary medical consultation. Advantages of online searching include knowledge, empowerment, autonomy and self-responsibility. Disadvantages are increased fears and possible misinformation and misdiagnosis and inappropriate self-treatment. There is also loss of placebo-style trust in, and concordance with, professionals, who may experience reduced confidence, authority and effectiveness. However, a new and more collaborative style of consultation has developed, with the practitioner confirming or refuting information rather than protecting it.
10 Jun 2015
Once upon a time there was an angry lion: using stories to aid therapeutic care with...
Storytelling is a useful relationship-building tool to use with children, as demonstrated by the work of ‘Johnny’ and the author, his nurse. Five stages of narration – purpose, backstory, pivotal events, evaluation of effects and summary – encourage children to recognise and accept feelings such as anger, grief, shame and guilt in a safe way and make small steps towards change. It is feasible to start engaging children with simple everyday stories, and then go on to develop the tale so that the nurse and the child make additions as required.
01 Sep 2013
Male identity in mental health nursing
Aim To explore the cultural meaning associated with male mental health nurses. Method An ethnographic approach was used to discover the meaning informants attach to the cultural norms, values and rules that govern their behaviour. Data were collected through participant observation and in-depth interviews with informants. Results Data were analysed using emerging domains and taxonomies regarding male nurse issues. This involved grouping terms, words and everyday reflections collected from the male mental health nurses. These lists of data (taxonomies) enabled the researcher to identify in-depth cultural themes about the attitudes, behaviours and symbolism typically associated with male nurses. Conclusion A number of cultural themes emerged, including the notion of ‘soft masculinity’, which provided some insight into male nurses’ experiences of working in a female-dominated workplace. A recurring theme was the need for male nurses to demonstrate gentleness and caring while maintaining a balanced sense of masculine identity.
14 Aug 2002
Using transactional analysis to understand the supervisory process
Most literature on supervision praises its ability to create space for reflection, but seldom explores the disabling effects. Using the experiences of four nurses, this article makes use of Berne’s Transactional Analysis model as a method for illuminating patterns within supervision. The article concludes that the confessional nature of clinical supervision reflects contemporary practice and the implications of supervision really appear to be an undercover policing or enforcement of cultural/management objectives.
03 May 2000
Gender issues in nursing
The study OF gender related issues, in particular masculinity in nursing, has always been limited and fragmented. The exploration of the ideological nature of the masculine role as represented by male nurses is assumed to share a relationship with issues such as recruitment (Mackay 1989), professional development (Seccombe and Ball 1992) and leadership (Davies 1995).
08 Mar 2000