Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Why is murder fascinating and why does it matter to mental health professionals?
Human violence directed towards other humans causes much harm to individuals, families and...
Identifying the needs of children and young people affected by parental mental illness
Children and young people affected by parental mental illness are recognised as being at...
Public-private partnerships to improve access to mental healthcare in India
In India, there are many public-private partnership programmes that aim to improve...
Anxiety and physical inactivity: breaking the vicious circle
Background Worldwide levels of anxiety have increased significantly over the past few...
Evaluation of the Good Life Festival: a model for co-produced dementia events
This article presents an evaluation of the Good Life Festival, an event co-produced by...
A practice-based evaluation of a dialectical behavioural therapy skills group...
Background Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported intervention...
A novel attachment-based service for young people with emerging personality disorder
Background The profound clinical and financial consequences of severe personality disorders...
Mental health nursing for transgender people: are we caring?
Transgender people experience widespread prejudice in society and health professionals are...
A review of Care Quality Commission criticisms of English community substance misuse...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors, inspects and regulates health and social care...
Telling tales – mental health nurses can write fiction
This article examines the idea of mental health nurses as writers of fiction. It considers...
Exploration of the correlation between sleep problems and suicidal ideation in...
There has been an increase in the number of adolescents who display self-harm behaviours,...
The long-term effects of childhood wartime trauma on anxiety in later life
At any point in time up to 10% of people over the age of 65 experience symptoms of anxiety...