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.
Self-efficacy and job satisfaction in nurses who care for mentally disordered offenders
The relationship between self-efficacy and job satisfaction is multifaceted. Nurses might...
10 Dec 2014
Supporting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder
The very nature of working in conflict zones makes former soldiers vulnerable to symptoms of...
07 Nov 2014
Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia in a community mental health team
This article describes an audit of national guidelines for cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT...
07 Nov 2014
The potential benefits of colour in supporting people with compulsive hoarding disorder
Public health officials are beginning to recognise the significance of compulsive hoarding...
07 Nov 2014
Behavioural activation: self-help options for depression
Mental health professionals are increasingly expected to deliver evidence-based...
07 Nov 2014
Books, meaning and hope
A reading group was set up to address a lack of collaborative social activities for people...
09 Oct 2014
The effectiveness of drama therapy for children who have witnessed domestic abuse
Witnessing domestic violence can have a devastating effect on children’s development....
09 Oct 2014
Time to address inappropriate use of section 62 ‘urgent treatment’
There are concerns that urgent treatment under section 62 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is...
09 Oct 2014
Does the practice of care planning live up to the theory for mental health nursing...
Care planning should be a collaboration between the service user, caregivers and the...
09 Oct 2014
Deliberate self-harm among adults in prisons
This article explores barriers that prevent or interfere with the implementation of policies...
11 Sep 2014
Acute inpatient care in the UK. Part 2: managing risk
Clients in acute mental health wards are at risk of weight gain associated with...
11 Sep 2014
Alcohol liaison services in a general hospital
This article reports on the first year of an alcohol specialist liaison nurse working in a...
11 Sep 2014
Boundaries in advanced nursing practice: the benefits of group supervision
Aim The aim of this study was to identify the effects of a clinical supervision group on the...
10 Jul 2014
A team approach to borderline personality disorder
In an acute admissions unit for adults with mental health problems staff were often faced...
10 Jul 2014
Facial affect recognition and mental health
Not being able to accurately detect and respond to the emotions conveyed in the facial...
10 Jul 2014
Acute inpatient care in the UK. Part 1: recovery-oriented wards
Service users, staff and carers have long expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of...
10 Jul 2014
Eating disorders and artificial re-feeding
This article is a literature review into the efficiency of artificial re-feeding in eating...
09 Jun 2014
Non-medical prescribers in substance misuse services in England and Scotland: a mapping...
Aims To locate all non-medical prescribers working in substance misuse services in England...
09 Jun 2014