Nurse also did not attempt CPR as she claimed that a resident was ‘already dead’
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This article is an extended personal reflection on the context of learning and leading learning from the author’s perspective as a mental health nurse and c
The negative portrayal by the media of people diagnosed with a mental health disorder who commit crime can have profound effects on all concerned.
It is important to involve service users and carers in the education of current and future mental health practitioners.
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The aim of this article is to critique heteronormative cultural assumptions that inform mental health practice, from the standpoint positions of ‘queer’ sch
As a treatment for depression, behavioural activation is as effective as cognitive behaviour therapy but less complex.
This article presents a pragmatic economic assessment of an innovative service providing cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in the workplace to employees who
Background Single point of access meetings represent a critical juncture in the lives of mental health clients.
Background There is no available evidence providing detailed and valid accounts of how people with schizophrenia construct meaning in their liv
Aim To evaluate an e-prescribing pilot project that took place in a recovery unit in Gloucestershire.
Parental mental illness is a risk factor for a range of negative experiences for children and young people.
NHS staff are expected to implement National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations in clinical settings, but in practice deliverin
The study described here gauged perceptions of nurse prescribing among non-prescriber mental health nurses in Ireland.
This article describes a service development aimed at increasing access to cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for a detained inpatient population in an established medium secure forensic hospital. The 76-bed unit is part of the forensic division of an NHS trust.
This article explores the positive effects of touch, in particular the benefits and implications of giving comfort through touch to distressed individuals in aggressive situations. This type of touch can be regarded as therapeutic communication.
People who have mental health problems have higher morbidity and mortality rates than the general population in the UK and they are particularly vulnerable to smoking and smoking-related diseases.
For patients experiencing psychosis, family work is an effective and important intervention and it is recognised that two co-workers are needed for interventions to be successful.
The 2007 Welsh smoking ban in public places exempts mental health hospitals. This qualitative study aims to evaluate professional attitudes to the exemption by gathering the opinions of mental healthcare professionals working in a medium secure forensic hospital in Wales.
The provision of borderline personality disorder (BPD) awareness workshops was a direct result of consultations with service users and carers in Somerset, which identified the need for local education and training.
