Mental health nursing skills / edited by Patrick Callaghan, John Playle, Linda Cooper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART 1: PUTTING VALUES INTO PRACTICE:-1. INTRODUCTION: Mental health nursing, past, present, and future:- Introduction--Defining key values and models in mental health nursing--Review of mental health nursing--Best practice competencies and capabilities for pre-registration mental health nurses--How this book can help you to develop your skills--Conclusion--2. Service users\' expectations and views of mental health nurses:- Introduction--Background--What do service users expect from mental health nurses?--Service user satisfaction with and views of mental health nurses--Conclusion--3. Values-based mental health nursing practice:-Introduction--What are values?--The evidence base--Skills to improve the service user experience--Conclusion--4. Evidence-based mental health nursing practice:- Introduction--What is evidence-based practice?--Critiquing or judging research--Opportunities and obstacles in the pursuit of evidence-based practice--Disseminating, diffusing, and implementing the best available evidence--Conclusion--5. Caring: the essence of mental health nursing:-Introduction--The concept of caring in mental health nursing practice--Skills for caring in mental health nursing practice--Using the skills in practice--Conclusion--PART 2: IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR SERVICE USERS:- 6. Interpersonal communication - Heron\'s Six Category Intervention Analysis:- Introduction-- What is Six Category intervention Analysis?--Applying Six Category Intervention Analysis in practice--Conclusion--7. Forming, sustaining, and ending therapeutic interactions:- Introduction--The policy background--The evidence base--Forming relationships--Sustaining relationships--Ending relationships--Conclusion--8. Working in Partnership:-Introduction--The evidence base--Step-by-step-guide to partnership working--Conclusion--9. Recovery and Social Inclusion:- Introduction--What is recovery all about?--Principles of recovery--Facilitating recovery, promoting inclusion--Conclusion--10. The essence of physical health care:- Introduction--The evidence base--Physical health assessment--Physical health risk management and health promotion--Conclusion--11. Fostering guided self-help:- What is guided self-help?--The evidence base--Application of GSH in clinical practice-- Conclusion--12. Behavioural activation:- Introduction--Theoretical underpinning and evidence base--Step-by-Step description--Health promotion--Conclusion--13. Medication management:- Introduction--Medication management--Implications for clinical practice--General principles and interpersonal skills--Suggested interventions--Conclusion--14. Legal, Professional, and ethical issues:- Introduction--The Mental Health Act 1983--The Mental Health Act Commission--Scope of the Mental Health Act 1983--Rehabilitation and aftercare--The Mental Capacity Act 2005--Conclusion--15. Risk assessment and management:-Introduction--Definitions--Policy and guidance--Step-by-Step guidelines--Conclusion--16. Practising safe and effective observation:-Introduction--The evidence base--What is observation?--Step-by-step description--Conclusion--17. Recognition and therapeutic management of self-harm and suicidal behaviour:- Introduction--Evidence base and guidelines--Assessing risk of suicide - a contemporary process model--Working with and supporting people who engage in self-harming and suicidal behaviour--Health promotion--Conclusion--18. Prevention, recognition, and therapeutic management of violence:- Introduction--The evidence base--Health promotion--Conclusion--19. Working with people with substance misuse problems:- Introduction--The evidence base--Step-by-step description of the skills required to care for peole with substance misuse--Motivational interviewing--Harm reduction approaches--Health promotion--Conclusion--PART 3: A POSITIVE, MODERN PROFESSION:-20. Interagency and interprofessional working:- Introduction--The evidence base--Step-by-step description: skills to improve service user experience--Health promotion--Conclusion--21. Personal and professional development:- Introduction--Lifelong learning and continuing professional development--Conclusion--22. Leadership and Management:- Introduction--What are leadership and management?--When do mental health nurses lead?-- When do mental health nurses manage?--Pulling together good management and good leadership--Conclusion.

'Mental Health Nursing Skills' is a highly evidence-based, practical textbook designed so students can develop and apply the skills required for practice.