The role of nursing within mental health care has changed and increased tremendously in recent years. With this greater role goes an increase in responsibility for our actions with clients. In our experience, the single greatest concern of clients is whether the interventions offered to them will be effective in addressing their life problems, and when. Often in the past, lack of evidence has led to unsubstantiated advice on best clinical practice. This book marks a significant departure. The practice of evidence-based care is at least as much about avoiding harm through inaction or inappropriate action as it is about appropriate interventions. By enabling us to question practice, evidence can be used to empower patients by insisting on care that is based on evidence rather than simply custom and practice. andnbsp;Throughout the book, the expertcontributors have sought to base their chapters on evidence. The chapters areorganised into three sections:Section 1: Orienting material. This section provides a valuable context for understanding the material in the following sections.Section 2: Mental health care. This section is the largest in the book andconcentrates on particular client difficulties. It is in this section where the main body of evidence to base our care is available.Section 3: Mental health care initiatives. This section illustrates three key areas where nurses and other practitioners have worked together both with each other and with clientsto introduce new approaches to care. INDICE: Preface. Introduction. Section 1: Orienting material: the background to care. The consumer of mental helath care. History of mental health nursing and psychiatry. Legal aspects of mental health nursing Government policy and the organisation of mental health care. General consultation skills. Principles of assessment. Evaluation in mental health nursing. Section 2. Mental healthcare; approaches to client problems. Schizophrenia. Disorders of mood; depression and mania. Suicide and self-harm. Phobias and rituals. Hypochondriasis and inappropriate illness behaviour. Anger and impulse control. Post-traumatic disorders. Children and adolescent's difficulties. Mental disorders of older people. Section 3: Mental health initiatives; new directions in mental health care. Advocacy. Self-help initiatives. Alternatives to traditional mental health treatments.
- ISBN: 978-0-443-07451-6
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 500
- Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés