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Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing

Andrew Clifton (Edited by), A Clifton (Author), Steve Hemingway (Edited by), Anne Felton (Edited by), Ian Peate (Series edited by)

9781394178742, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 27 February 2025

464 pages
25.5 x 20.3 x 2.7 cm, 1.077 kg

Evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse, covering social, political, psychological, and biological aspects of mental health

Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is an accessible, evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse, exploring the concepts of mental health and distress, ethics and accountability, key nursing models to be aware of, and the prevalence, predisposing factors, and features of the most commonly occurring mental health problems. This book places mental health conditions and interventions within a wider holistic context, situates recovery at the centre of mental health nursing practice, and links key concepts to mental health across the lifespan.

This second edition contains revised content throughout as well as five new chapters on race, ethnicity, and diversity; sexuality, gender, and identity; global challenges for mental health; care planning in mental health; and transition to registration in leadership and resilience. Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing includes:

  • Different ways of defining mental health, and how different definitions can potentially ignore social factors that may influence health, such as poverty
  • Social, political, and psychological factors that impact mental wellbeing and recovery, from cultural inequalities to poor housing, to trauma and cognitive behavior
  • Biological theory related to mental health, covering brain structure, neurochemistry, medication, and more
  • Today’s most common mental health problems including anxiety, mood disorders, psychosis, substance misuse, eating disorders, and organic disorders

Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand reference on the subject for student nurses enrolled in pre-registration graduate nursing programmes, as well as early career nurses, nurses returning to practice, and healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners.

List of contributors ix

Preface xiii

About the companion website xv

Part 1 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing 1

Chapter 1 What is mental health? 3
Carmel Bond, Anne Felton, Steve Hemingway, and Andrew Clifton

Chapter 2 The policy context of mental health nursing in the UK 17
Heather Rugg

Chapter 3 Models and values of mental health nursing practice 27
Gemma Stacey and Carmel Bond

Chapter 4 Legal and ethical frameworks for mental health nursing practice 35
Alastair Morgan and Nigel Plant

Chapter 5 Facilitating evidence-based practice 49
Karen-Leigh Edward and Steve Lui

Chapter 6 Participatory approaches with service users 63
Chris Essen, Lizzie Walker, Mike Walker, and Andrew Clifton

Chapter 7 Racism and mental health 73
Catherine Playfair Copyrighted Material

Chapter 8 Sexuality, gender identity and mental health 83
Ella Guerin

Chapter 9 Communication and interpersonal skills 1: an introduction 93
Steve Lyon and Amy Smith

Part 2 Mental Health Problems and Therapeutic Interventions 103

Chapter 10 Commonly occurring mental health problems 105
Andrew Ramtohul and Jo Higman

Chapter 11 Serious mental health problems 117
Jo Hill

Chapter 12 Organic mental health problems 129
Alan Pringle and Gary Payne

Chapter 13 People with learning disabilities and mental health 141
Stacey Atkinson and Gail Galvin

Chapter 14 Substance misuse 153
Ian Hamilton and Mark Monaghan

Chapter 15 Eating disorders 167
Katy Beckett

Chapter 16 Personality disorder 181
Catherina Westwood, Kennedy Brown, and Steve Hemingway

Chapter 17 Communication and interpersonal skills 2 195
Lucian Milasan

Chapter 18 Cognitive behavioural therapy 205
Maria Filip and Finty O’Brien

Chapter 19 Psychodynamic and other talking therapies 215
James Turner and John Wren

Chapter 20 Basics of psychopharmacology 229
Rebecca Burgess-Dawson

Chapter 21 Assessment and therapeutic management of risk 247
Catherine Chadwick and Michael Doyle

Chapter 22 Working with self-harm and suicide 263
Charley Baker

Chapter 23 Health promotion and mental health 275
Peter A. Brown

Chapter 24 Global challenges for mental health 285
Andrew Clifton, Colin Winter, David Crawford, and Sinead McLachlan

Part 3 Mental Health Nursing and the Lifespan 297

Chapter 25 Young people’s wellbeing 299
Emma Pell and Justin Hunter

Chapter 26 Adults experiencing mental illness 311
Matthew Johnson and Susan McAndrew

Chapter 27 Understanding mental health and wellbeing in people over the age of 65 323
Laura Hawley and Clementinah Rooke

Part 4 Embracing Recovery, Reflection and Resilience in Mental Health Services 333

Chapter 28 Care planning 335
Donna Kemp and Steve Hemingway

Chapter 29 Applying diverse recovery-based principles in practice 347
Roselyne Masamha and Lolita Alfred

Chapter 30 Community-based mental health services in action 359
Kevin Somerton and Alyson Leeks

Chapter 31 Inpatient services 371
Tim Carter and Chloe McCandlish Boyd

Chapter 32 Working with family and friends 383
Natasha Hackett

Chapter 33 Embracing mental health and physical healthcare 393
Sheila Hardy and Jacquie White

Chapter 34 Reflection and clinical supervision for the new supervisee 409
Darren Rowell-Burton, Ann Teemal, and Clair Piper

Chapter 35 The transition to leader 423
Justin Hunter

Index 435

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
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