Contemporary issues in mental health nursing / edited by Jonathon E. Lynch and Steve Trenoweth; foreword by Professor Peter Nolan

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contemporary issues in mental health nursing : an introduction / Jonathon E. Lynch and Steve Trenoweth -- Rebuilding lives : a critical look at the contemporary role of the mental health nurse / Steve Trenoweth and Anna Larter -- User involvement and the micro-politics of mental health care / Philip Kemp -- Compassion / Jonathon E. Lynch and Steve Trenoweth -- The implications of values-based practice in mental health nursing / Ian Price -- Truth, uncertainty and the mental health nurse / Steve Trenoweth and Ian Price -- Where's your evidence? : broadening the scope of professional knowledge / Peter Harper and Simon Jones -- Challenging stigma and promoting social justice / Carlyle London and Angela Scriven -- Homophobia in mental health services / Andrew Thornton -- The meaning of recovery / James Matthews -- Supporting recovery : medication management in mental health care / Joanna Bennett -- Physical co-morbidity in mental health care / Helen Robson, Carl Margereson, and Steve Trenoweth -- Physical illness : promoting effective coping in clients with co-morbidity / Carl Margereson -- Responding to the needs of younger people : the bereaved adolescent / Yvonne Dexter -- Enhancing effective multidisciplinary team-working : a psychoeducational approach / John Cordwell and Lee Bradley -- A systemic approach to violence risk assessment and management / Charlie McGrory and Steve Trenoweth -- No euphemisms : the use of force in mental health care / Jonathon E. Lynch -- The psychological impact of restraint : examining the aftermath for staff and patients / Gwen Bonner -- Masculinity as a risk variable in physical and mental ill health / Steve Trenoweth and Jonathon E. Lynch -- Some considerations for mental health practitioners working with patients who self-neglect / James Matthews and Steve Trenoweth -- The future of mental health nursing / Steve Trenoweth, Jonathon E. Lynch, and Peter Nolan

Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Nursing provides a series of essays which critique and comment on the current standing of the profession and addresse some of the post prominent issues and themes in the field today. Divided into three principal sections, this text first explores professional and political issues in mental health nursing, including change and developing practice, emotional labour and evidence-based practice. The second section looks at clinical issues such as primary mental health promotion, medication management, self-neglect, promoting recovery and multidisciplinary working. Section three focuses on risk and mental health nursing practice. A final chapter explores the future, highlighting areas of strength and matters which the profession is likely to be required to develop in the near future. Offering thoughtful, critical coverage of some of the key issues, Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Nursing is a comprehensive and valuable text for all involved in mental health care -- Amazon