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School nurses and mental health Part 2

01 December 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

Relatively little attention has been given to the content and quality of post-registration training and education for those who provide child mental health services...

School nurses and mental health Part 1

01 December 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

When their mental health needs are not met, the consequences for young people’s academic achievement, employment opportunities, social and economic status and the...

Nurse consultants: children’s champions

01 June 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

The nurse consultant role was developed in 1999 as part of the government’s nursing strategy, Making a Difference. This was set to drive up quality by strengthening...

Revisiting RD Laing: the role of nurture

01 March 2009

Mental Health Practice

Talking therapy

A new optimism is emerging towards psychological approaches to psychosis. Whereas previously the emphasis in services has been almost solely on drug treatments, the...

Schizophrenia at the tipping point

13 September 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

The opening statement on the US-based National Institute of Mental Health’s website devoted to schizophrenia reads: ‘Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling...

Establishing a mental health liaison nurse service: lessons for the future

18 January 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Mental health liaison nursing teams are developing across the UK with a diverse range of roles and functions. This article provides a description of the development...

Nursing in outpatient child and adolescent mental health

13 December 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the role of nurses within outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The authors highlight employment trends towards...

Resource management: making a difference in mental health

01 March 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Bed management problems exist throughout the NHS but are not usually highlighted in mental health. Therefore, a project set up in Dewsbury NHS Trust aimed to raise...

Issues in nursing care for patients with severe personality disorders

01 September 1997

Mental Health Practice

Clinical

Body-image and self-care therapy in forensic psychiatry

01 July 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

Within psychiatric settings various treatments have focused on body-oriented and sensory-motor domains as a primary therapeutic medium (Pruzinsky 1990). These...