Search query:

Filter by date

Results 1 - 8 of 8 Search Tips

Students must learn about mental health

30 October 2019

Nursing Standard

Comment

The removal of training bursaries for nursing students generated much publicity. Less newsworthy, but of equal importance, was the simultaneous removal of existing...

The relationship between traumatic reactions and psychosis

01 June 2006

Mental Health Practice

General

Trauma, as defined by DSMIV, happens when someone witnesses an event that led to actual or threat of death, serious injury or bodily harm (APA 1994). Post-traumatic...

Using behavioural psychotherapy skills

07 May 1991

Nursing Standard

Clinical psychiatric nursing

Behavioural psychotherapy has captured the interest of nurses for many years, not only because of its encouragement of the development of trusting and empathic...

Introducing nurse telephone triage into primary care

22 November 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this article, the authors describe the changes required to introduce a nurse telephone triage system into a large primary care practice in York. ‘Whole systems’...

Anxiety and depression in primary care

01 May 2007

Primary Health Care

General

Recent commentators have drawn attention to what might be considered an epidemic of unhappiness (James 2007). The ‘politics of wellbeing’ are at the centre of...

Mental and physical health taught equally

08 January 2020

Nursing Standard

Students

Mental health issues present in every clinical environment, yet most students on adult nursing courses only spend a small amount of time learning about mental health...

Using psychosocial interventions in a South African township

01 June 2005

Mental Health Practice

General

South Africa covers an area of 1.221 million km2 and has a population of approximately 44 million people speaking 11 official languages. Although it is a wealthy...

Developing depression management in primary care

01 October 2007

Primary Health Care

General

In May’s edition of Primary Health Care the role of primary care in addressing the ‘epidemic of unhappiness’ was outlined (Ekers and Richards 2007). The authors...