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Helping people on acute wards to stop smoking

01 May 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

Helping patients to stop smoking tobacco will become more important when mental health inpatient units adopt smoke-free zones. But a change in the law should not be...

Assessing primary nursing in mental health

11 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

One of the most important advantages of primary nursing is the consistency and continuity of care which it is said to promote. In the study described here, the...

Caring for people with depression

13 March 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Mental health care has recently become a government priority, and depression is a very common mental health problem. Many people feel that the mode of...

Being positive about acute psychiatry

01 October 2003

Mental Health Practice

Acute inpatient care

A number of recent publications have advocated changes to improve care for patients in acute psychiatric units. This article looks at one unit that has achieved...