Mental Health Nursing follows an evidence-based practice model and shows how to apply assessment processes to treatment practice, work with clients with a range of disorders, and apply nursing intervention strategies in order to achieve best practice outcomes. It takes students them from the classroom into practice with examples, critical reflection questions, fictional senarios which illustrate nursing skills, applying processes to practice, contextual issues and research. Starting with the context of mental health, then building through parts focused on disorders, skills, effective workplace practice and finishing looking forward at government policy and what the future holds for mental health nurses, this book prepares student nurses by engaging them and equipping them with the best skills and knowledge for working in mental health. Key Features Excellent coverage of important, topical and emerging areas including; evidence-based practice; psychopharmacology; 2 chapters covering major mental illness; forensic nursing; assessment, risk and triage; and future directions. Each book will come with a lanyard insert with key reminders students will need in placement. Pedagogical Features Stop and Think Questions - encourage critical reflection to encourage students to think upon approaches and issues and follow model of 'evidence, response, outcomes'. Scenarios - prepare students for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterisations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders, and nurses' approaches to them. Review the evidence - refers to current literature, discusses the implications of current research, and raises issues for debate about ethics, legal matters, and other aspects that impact on a nurse's work. Nursing and ...- very practical, referring to nursing procedures and includes examples showing nursing interventions, assessment guidelines and care plans. Some of these may be called 'case studies'. Cunningham Dax collection http://www.daxcollection.org.au/. This collection consists of over 12,000 creative works created by people who have experienced mental illness or psychological trauma. The wonderful cover of Mental Health Nursing comes from this collection and every copy sold will generate a donation to this organisation.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Part 1 Contexts of Contemporary Practice 1 'Wise Men, Devils and Fools': The History of Mental Illness and its Treatment Phil Maude and Philip Warelow 2 Diagnostic Systems Used in Clinical Assessment Nick Gaynor, Karen Harder, Ian Munro and Alan Robins 3 Promoting Mental Health Eileen Petrie 4 Resilience, Recovery, Reconnection and Therapeutic Optimism Karen-leigh Edward, Anthony Welch and Steve Elsom 5 Law, Ethics and Mental Health Nursing Beth Bennett and Anna Bennett 6 Evidence-Based Practice Anthony Welch and Karen-leigh Edward Part 2 Challenges to People's Mental Health 7 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Kristy Young 8 Mood and Anxiety Disorders Susan (Sue) Henderson 9 Psychosis and Psychotic Disorders Simon Dodd 10 Borderline Personality Disorder Robert Trett, Deborah Dick and Kate Cooke 11 Eating Disorders Michelle Snell 12 Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Ian Munro, Alan Robins and Greg Logan Part 3 Praxis of Mental Health Nursing13 The Older Adult and Mental Illness Robyn Garlick and Susan Koch 14 Psychopharmacology Phil Maude and Karen-leigh Edward 15 Consumer and Carer Participation Elizabeth Crowther, Wanda Bennett and Isabell Collins 16 Case Management Max Clayton, Karen-leigh Edward, Katherine Fairest, Alan Robins and Gilles Terriere 17 Psychiatric Nursing in the Primary Health Care Setting Kate Cogan and Janet Akehurst 18 Consultation-Liaison Julie Sharrock 19 Complementary Nursing Care Ann Paterson 20 Indigenous (Australia & New Zealand) and Remote Mental Health Nursing Roianne West, Kim Usher, Graeme Thompson and Deb Spurgeon 21 Cultural Issues in Mental Health Don Gorman and Wendy Cross 22 Forensic Mental Health Nursing Trish Martin and Jo Ryan 23 Talking Women's Mental Health: From the Margins to the Centre Kay McCauley-Elsom and Finbar Hopkins Part 4 Advancing the Mental Health Profession 24 Nurses' Health and Self-care in Nursing Daniel Nicholls, Bella Anderson and Wendy Cross 25 Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing Neville Baker and Cayte Hoppner 26 Future directions Tracy Beaton, Rod Mann and Margaret Grigg