Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

A concise and user-friendly guide, Handbook of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing will help you to learn the essential skills required for practice.Taking a life course approach to mental health care, this practical handbook is informed by an interdisciplinary understanding of mental health problems and the recovery from mental health difficulties. - Companion handbook to Phil Barker's bestselling Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring. Written in an accessible way, the books can be used in conjunction or as stand alone texts.- A practical, hands-on guide with learning outcomes linked to the competencies required for practice- Highlights case studies and draws on narratives of patient experience to help you make informed, value-based decisions in partnership with service users. - Includes practical exercises designed to develop skills in person centred care, assessment, classification, models of therapeutic practice, specific mental health problems and needs and understanding the organisation of care.With plenty of practical exercises, this is an essential purchase for all students and educators in mental health nursing and related health and social care fields.