Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

A concise and user-friendly guide, Handbook of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing will help you 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 centered care, assessment, classification, models of therapeutic practice, specific mental health problems and needs and understanding the organisation of care.

Dr. Stephen Tee, Head of Centre for Innovation and Leadership in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.

Dr. Joanne Brown, MSc Mental Health Studies Award Leader and MSc Nursing Studies Award Leader, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.

Dr. Diane Carpenter, Academic Group Lead (Mental Health), Faculty of Health Sciecnes, University of Southampton.