Essentials of Mental Health Nursing

Emerita Professor Karen Wright’s diverse range of clinical experiences span over a period of more than 40 years. She has led and developed services, as well as nursing and psychotherapy curricula. She is a qualified nurse (both Adult and Mental Health registrations), academic and practising psychotherapist, and is an accredited member of the British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists. Karen is also chair of an NHS Local Research Ethics Committee  and has recently retired from the University of Central Lancashire where she was Professor of Nursing and has retained an active Emeritus role.   Mick McKeown is Professor of Democratic Mental Health, School of Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire and trade union activist with Unison. He supports service user and carer involvement at the university and union strategising on nursing. He has taken a lead in making the case for union organising to extend to alliance formation with service users/survivors.

PART A CONTEXT OF MENTAL HEALTH
Chapter 1 Context and nature of Mental Health care in the 21st century - Karen Wright, Mick McKeown and Jonathan Gadsby
Chapter 2 Overview of Mental Health Nurse Education and Training - Steve Pryjmachuk
Chapter 3 Working with Other Professionals - Scott Reeves and Simon Fletcher
Chapter 4 Meaningful Service User Involvement - Julia Terry et. al
Chapter 5 Working with Families and Carers - Simon Hall and Mandy Reed
Chapter 6 Diversity Issues within Mental Health Care - Tommy Dickinson, Amrita Mullan, Rachel Lyon, Lauren Walker, Donna Taylor and Jess Bradley
Chapter 7 Organisations and Settings for Mental Health Care - Joe Forster, Sarah Loughran, Rob MacDonald and Ian Callaghan
Chapter 8 The Policy Context for Contemporary Mental Health Care - Ben Hannigan, Bethan Edwards, Ian Hulatt and Alan Meudell
Chapter 9 Madness and the Law - Bob Sapey
Chapter 10 Independent Advocacy in Mental Health Care - Julie Ridley, Stephanie de la Haye, June Sadd, Karen Newbigging and Karen Machin
Chapter 11 The Ethical Mental Health Nurse - Karen Wright and Alan Armstrong
PART 2 KEY CONCEPTS AND DEBATES
Chapter 12 Psychiatric Understandings of Mental Health - Duncan Double
Chapter 13 Sociological Understandings of Mental Health - David Pilgrim and Mick McKeown
Chapter 14 Critical Psychological Ideas of Mental Health - Richard Bentall and Mick McKeown
Chapter 15 Philosophical Understandings of Mental Health - Tim Thornton
Chapter 16 Spiritual Care: Understanding Service Users, Understanding Ourselves - Julian Raffay and Don Bryant
Chapter 17 Wellbeing in Mental Health Care - Kevin Acott, Emily Griffin and Harvey Wells
Chapter 18 Recovery-orientated Practice - Karen Machin and Emma Watson
Chapter 19 Employment and Recovery in Mental Health Care - Chris Essen and Jane Cahill
PART C SKILLS FOR CARE AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Chapter 20 Compassionate Communication in Mental Health Care - Sue Barker and Sophie Williams
Chapter 21 Therapeutic engagement for mental health care - Mandy Reed and Simon Hall
Chapter 22 Mental Health Assessment - Nicki Moone and Steve Trenoweth
Chapter 23 Mental Health Care Planning - Michael Kelly and Claudette Kaviya
Chapter 24 Mental Health Care Coordination - Michael Coffey, Rachel Cohen and Bethan Edwards
Chapter 25 Mental Health Risk Assessment: A Personalised Approach - John Butler, Alison Commissiong and Christine Crossman
Chapter 26 Minimising Violence and Related Harms - Joy A. Duxbury and Amy Scholes
Chapter 27 Cognitive Behavioural Therapies - Sarah Traill and Adam Traill
Chapter 28 Psychosocial Interventions to Support Carers - Doug MacInnes, Amanda Francis and Annie Jeffrey
Chapter 29 Self-help and Peer Support in Recovery - Alan Simpson and Susan Henry
Chapter 30 Therapeutic Communities, Democracy and the New Recovery Movement - Jenelle Clarke, Nick Manning, Gary Winship and Simon Clarke
Chapter 31 Public Mental Health: Prevention and Promotion - Rhiannon Corcoran and Rosie Mansfield
Chapter 32 Primary Mental Health Care - Nick Bohannon and Sumaiyaa Khoda
Chapter 33 Meeting the Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users - Jacquie White Samantha O’ Brien, Megan Beadle and Anthony Ackroyd
Chapter 34 Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Nurses - Jennie Day and Mick McKeown
Chapter 35 Non-Medical Alternatives for Crisis Care - Helen Spandler and Mick McKeown
PART D TAILORING CARE TO PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS
Chapter 36 Dementia: Assessment and Care Approaches - David Pulsford
Chapter 37 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care - Maddie Burton, Laura Baker and Karen Wright
Chapter 38 Care of People with Eating Disorders - Karen Wright, Maddie Burton and Laura Baker
Chapter 39 Care of Individuals Who Self Harm or Experience Suicidal Feelings - Karen James and Isaac Samuels
Chapter 40 Palliative and End-of-life Care in Mental Health Care - Jayne Breeze, Carol Cooper, Angela Kydd, Suzanne Monks, Julie Skilbeck, James Turner, Eleanor Wilson
PART E TRANSITION TO PRACTICE
Chapter 41 Democratic Leadership for Mental Health Care - Mick McKeown, Karen Wright and Lynda Carey
Chapter 42 Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Care - Natalie Miles and Karen Wright
Chapter 43 Commissioning for Mental Health Services - Ged McCann, Mick Burns and Ian Callaghan
Chapter 44 Transferable Skills and Transition: Becoming a Mental Health Nurse and Beyond - Kevin Moore and Marie O’Neill
Chapter 45 Compassionate Mental Health Care in Times of Uncertainty - Karen Wright, Mick McKeown and Mike Thomas