Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing provides practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines about the essential elements of mental health nursing practice in one portable format.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction to mental health nursing


• 2: Essential mental health nursing skillsv


• 3: Working with specific issues and concerns


• 4: Interventions


• 5: Violence


• 6: Risk


• 7: Common mental disorders


• 8: UK Mental Health Legislations


• 9: Medications


• 10: Culture


• 11: Older people


• 12: Leadership


• 13: Evidence-based mental health nursing


• 14: Research


• 15: Liaison mental health services

About the author

Patrick Callaghan is Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Head of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham where he leads the Mental Health Research Programme. He is Associate Director (Research Engagement) at the National Institute of Health Research Mental Health Research Network. He was the first elected Chair of Mental Health Nurse Academics UK and sits on the steering committee of Horatio: The European Association of Mental Health Nursing. He is a Professorial Fellow, Deputy Director and Board member of the Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham. In 2010 he was awarded the Eileen Skellern Memorial Lecture for his contribution to Mental Health Nursing. He led the education group of the Chief Nursing Officer's Review of Mental Health Nursing in England in 2005. Professor Callaghan has published more than 70 papers, secured around £4m of research grants and edited three books.

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing provides practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines about the essential elements of mental health nursing practice in one portable format.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Callaghan, Patrick (Professor of Mental Health Nur Callaghan
• Assisted by: Patrick Callaghan (Editor), Callaghan Patrick (Editor), Catherine Gamble (Editor), Gamble Catherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9780198703853
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870385-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Oxford Handbooks in Nursing
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health, Psychiatry, Mental health services, Psychiatric Nursing, Community nursing, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing