Mental health : a person-centred approach / edited by Nicholas Procter, Helen P. Hamer, Denise McGarry, Rhonda L. Wilson and Terry Froggatt.
This text aligns leading mental health research with the human connections that can and should be made in mental health care. It seeks to deepen readers' understanding of themselves, the work they do, and how this intersects with the lives and crises of people with mental illness. This book ado...
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to mental health and mental illness: Human connectedness
- 2. Learning through human connectedness on clinical placement:
- 3. The social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal Australians and the
- 4. Māori mental health
- 5. Assessment of mental health and mental illness
- 6. Legal and ethical aspects in mental health care
- 7. Mental health and substance use
- 8. Nutrition, physical health and behavioural change
- 9. Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee backgrounds
- 10. Gender, sexuality and mental health
- 11. Mental health of children and young people
- 12. Mental health of older people
- 13. Rural and regional mental health
- 14. Mental health in the interprofessional context
- 15. Conclusions: Looking to practice
- 1. Introduction to mental health and mental illness- Human connectedness and the collaborative consumer narrative / Nicholas Procter, Amy Baker, Kirsty Grocke and Monika Ferguson
- Introduction
- A narrative approach to mental health
- Defining mental health and mental illness
- Mental health nursing
- Mental state assessment
- Recovery
- Collaborative practice in mental health nursing
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 2. Learning through human connectedness on clinical placement-Translation to practice / Denise McGarry
- Introduction
- Mental health (nursing) education- An overview
- Attitudes, expectations and positive engagement within practice
- Application of interpersonal skills within the mental health practicum
- placement and other, non-mental health settings
- Power relations involved in the therapeutic relationship
- Development of emotional competence
- Reflective practice as a critical thinking process
- Clinical supervision for the beginning/novice nursing student within
- mental health nursing
- Developing objectives for clinical placements
- The process of self-assessment and personal problem solving
- Reflection, self, in-action and post-placement
- Ethical and political influences on care
- And off to clinical placement- Pragmatic strategies for learning
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 3. The social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal Australians and thecollaborative consumer narrative / Debra Hocking
- Introduction
- Social and emotional well-being versus mental health
- Culture
- Colonisation
- Aboriginal worldviews
- Government policies
- The incidence of trauma
- The concept of healing
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Acknowledgement
- Further reading
- References
- 4. Māori mental health / Jacquie Kidd, Kerri Butler and Reina Harris
- Introduction
- Kawa whakaruruhau (cultural safety)
- Whānau ora
- Hauora (health) and oranga (wellness)
- Engagement with tangata whai i te ora- The Ten Commitments
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 5. Assessment of mental health and mental illness / Susan Liersch-Sumskis
- Introduction
- The meaning of mental health and mental health conditions
- within assessment
- Therapeutic communication within the assessment process
- The assessment process
- Mental status examination
- Strengths-based assessment
- The Tidal Model
- Aboriginal mental health assessment
- Assessment in the context of forensic psychiatry
- Diagnosis of mental illness
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 6. Legal and ethical aspects in mental health care / Helen P. Hamer, Anthony J. O'Brien and Debra Lampshire
- Introduction
- A legal and ethical framework for practice
- Procedural justice and mental health nursing
- Alternatives to compulsory treatment and the role of advance directives
- and crisis plans
- Mental health legislation in the year 2042
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 7. Mental health and substance use / Rhonda L. Wilson
- Introduction
- Harm minimisation
- Overview of substance-use problems
- An overview of drugs and the effects they have on people
- Reasons people use drugs and alcohol
- An holistic framework for understanding people who use drugs and those
- who misuse drugs
- Mental illness and substance-use problems in combination with each other
- Mental health and drug and alcohol models of care
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Acknowledgement
- Further reading
- References
- 8. Nutrition, physical health and behavioural change / Denise McGarry
- Introduction
- Prevalence
- Comorbidity
- Common physical illnesses and conditions
- Interventions
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 9. Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee backgrounds / Nicholas Procter, Asma Babakarkhil, Amy Baker and Monika Ferguson
- Introduction
- What is meant by the terms refugee, immigrant and asylum seeker?
- Temporary Protection Visas
- Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee background
- Culture and explanatory models in mental health
- Isolation
- Engagement with mainstream mental health services
- Traumatic stress
- Access and engagement when in distress
- Trust and human connectedness in mental health
- Older people of immigrant background
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 10. Gender, sexuality and mental health / Helen P. Hamer, Joe MacDonald, Jane Barrington and Debra Lampshire
- Introduction
- Gender and health
- Culturally competent human connectedness
- Interpersonal abuse and psychological trauma
- Interpersonal trauma and mental health
- Trauma-informed care
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 11. Mental health of children and young people / Rhonda L. Wilson and Serena Riley
- Introduction
- Respect for young people
- Developing a rapport with young people
- Developmental stages
- Reducing risk and vulnerability
- Mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention for
- young people
- Common mental health conditions in young people
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking /learning activities
- Learning extension
- Acknowledgement
- Further reading
- References
- 12. Mental health of older people / Helen P. Hamer, Debra Lampshire and Sue Thomson
- Introduction
- Recovery
- Culture of older people
- Human connectedness
- When things go wrong- Common mental illnesses
- Cognitive decline, depression, delirium or dementia? Getting
- the diagnosis right
- An ethical framework to underpin practice
- The future of older people's mental health nursing
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 13. Rural and regional mental health / Rhonda L. Wilson
- Introduction
- What is rural?
- Overview of the rural and regional clinical context
- Prevalence of mental health problems in rural and regional communities
- Rural mental health promotion and prevention
- Travel implications for rural people with mental health care needs
- Natural disasters and rural implications
- Agriculture, mining and itinerant workforces
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Acknowledgement
- Further reading
- References
- 14. Mental health in the interprofessional context / Anne Storey
- Introduction
- Historical professional precedents
- Arguments for an interprofessional mental health workforce
- The composition of the mental health workforce- Preparation and
- scope of practice
- Regulation of the mental health workforce
- Effectiveness of interprofessional workforces
- Looking after yourself
- Chapter summary
- Critical thinking/learning activities
- Learning extension
- Further reading
- References
- 15. Conclusions- Looking to practice / Nicholas Procter
- Introduction
- A message of leadership
- The need to self-question
- Clinical mentoring and empowerment
- References.