Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Theory and practice was conceived as a result of three major premises which, in the view of the editors, relate to the practice of psychiatric and mental health nursing. First, that high-quality psychiatric and mental health nursing can be practised only if it is under pinned by appropriate nursing theory. Secondly, that there exists a body of theory which can and should be applied to psychiatric and mental health nursing. Thirdly, that there is a need for a text which will assist teachers, students and clinicians to apply available nursing and borrowed theory to clinical practice. The general aim of this book is to introduce nursing students to a theory based approach to caring for people with psychiatric and mental health problems. The phrase psychiatric and mental health problems indicates that the text relates to clients with a psychiatric diagnosis, and also to those who have mental health problems but who do not necessarily have such a diagnosis. The client group to which the material in this text applies will include those who are, or have been, hospitalized and those in the community who have not been, and may never be, hospitalized. The intended readership is all students of psychiatric and mental health nursing issues, for example basic and post-basic nurses, and their teachers.

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The Role of the Psychiatric Nurse.- Psychiatric and mental health nursing: theory and practice.- Classifying human responses in psychiatric and mental health nursing.- Theoretical Models: Principles and General Applications.- Cognitive therapy model: principles and general applications.- Behaviour therapy model: principles and general applications.- Interpersonal relations model: theoretical constructs, principles and general applications.- General systems model: principles and general applications.- Rogers' client-centred model: principles and general applications.- Orem's self-care model: principles and general applications.- Roy's adaptation model: principles and general applications.- The eclectic approach: principles and general applications.- Theoretical Models Specific Clinical Applications.- Cognitive therapy model: clinical applications.- Behaviour therapy model: clinical applications.- Peplau's interpersonal model: clinical applications.- General systems model: clinical applications.- The Rogerian client-centred model: clinical applications.- Orem's self-care model: clinical applications.- Roy's adaptation model: clinical applications.- The eclectic approach: clinical applications.- Issues Related to Teaching, Learning, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, and the Scope of Psychiatric Nursing Research.- Teaching psychiatric and mental health nursing: a teaching perspective.- Psychiatric and mental health nursing: learning in the clinical environment.- Research and psychiatric nursing.