A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
Little is understood about animal hoarding, but it is believed to occ
Child and adolescent mental health is a specialty that can fall betwe
Despite significant changes to policy, legislation and treatment path
The number of older adults in the UK is increasing, and they are vuln
Literature on mental health promotion and wellbeing stresses the impo
A variety of psychiatric disorders have been treated with electroconv
The safety and quality of life of an individual, their family members
Diagnostic overshadowing occurs when symptoms of physical illness are
Community psychiatric nurses’ experiences of caring for clients with borderline personality disorder
Aim To explore the experience of psychiatric nurses who
Reminiscence therapy is a positive pastime for people with dementia a
Engaging service users in treatment is part of the supportive and the
Background Research on the mortality of released prisone
An assertive outreach team has developed and introduced a monitoring tool to improve identification of substance use in service users with serious mental health problems.
Social care safeguarding processes can be introduced in prisons to protect vulnerable prisoners and their vulnerable dependants. This requires clear commissioning of the social care agenda inside prisons, with multidisciplinary involvement and adequate training.
This article discusses the negative attitudes of some nursing staff towards inpatients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), from the perspective of a third-year mental health nursing student.
People diagnosed with personality disorders often present a high risk to themselves and others, particularly in mental health inpatient settings. In general, a procedural approach to risk management is adopted.
This article suggests that relational approaches and carer-centred practice in mental health and other services might alleviate some of the burden on the health – both physical and mental – experienced by informal carers.
This case study describes how behavioural activation was used to treat a client with depression who had undergone previous psychological treatments including cognitive behaviour therapy.
