cover image - Mental Health in Nursing - E-Book VBK, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780729599702
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 08-01-2024
Page Count: 432
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $54.99

Mental Health in Nursing - E-Book VBK, 6th Edition

by Kim Foster, RN, DipAppSc, BN, MA, PhD, CF, FACMHN, Peta Marks, RN, CMHN, BN, MPH, MCFT, FACMHN, Anthony O'Brien, BN, MPhil(Hons), PhD, FNZCMHN, ONZM and John Hurley, MSc(Nurs), PhD, FACMHN

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cover image - Mental Health in Nursing - E-Book VBK, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780729599702
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 08-01-2024
Page Count: 432
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $54.99
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    • High-quality, evidence-based content developed specifically to meet the learning needs of students and novice clinicians in Australia and New Zealand
    • Describes the foundational principles and core mental health skills required by all nurses
    • Covers generalist health settings - content is relevant for nursing students across their curriculum
    • Focuses on mental health not mental illness - an emphasis on recovery-oriented practice, trauma informed-car, and the value of building therapeutic relationships
    • Articulates and demonstrates the expert knowledge and skills of mental health nurses and includes information on professional self-care for all nurses
    • Covers how to assess, manage and treat the major mental health problems people commonly experience
    • Provides scenarios for mental health screening, assessment, referral and support across a range of clinical settings
    • Key points, anecdotes, critical thinking exercises, tables and references in every chapter support learning
    • Online resources for nurses in the workplace, including videos and clinical scenarios
    • Commentaries by experts by Lived Experience in all chapters – understand what’s helpful and what’s not.

    New to this edition


    • New First Peoples chapters from both New Zealand and Australia – how to provide cultural safety
    • New chapter on preparing for mental health clinical placements
    • More content on suicide
    • More content on the impact of trauma, adverse childhood events on mental health and addictions
  • PART 1: Positioning Practice

    1. Why Mental Health Matters
    2. Nursing and Mental Health in Context
    3. The Mental Health and Illness Continuum
    4. Safety in Care, Safety at Work
    5. Working with Families in Mental Health
    6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health
    7. Kua Takoto Te Manuka
    8. Professional Self-Care

    PART 2: Knowledge for Practice

    9 Mental Health Assessment
    10. Legal and Ethical Issues
    11. Anxiety
    12. Mood Disorders
    13. Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders
    14. Psychosis and Schizophrenia
    15. Eating Disorders
    16. Personality Disorders
    17. Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence
    18. Mental Health in Older Age
    19. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
    20. Physical Health in the Context of Mental Health
    21. Psychopharmacology

    PART 3: Contexts of Practice

    22. Mental Health in Every Setting
    23. Preparing for Mental Health Clinical Placement
    24. Primary Care and Community
    25. Emergency Care
    26. Generalist In-Patient Settings
    27. Care of Older Adults
    28. Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
    29, Forensic Mental Health Nursing
  • Kim Foster, RN, DipAppSc, BN, MA, PhD, CF, FACMHN, Professor and Eileen O'Connor Chair of Mental Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Australia, Peta Marks, RN, CMHN, BN, MPH, MCFT, FACMHN, National Programs Manager, InsideOut Institute, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, and Australian Health Consulting, Australia, Anthony O'Brien, BN, MPhil(Hons), PhD, FNZCMHN, ONZM, Associate Professor, Mental Health Nursing, University of Waikato, New Zealand and John Hurley, MSc(Nurs), PhD, FACMHN, Professor of Mental Health, Southern Cross University, Australia
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