A concise and user-friendly guide, Handbook of Psychiatric and Menal Health Nursing will help you to learn the essential skills required for practice. Taking a life course approach to mental health care, this practical handbook is informed by an interdisciplinary understanding of mental health problems and the recovery from mental health difficulties. -Companion handbook to Phil Barker's bestselling Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring. Written in an accessible way, the books can be used in conjunction or as stand alone texts. -A practical, hands-on guide with learning outcomes linked to the competencies required for practice. -Highlights case studies and draws on narratives of patient experience to help you make informed, value-based decisions in partnership with service users. -Includes practical exercises designed to develop skills in person centered care, assessment, classification, models of therapeutic practice, specific mental health problems and needs and understanding the organisation of care.

Assessment is an essential part of mental-health nursing and as such a core learning requirement for pre-registration nursing students. Getting assessment right is essential for the nursing student in order for them to become an effective practitioner. Many books on assessment are very theoretical. This is a practical, hands-on guide to the assessment process, underpinned by the latest evidence. The book explains the core principles through running case studies, so that readers can see how each decision they make impacts on the person in their care. Key features: Assessment principles are applied across a variety of modern nursing settings that you may find yourself working in as a registered nurse Each chapter is linked to the relevant NMC standards and Essential Skills Clusters so you know you are meeting the professional requirements Activities throughout help you to think critically and develop essential graduate skills.