Reflections on Community Psychiatric Nursing provides a broad range of insights into many aspects of the CPN's work. Writing in a fresh and accessible style, Tony Gillam explores questions such as:
* professional identity
* the community and the role of the nurse
* teaching, assessment and clinical supervision
* good practice and the concept of risk
* mental health promotion
* user involvement
* treatment, from medication to psychosocial interventions.
Written by a practising CPN, this lively and easy-to-read introduction to the key debates in community mental health. It will be essential reading for students and those undertaking further training as CPN's. Practising nurses and other professionals will find it useful in developing their own reflective practice as well as offering a useful overview of an increasingly important area of nursing.

This book argues that some aspects of mental health practice have become mechanical, joyless and uninspiring, leading to a loss of creativity and wellbeing. A high level of wellbeing is essential to mental health and contemporary mental health care - and creativity is at the heart of this. A greater awareness of everyday creativity, the arts and creative approaches to mental health practice, learning and leadership can help us reinvent and reinvigorate mental health care. This, combined with a clearer understanding of the complex concept of wellbeing, can enable practitioners to adopt fresh perspectives and roles that can enrich their work. Creativity and wellbeing are fundamental to reducing occupational stress and promoting professional satisfaction. Introducing a new model of creative mental health care combined with recommendations for wellbeing, Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice is a practical, evidence-based book for students, practitioners and researchers in mental health nursing and related disciplines.

Reflections on Community Psychiatric Nursing provides a broad range of insights into many aspects of the CPN's work. Writing in a fresh and accessible style, Tony Gillam explores questions such as:
* professional identity
* the community and the role of the nurse
* teaching, assessment and clinical supervision
* good practice and the concept of risk
* mental health promotion
* user involvement
* treatment, from medication to psychosocial interventions.
Written by a practising CPN, this is a lively and easy-to-read introduction to the key debates in community mental health. It will be essential reading for students and those undertaking further training as CPN's. Practising nurses and other professionals will find it useful in developing their own reflective practice as well as offering a useful overview of an increasingly important area of nursing.