Bipolor - Promotion of choice in the care of people with bipolar disorder: a mental health nursing perspective

   Promotion of choice in the care of people with bipolar disorder: a mental health nursing perspective, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 87-92, Mar 2008
Abstract:  Inpatient nurse prescribing is proving to be a useful mechanism by which patients can have their medicines prescribed. A case study is described [...]

Schizophrenia Understanding - Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse

    Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 253-259, April 2008
Abstract:  Suicide is a devastating outcome for at least 10% of people with schizophrenia, which has been known for some time (Miles 1977, Fenton et al. 1997). It is a [...]

‘Better Safe than Sorry’ - Dangerousness and mental health policy

   Dangerousness and mental health policy, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 186-194, April 2008
Abstract: Mental health policy development in the UK has become increasingly dominated by the assumed need to prevent violence and alleviate public concerns about the dangers of the mentally ill living in the community. Risk [...]

Nurses’ accounts of locked ward doors: ghosts of the asylum or acute care in the 21st century?

   Nurses’ accounts of locked ward doors: ghosts of the asylum or acute care in the 21st century? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 175-185, April 2008
Abstract: The practice of locking acute ward doors in the UK to manage patient care has been reported with increasing frequency in a [...]