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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827717603321

Autore

Clarke Liam

Titolo

Challenging Ideas in Psychiatric Nursing [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003

ISBN

9780203272234

1-134-66272-6

0-203-27223-4

1-280-01836-4

0-203-00375-6

0-9519013-3-8

1-134-66273-4

9786610018369

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

610.7368

Soggetti

Psychiatric nursing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Psychiatric nursing: illusion and reality; The whole truth?; Carl's world; Flowers in their mouths; Nursing and postmodernity: a logical alliance?; The socialisation of ideas in psychiatric nursing; Ordinary miseries: extraordinary remedies; Rational emotive therapy; 1999: a nursing odyssey?; The search for conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging Practice in Mental Health Nursing questions theories and practices which have become central in mental health care today.The book is inspired by the growing concerns of both the public and professionals about accepted methods of practice and their effects on patients and clients. Liam Clarke argues that while many different theories and models exist their validity and effectiveness in caring for patients has yet to be proved.Chapters examine:* holism * Rogerian and other counselling theories * forensic psychiatry * rational emotive therapy.This