Mental Health Resources

Deborah Coleman and Una Lynch discusses the value of clinical supervision in relieving professional isolation for district nurses working in rural areas.Deborah Coleman MSc, BSc (Hons) Health Studies, RGN, NDN Cert, is a Teaching Fellow, Queens University, Belfast.
Una Lynch is a Senior Lecturer, Queens University, Belfast.
Article accepted for publication: September 2005

Topics:  Mental Health

Mohammed Shams Uddin & Richard Byrt discuss the development of a crisis resolution and home treatment service.
Mohammad Shams Uddin BSc (Hons), RN (MH) Part 13, MA (Nursing) is a Mental Health Practitioner with Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service Counties.
Richard Byrt RMN, RNLD, RGN, PhD, BSc (Hons) is a Lecturer-Practitioner at the Arnold Lodge Medium Secure Unit, and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Article accepted for publication: January 2007

Katie O’Connell-Binns discusses the relationship between poor mental health and the birth of a new baby

Katie O’Connell-Binns RN (Child), BSC(Hons), SCPHN School Nurse is a Bank Children’s Nurse, West Yorkshire.

Ruth Elliott critically examines the literature regarding mental health nursing assessment and spiritual beliefs and considers whether a person’s spiritual belief influences the outcome of a mental health nursing assessment and to identify possible strategies to overcome assessment bias or prejudice.

Ruth Elliott RMN, Bsc Nursing Studies M/h, MSc HPE, Senior Lecturer Mental Health Nursing, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Article accepted for publication: January 2011