One of the issues expressed in service evaluations for mental health nursing students is that they perceive proficiencies to be easier to achieve for their peers on the adult nursing programme. Mental...
Building on this success, I was eager to explore what a specialised face-to-face response for our patients might look like. In 2017, using quality improvement (QI) methodology, I began conducting test...
Podcasts offer an additional means of enhancing mental health literacy in regions with limited access to services (Caoilte et al, 2023). Podcasts are being increasingly used in mental health contexts...
The project's aim was to develop a book to showcase these experiences and shine a light on this community. The project was led by a steering group of African women who are long-standing HIV activists...
The concept of narrative pedagogy originates from the tradition of learning from stories passed on from generation to generation. It is not a replacement for conventional pedagogies, but a valuable...
‘… an intense fear of weight gain and a disturbed body image, which motivate severe dietary restriction or other weight loss behaviours such as purging or excessive physical activity.’ .
In AM v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Secretary of State for Health [2013], Justice Charles held that the Mental Capacity Act 2005 could be used to treat a physical condition...
As an Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) regional programme manager leading on early years children and families, I am acutely aware of the workforce challenges faced by the public...
Loneliness is difficult to accurately define. Several theories and definitions have been put forward in an attempt to explain loneliness (Table 1). Early theorists described loneliness as a universal...
‘Nursing, psychological intervention and specialist mental health habilitation, rehabilitation and care.’ .
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses – particularly those working intensive care units (ICUs) – played a pivotal role in the care of patients, (Labrague and Santos, 2021). The health emergency...
It is apparent that mental illness stigmatisation is prevalent in Malaysia. The aim of this review was to explore the stigmatisation of mental illness among the adult population in Malaysia by...
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