KEY DEBATES IN PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

THIS BOOK IS UNIQUE, BECAUSE NO OTHER PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING TEXT HAS EVER BROUGHT TOGETHER 'OPPOSING' OR CONTRASTING VIEWS OF THE SAME ISSUE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY INVITED TWO SEPARATE CHAPTERS TO BE WRITTEN IN ORDER TO ARTICULATE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN THE DEBATE. FURTHER, NO BOOK HAS THEN FOLLOWED UP SUCH A WIDE AND THOROUGH DISCUSSION BY INVITING A THIRD PARTY TO OFFER COMMENTARY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO PRESENT A RANGE OF KEY ISSUES THAT PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSES FACE. THEY ARE PRACTICE, POLICY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELATED ISSUES. THE PURPOSE THEN IS TO PRESENT THE MOST COMPLETE, BALANCED ARGUMENTS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND STIMULATE PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSES. FURTHERMORE, THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK IS TO MAKE PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSES MORE AWARE OF THE, OFTEN, UNCERTAIN NATURE OF MUCH OF PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING IS NOT CHARACTERISED BY 'BLACK AND WHITE', EAS