Psychiatric (Mental Health) Nursing

Links on this page are divided into Australian and overseas lists.

Lists of books and journal articles relating to psychiatric nursing can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page.

Library members have online access to the following journals which may be of interest for this subject.

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

as well as many generalist nursing journals.

For practice guidelines relating to psychiatric nursing click here.

For general nursing material click here

Australia

Mental Health Nursing Education and Health Labour Force: Literature Review
Professor Michael Clinton, Ms Stephanie du Boulay, Associate Professor Michael Hazelton and Ms Barbara Horner, Joint University of Newcastle and Curtin University of Technology, September 2001. A research report from the National Review of Nursing Education.

Towards Assertive Community Care
A paper presented by Richard Lakeman at the North Queensland Sub-branch of the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Winter Symposium, Rydges Capricorn International Resort, Yeppoon, 18-19 May, 2002.

Overseas

Atlas: Nurses in Mental Health 2007
A project of WHO headquarters (Geneva) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The project was initiated and supervised by Shekhar Saxena and coordinated by Thomas Barrett. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2007.

From values to action: The Chief Nursing Officer‘s review of mental health nursing
Produced by the UK Department of Health, April, 2006.

Nursing Workload Measurement in Acute Mental Health Inpatient Units
A report for the Mental Health Research and Development Strategy, by Anthony J. O'Brien and others. Health Research Council of New Zealand, February 2002.

Rights, Relationships and Recovery: The Report of the National Review of Mental Health Nursing in Scotland
Edinburgh, Scottish Executive, April 2006