Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? There is evidence that social isolation
and loneliness is more prevalent in people living with mental illness than in the general …

Recovery‐oriented practice has become the dominant paradigm of practice in mental health
services internationally. The exception is hospital‐based mental health services where the …

Holistic and person‐centred nursing care is commonly regarded as fundamental to nursing
practice. These approaches are complementary to recovery which is rapidly becoming the …

Background The culture of acute mental health wards is often dominated by medical models
of care despite some patient dissatisfaction with care in these settings and a demand for …

Undergraduate nursing students have been reported to hold negative and stigmatizing
attitudes towards mental health consumers and to be under‐prepared for mental health …

Nurses play a central role in the delivery of quality mental health services. Desired qualities
of a mental health nurse, in particular therapeutic relationships, have been described in the …

Purpose To examine nursing students' perceptions of Experts by Experience impact on
theoretical and practical learning. Design and Methods Qualitative exploratory study …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? The Safewards model has been
introduced to forensic mental health wards with mixed results. Research has identified a …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? The principles of personal recovery are
primarily applied in outpatient and community settings as these settings provide continuity of …

Mental health recovery is an enabling process encouraging consumers to live a productive
life, notwithstanding the presence of debilitating symptoms of illness. The recovery model …