References and resources
Mentalising
- Handbook of Mentalization Based Treatment ed Jon Allen, Peter Fonagy
- www.mentalising.com
Staff concerns
- NHS Litigation authority Saying sorry, 2014
- The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry – http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com
Boundaries
- Practitioner-client relationships and the prevention of abuse, by NMC, 2002
- Professional boundaries in the nurse-patient relationship, by Griffin R, 2013, British Journal of Nursing
Top tips
- Talking with Acutely Psychotic People – www.citypsych.com
- Intensive Interaction – www.intensiveinteraction.co.uk
- Communication and the Care of People with Dementia, by Killick and Allan
- Talking mats – http://www.jrf.org.uk
- Phrase books, dictionaries in the minority languages most used by patients
- Point It Traveller’s Language Kit by Dieter Graf or the similar Wordless Travel Book by Jonathan Meader, costing about a fiver they’re a bargain, or as we say in Yiddish, a metsiyah
Distressed or Depressed Patients
- No Health Without Mental Health: a cross-government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-mental-health-strategy-for-england
Anxiety
- Handbook – Mental Health First Aid England
Psychosis
- Psychological Perspectives on Distress and Unusual Experiences, by Coles S and Houghton P, 2012
- The abandoned illness: a report from the Schizophrenia Commission,2012 www.rethink.org
- The traumatic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis revisited, by Read J, Fosse R, Moskowitz A, Perry B, 2014
- Beyond Belief, by Tamasin Knight, 2009
Dementia
- VERA framework communicating with people who have dementia, by Blackhall A et al, Nursing Standard 26, 10, 35-39
- RCN Commitment to the care of people with dementia in hospital settings.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/480269/004235.pdf
Borderline Personality Disorder
- Handbook of Mentalization Based Treatment ed Jon Allen, Peter Fonagy www.mentalising.com
People with learning disabilities
- Going into hospital with a learning disability, by Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, 2005. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Childrenwithalearningdisability/Pages/Going-into-hospital-with-learning-disability.aspx
- Your next patient has a learning disability http://www.keele.ac.uk/nursingandmidwifery/mnphald/toolkitcontents/ynphald.pdf
- Mental health nursing of adults with learning disabilities, by RCN
http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/78765/003184.pdf
Leadership
- Download The Happy Manifesto for free at www.happy.co.uk/about/free-publications
- Fred Lee – If Disney Ran Your Hospital
Star Wards stuff (available from http://www.starwards.org.uk)
- Star Wards 1 – The original
- Star Wards 2 – The Sequel
- Talkwell – Encouraging the Art of Conversation on Mental Health Wards
- Ward Buddy – Your Recovery Companion
- Wardipedia web site – A World of Ward Knowledge: http://www.wardipedia.org/
- Ward Stars – Applauding HCAs – the heart of care: http://wardstars.org
Other great resources
- Keeping everyone as safe as possible is a basic goal for any community. Keeping everyone as safe as possible also takes thought and effort: http://www.safewards.net/
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