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“Attention seeker”, “drama queen”: the power of talk in constructing identities for young people with mental health difficulties
Alison Byrne, Lorraine SwordsMental health difficulties are often stigmatised because of situated ways of talking that become taken-for-granted “truths”. Against this backdrop, identities of those affected…
Do you want therapy with that? A critical account of working within IAPT
James BinnieThe IAPT programme has been rolled out across England in the last ten years. Although undoubtedly many people have benefited from having greater access to psychological therapy…
Organisational effectiveness and personality disorder
Jane Yeandle, Liz Fawkes, Clare Carter, Chris Gordon, Elizabeth ChallisNational treatment guidelines regarding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2009) make a number of recommendations…
Sustainable staff well-being within older adult mental health
Rosie Blagg, Stephanie PettyThe purpose of this paper is to explore how staff attend to their well-being when working in an inpatient mental health setting with older adults with dementia and complex mental…
Comparing carer wellbeing: implications for eating disorders
Stephen Linacre, Suzanne Heywood-Everett, Vishal Sharma, Andrew J. HillAround 50 per cent of carers of people with eating disorders (EDs) experience mental health difficulties. The purpose of this paper is to investigate well-being of carers of…
Are new mental nurses prepared for practice?
Andrew WalshAs well as working with people who have serious mental health problems, mental health nurses have to maintain a values-based approach to their interactions with mental health…
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