A History of Mental Health Nursing - Peter Nolan

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...to say that most of the fat in the system has been trimmed to the bone and that the NHS is one of the more efficient organisations in the UK. Unfortunately, the NHS is still a high profile political football and measures like waiting list are constantly used as an indicator of the health of the system. Attempts to control these bald figures have driven a particular focus within the NHS in directing any new funding towards these highly political priorities. More and more money is pushed towards the acute hospitals, the ones who provide accident and emergency, critical and surgical care, like those stereotyped in hospital drama series on television. But there are other types of Trust than the acute ones. Mental health, learning disabilities and community care (district nurses, health visitors) services are provided by Trusts up and down... Read review

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...to apply a lot of what I have learned to anatomy and physiology in my current nurse training. Ross and Wilsons Anatomy and Physiology is a must have for all nursing students. It covers anatomy and physiology in both health and illness which I found very useful. It is very easy to read with glossary and diagrams throughout to aid learning. I found the book very helpful as it not only explains the normal structure and functions of the body, but also what takes place when disease or illness disrupts the normal processes. The book is recommended ,by the authors, for a wide range of health care professionals including nurses, student nurses, students of the professions allied to medicine, paramedics, ambulance technicians and complementary therapists. I found that the book covered all learning outcomes required by my A and P module... Read review

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...Professional ethics 7 Comparison with other mental health professions 7.1 Psychiatry 7.2 Counseling psychology 7.3 School psychology 7.4 Clinical social work 7.5 Occupational therapy 8 Clinical psychology journals 9 Major influences 10 Criticisms and controversies 11 See also 12 References 13 External links [edit] History Main articles: History of psychology and History of psychotherapy Further information: Eastern philosophy and clinical psychology and Islamic psychology Many 18th c. treatments for psychological distress were based on pseudo-scientific ideas, such as Phrenology.Although modern, scientific psychology is often dated at the 1879 opening of the first psychological laboratory by Wilhelm Wundt, attempts to create methods for assessing and treating mental distress existed long before. The earliest... Read review

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