Emerita Professor Karen Wright’s diverse range of clinical experiences span over a period of more than 40 years. She has led and developed services, as well as nursing and psychotherapy curricula. She is a qualified nurse (both Adult and Mental Health registrations), academic and practising psychotherapist, and is an accredited member of the British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists. Karen is also chair of an NHS Local Research Ethics Committee  and has recently retired from the University of Central Lancashire where she was Professor of Nursing and has retained an active Emeritus role.  Mick McKeown is Professor of Democratic Mental Health, School of Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire and trade union activist with Unison. He supports service user and carer involvement at the university and union strategising on nursing. He has taken a lead in making the case for union organising to extend to alliance formation with service users/survivors.

This is an excellent contemporary text and a must read for student all mental health nurses and those who are currently practicing in mental health.  Amongst its many strengths are the critical and philosophical perspectives that  provides excellent insights.

• Part A: Context of Mental HealthChapter 1: The Context and Nature of Mental Health Care in the 21st Century - Mick McKeown, Karen M. Wright, Jonathan Gadsby and Dan WarrenderChapter 2: Overview of Mental Health Nurse Education and Training - Steven PryjmachukChapter 3: Working with Other Professionals - Simon Fletcher and Scott ReevesChapter 4: Meaningful Service User Involvement - Julia Terry and Janet GarnerChapter 5: Working With Families and Carers - Simon Hall And Mandy ReedChapter 6: Championing Equalities and Addressing Vulnerability in Mental Health Care - Peggy Mulongo and John WainwrightChapter 7: Organisations and Settings for Mental Health Care - Joe Forster, Sarah Loughran, Rob MacDonald and Ian CallaghanChapter 8: The Policy Context for Contemporary Mental Health Care - Ben Hannigan, Bethan Edwards, Ian Hulatt and Alan MeudellChapter 9: Madness and the Law - Bob SapeyChapter 10: Independent Advocacy in Mental Health Care - Julie Ridley, Stephanie de la Haye, June Sadd, Karen Newbigging and Karen MachinChapter 11: The Ethical Mental Health Nurse - Karen M. Wright and Alan ArmstrongPart B: Key concepts and DebatesChapter 12: Sociological Understandings of Mental Health - David Pilgrim and Mick McKeownChapter 13: Critical Psychological Ideas and Practices - Richard Bentall and Mick McKeownChapter 14: Philosophical Understanding of Mental Health - Tim ThorntonChapter 15: A Service User Perspective - Jane FraserChapter 16: Psychiatric Understandings of Mental Health - Duncan DoubleChapter 17: Spiritual Care: Understanding Service Users, Understanding Ourselves - Julian Raffay and Don BryantChapter 18: Public Mental Health: Prevention and Promotion - Rhiannon Corcoran and Rosie MansfieldChapter 19: Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Nurses - Jennie Day and Mick McKeownPart C: Skills for Care and Therapeutic ApproachesChapter 20: Wellbeing in Mental Health Care - Kevin Acott, Emily Griffin and Harvey WellsChapter 21: Recovery-Orientated Practice - Karen Machin and Emma WatsonChapter 22: Employment and Recovery in Mental Health Care - Chris Essen and Jane CahillChapter 23: Compassionate Communication in Mental Health Care - Sue Barker and Gemma EmileChapter 24: Meeting The Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users - Jacquie White, Samantha O’Brien, Megan Beadle and Anthony AckroydChapter 25: Therapeutic Engagement For Mental Health Care - Simon Hall And Mandy ReedChapter 26: Mental Health Assessment - Nicki Moone and Steve TrenowethChapter 27: Care Planning - Michael Kelly, Claudette Kaviya and Oladayo BifarinChapter 28: Mental Health Care Coordination - Michael Coffey, Rachel Cohen and Bethan EdwardsChapter 29: Mental Health Risk Assessment: A Personalised Approach - John Butler and Michael HaslamChapter 30: Minimising Violence and Related Harms - Owen PriceChapter 31: Cognitive Behavioural Therapies - Sarah Traill and Adam TraillChapter 32: Psychosocial Interventions to Support Carers - Doug MacInnes, Amanda Francis and Annie JeffreyChapter 33: Self-Help and Peer Support in Recovery - Alan Simpson and Susan HenryChapter 34: Therapeutic Communities, Democracy and the New Recovery Movement - Jenelle Clarke, Nick Manning, Gary Winship and Simon ClarkePart D: Tailoring Care to People with Specific NeedsChapter 35: Dementia: Assessment and Care Approaches - David Pulsford, Michael Smith and Eve PottsChapter 36: Care of People Experiencing Eating Disorders - Karen M. Wright and Robert BondChapter 37: Children and Young People’s Mental Health Care - Rebecca Hall and Sophie HoltChapter 38: Non-Medical Alternatives for Crisis Care - Helen Spandler, Dina Poursanidou and Mick McKeownChapter 39: Primary Mental Health Care - Nick Bohannon, Sumaiyaa Khoda and Gary LamphChapter 40: Palliative and End-Of-Life Care in Mental Health Care - Jayne Breeze, Carol Cooper, Angela Kydd, Suzanne Monks, Julie Skilbeck, James Turner and Eleanor WilsonChapter 41: Working Compassionately with People who Self-Harm - Gillian Rayner, Karen M. Wright and Caroline BrownPart E: Transition to PracticeChapter 42: Democratic Leadership for Mental Health Care - Mick McKeown, Karen M. Wright and Lynda CareyChapter 43: Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Nursing - Karen M. Wright and Natalie MilesChapter 44: Transferable Skills and Transition: Becoming a Mental Health Nurse and Beyond - Marie O’Neill and Kevin MooreChapter 45: Commissioning for Mental Health Services - Ged McCann, Mick Burns and Ian CallaghanChapter 46: Compassionate Mental Health Care in Times of Uncertainty - Karen M. Wright, Mick McKeown and Mike Thomas

Emerita Professor Karen Wright’s diverse range of clinical experiences span over a period of more than 40 years. She has led and developed services, as well as nursing and psychotherapy curricula. She is a qualified nurse (both Adult and Mental Health registrations), academic and practising psychotherapist, and is an accredited member of the British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists. Karen is also chair of an NHS Local Research Ethics Committee  and has recently retired from the University of Central Lancashire where she was Professor of Nursing and has retained an active Emeritus role.  Mick McKeown is Professor of Democratic Mental Health, School of Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire and trade union activist with Unison. He supports service user and carer involvement at the university and union strategising on nursing. He has taken a lead in making the case for union organising to extend to alliance formation with service users/survivors.

This is an excellent contemporary text and a must read for student all mental health nurses and those who are currently practicing in mental health.  Amongst its many strengths are the critical and philosophical perspectives that  provides excellent insights.

• Part A: Context of Mental HealthChapter 1: The Context and Nature of Mental Health Care in the 21st Century - Mick McKeown, Karen M. Wright, Jonathan Gadsby and Dan WarrenderChapter 2: Overview of Mental Health Nurse Education and Training - Steven PryjmachukChapter 3: Working with Other Professionals - Simon Fletcher and Scott ReevesChapter 4: Meaningful Service User Involvement - Julia Terry and Janet GarnerChapter 5: Working With Families and Carers - Simon Hall And Mandy ReedChapter 6: Championing Equalities and Addressing Vulnerability in Mental Health Care - Peggy Mulongo and John WainwrightChapter 7: Organisations and Settings for Mental Health Care - Joe Forster, Sarah Loughran, Rob MacDonald and Ian CallaghanChapter 8: The Policy Context for Contemporary Mental Health Care - Ben Hannigan, Bethan Edwards, Ian Hulatt and Alan MeudellChapter 9: Madness and the Law - Bob SapeyChapter 10: Independent Advocacy in Mental Health Care - Julie Ridley, Stephanie de la Haye, June Sadd, Karen Newbigging and Karen MachinChapter 11: The Ethical Mental Health Nurse - Karen M. Wright and Alan ArmstrongPart B: Key concepts and DebatesChapter 12: Sociological Understandings of Mental Health - David Pilgrim and Mick McKeownChapter 13: Critical Psychological Ideas and Practices - Richard Bentall and Mick McKeownChapter 14: Philosophical Understanding of Mental Health - Tim ThorntonChapter 15: A Service User Perspective - Jane FraserChapter 16: Psychiatric Understandings of Mental Health - Duncan DoubleChapter 17: Spiritual Care: Understanding Service Users, Understanding Ourselves - Julian Raffay and Don BryantChapter 18: Public Mental Health: Prevention and Promotion - Rhiannon Corcoran and Rosie MansfieldChapter 19: Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Nurses - Jennie Day and Mick McKeownPart C: Skills for Care and Therapeutic ApproachesChapter 20: Wellbeing in Mental Health Care - Kevin Acott, Emily Griffin and Harvey WellsChapter 21: Recovery-Orientated Practice - Karen Machin and Emma WatsonChapter 22: Employment and Recovery in Mental Health Care - Chris Essen and Jane CahillChapter 23: Compassionate Communication in Mental Health Care - Sue Barker and Gemma EmileChapter 24: Meeting The Physical Health Needs of Mental Health Service Users - Jacquie White, Samantha O’Brien, Megan Beadle and Anthony AckroydChapter 25: Therapeutic Engagement For Mental Health Care - Simon Hall And Mandy ReedChapter 26: Mental Health Assessment - Nicki Moone and Steve TrenowethChapter 27: Care Planning - Michael Kelly, Claudette Kaviya and Oladayo BifarinChapter 28: Mental Health Care Coordination - Michael Coffey, Rachel Cohen and Bethan EdwardsChapter 29: Mental Health Risk Assessment: A Personalised Approach - John Butler and Michael HaslamChapter 30: Minimising Violence and Related Harms - Owen PriceChapter 31: Cognitive Behavioural Therapies - Sarah Traill and Adam TraillChapter 32: Psychosocial Interventions to Support Carers - Doug MacInnes, Amanda Francis and Annie JeffreyChapter 33: Self-Help and Peer Support in Recovery - Alan Simpson and Susan HenryChapter 34: Therapeutic Communities, Democracy and the New Recovery Movement - Jenelle Clarke, Nick Manning, Gary Winship and Simon ClarkePart D: Tailoring Care to People with Specific NeedsChapter 35: Dementia: Assessment and Care Approaches - David Pulsford, Michael Smith and Eve PottsChapter 36: Care of People Experiencing Eating Disorders - Karen M. Wright and Robert BondChapter 37: Children and Young People’s Mental Health Care - Rebecca Hall and Sophie HoltChapter 38: Non-Medical Alternatives for Crisis Care - Helen Spandler, Dina Poursanidou and Mick McKeownChapter 39: Primary Mental Health Care - Nick Bohannon, Sumaiyaa Khoda and Gary LamphChapter 40: Palliative and End-Of-Life Care in Mental Health Care - Jayne Breeze, Carol Cooper, Angela Kydd, Suzanne Monks, Julie Skilbeck, James Turner and Eleanor WilsonChapter 41: Working Compassionately with People who Self-Harm - Gillian Rayner, Karen M. Wright and Caroline BrownPart E: Transition to PracticeChapter 42: Democratic Leadership for Mental Health Care - Mick McKeown, Karen M. Wright and Lynda CareyChapter 43: Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Nursing - Karen M. Wright and Natalie MilesChapter 44: Transferable Skills and Transition: Becoming a Mental Health Nurse and Beyond - Marie O’Neill and Kevin MooreChapter 45: Commissioning for Mental Health Services - Ged McCann, Mick Burns and Ian CallaghanChapter 46: Compassionate Mental Health Care in Times of Uncertainty - Karen M. Wright, Mick McKeown and Mike Thomas