Mental Health Nursing
Use this guide to find information resources about mental health nursing including books, reports and journal articles.
RCN Publications
Reviews and reports
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Systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library. Topics include mental health.
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Other resources and guidance
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Guidelines 157, 145 and 131 cover mental health and behavioural conditions.
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A reading list of expert endorsed books about mental health, providing 13 to 18 year olds with advice and information about issues like anxiety, stress and OCD, and difficult experiences like bullying and exams. The books have all been recommended by young people and health professionals, and are available to borrow for free from public libraries.
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Legislation and statutory guidance
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National strategies
Books
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Journal articles
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Journals
Theses
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A collection of doctoral level theses, all of which have been completed by mental health nurses. The RCN Library and Museum has collaborated with the RCN Mental Health Forum and Mental Health Nurse Academics UK to bring together this selection. View the collection or contribute your thesis.
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The Mental Elf
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This website aims to find you just what you need to keep up-to-date with all of the important and reliable mental health research and guidance. It includes short summaries that highlight evidence-based publications relevant to mental health practice in the UK and further afield.
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Video
RCN Mental Health Forum and RCN Libraries (2021) Maybe I don’t belong here: with David Harewood.
RCN Podcasts
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Frances explores D/deaf nursing and mental health care.
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Past Caring: Mental Health
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Frances explores perspectives of mental health, past and present.
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Reading Well
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These books provide helpful information and step-by-step self-help techniques for managing a variety of common mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety. They are endorsed by health professionals.
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Lived experience
Nursing History Collection
Special Collections
Medico-Psychological Association (1893) Handbook for attendants on the insane. 2nd edn. London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox.
Historical Journals
Anonymous (1955) From madhouse to mental hospital, The British Journal of Nursing, (July).
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Upcoming events relating to this subject guide
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10 Oct 2024
Online
Learning on the Job: A History of Mental Health Care (online)
An online talk on the history of mental health care and nursing support.
Page last updated - 17/09/2024