T V McCann

..The process of uncovering hope can be compromised for various reasons. The findings highlight the importance of hope for clients with schizophrenia and the way in which nurses can enable the process...

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..In this study, we examine the experience of young people with depression accessing one of these services, with a focus on understanding how they access the service and the difficulties they encounter in the process...

..To examine how satisfied young people with depression are with the quality of care they receive from clinicians of a primary care service for young people with mental health problems...

..It is also important to improve mental health literacy in the community to increase awareness of depression and how mental health professionals, including nurses, respond effectively to the young person...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a self-help manual on the resilience levels of individuals with depression living in the community in Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand...

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..It is argued that medication taking is a complex issue, which needs to be taken into consideration in health professional training and measures to promote adherence...

..The findings reinforce the need for theoretical and clinical education in mental health to be included and progressively increased in all years of study if attitudes are to be improved...

..The implications of the findings for consumers, mental health nurse case managers, families, mental health service provision, and further research, are considered...

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..This paper is a report of a study conducted to describe the prevalence of antipsychotic medication side effects in individuals with schizophrenia, and to assess if a relationship existed between side effects and medication-taking...

..However, the curriculum discourages students from pursuing a career in aged care and midwifery...

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..The results highlighted the importance of considering medication adherence as a multidimensional concept...

..This paper summarises the Taskforce's report, and presents a critical commentary on several aspects, of the Taskforce's report...

..The findings highlight the need for mental health theory and clinical subjects to be incorporated in midwifery curricula...

..This qualitative study describes the lived experience of first time primary caregivers of young adults with FEP, with a focus on examining how they access specialist FEP services...

..This study explored how caregivers of young adults who had experienced a first episode of psychosis coped with stigma while maintaining their caregiving role...

..To explore first-time primary caregivers' experience of the way mental health nurses and other mental health clinicians respond to them as carers of young people with first-episode psychosis...

..The findings showed that although reports and policies promoted participation, some clinicians were reluctant to accept consumer and consultant involvement...

..The findings have implications for undergraduate nursing education curricula, nursing practice and research, and these are discussed...

..The implications of the promotion of client self-determination for education, clinical practice and research and these are discussed...

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..The findings draw attention to patient support for non-medical prescribing by these nurses. They highlight the need for mental health nurses to be properly educated to assume this important role, and the requirement for further research...

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..This exploratory study investigates emergency department nurses' attitudes towards patients who engage in deliberate self-harm. It examines their attitudes towards, and triage and care decisions with, patients who self-harm...

..The findings have implications for clinical practice, education, and further research, and these are discussed...

..Overall, the findings have implications for improving the educational preparation of A&E nurses, improving awareness and adoption of practice guidelines, mentoring nurses, and improving attitudes towards patients who self-harm...

..Nurses who use this approach are better positioned to gain understanding of individuals experiencing the disorder and to develop professional interpersonal relationships...

..The implications of the findings for nursing education, clinical practice and research are discussed...

..Although nurses have an important role in health promotion, and are well placed to see the harmful effects of tobacco smoking, studies suggest that they smoke at much the same rate as the general population...

..They highlight the benefits and drawbacks of using telecommunications to enhance accessibility, and why it is necessary to analyse nurses' workloads and time management skills...

..The findings emphasize that access to and satisfaction with health care professionals is an important factor in medication adherence...

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..The study was derived from a larger study of how community mental health nurses promote wellness with clients who are experiencing an early episode of psychotic illness...

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..In this, the second article on grounded theory, Terence McCann and Eileen Clark critique the methodology. They then summarise the main differences between Glaser's approach and Strauss and Corbin's approach to grounded theory...

..Their experience is that lecturers can carry out research on their own students, even at small campuses, in an ethical manner They highlight the importance of opening a dialogue with the ethics committee at the institution...

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