T Stickley

..Training methods are identified that may enhance nurse training and help promote competence and confidence for the newly qualified nurse...

..Is it time for service users to call the tune, and, in doing so, establish a power position outside the traditional hierarchy of power?..

..The aim of this study was therefore to explore the experiences of people who have engaged with Arts on Prescription programme of work...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the views of referrers to an Arts on Prescription programme regarding the quality and effectiveness of the service...

..The arts activities helped people to think about their future and how they might take their artwork forward. For some people, thinking about the future helped with restoring a sense of hope, a quality imperative for recovery...

..The model encourages student nurse educators to also think about therapeutic space when they teach skills of non-verbal communication...

..We conclude that there is a need for both empirical research into recovery and a clearer theoretical exposition of the concept...

..By including only peer-reviewed literature this paper is in a strong position to analyse the theoretical development of the recovery concept and highlight future directions for recovery in mental health services...

..Whilst there was a consensus amongst stake-holders that engaging in this feedback process is beneficial to both the student and service user, it is the manner in which it is sought which requires further investigation...

..It is recommended that the model of assessment should be adjusted to that of review and that a program of service-users reviewing student nurses on placement be implemented and evaluated...

..The data were analysed using a discourse analysis approach. Art is constructed as therapeutic within an illness repertoire. Emotions are inseparable from creative expression and identity claims are made in relation to being an artist...

..A number of other approaches and theories are summarised and offered as examples to student nurses for their consideration...

..We conclude by outlining the boundaries in which genuine love may be expressed within the parameters of a professional role...

..Special attention is given to the reality of coping with the difficulties that dissociative identity disorder create...

..The role of case study as the prime source of evidence is argued and is justified in mental health nursing research and practice...

..While mental health nurses may see themselves as promoting inclusion, the reality may be quite different...

..The concepts of 'role' and power relationships were used to explore the reasons for this. The development of service user involvement in education is complex and requires further research...

..An integrated model of care is proposed that applies person-centred and family-centred approaches in tandem...

..Experiences of homelessness negatively affect people's sense of identity to destructive proportions. Nevertheless, participants demonstrate a way of coping by forming strong opinions about policy and service provision...

..This article reports upon a research study which explored the significance of art to people who use mental health services...

..We explore the implications of these findings for nurse education, identifying key areas for consideration in the preparation of emotionally skilled, empathic student nurses...

..This paper is a report of an exploration of the concept of service user involvement in mental health nursing using a discourse analysis approach...

..Although recovery has become the focus of mental health policy in the UK, few models of practice show how mentalhealth nurses may promote recovery through participatory arts...

..We attempt to make explicit the manner in which emotional intelligence can be more realistically and appropriately integrated into the profession and conclude by suggesting a model of transformatory learning for nurse education...

..The relationship between exclusion, inequality and injustice is identified and the relevance of the concept to current and future mental health policy is questioned...

..However, the manner in which recovery was defined and delivered differed between the groups...

..Drama challenges the power position of the participants, teacher and student alike. A humanistic framework is offered that promotes empathic understanding between all those concerned, especially the client...