This book offers an alternative view of stress in the field of mental health nursing and places it in a historical, political, social and personal context.
The development of mental health nursing, Peter Nolan; issues in the
development of community mental health services, Tony Butterworth and David
Rushforth; stress in mental health nursing - a review of the literature,
Lynda Dunn and Susan Ritter; stress in mental health nursing - a
socio-political analysis, Jocelyn Handy; the Claybury CPN stress study -
background and methodology, Leonard Fagin and Heather Bartlett; findings from
the Claybury study for ward-based psychiatric nurses and comparisons with
community psychiatric nurses, John Leary and Daniel Brown; findings from the
Claybury study for community psychiatric nurses, Daniel Brown and John Leary;
findings from the qualitative measures for community psychiatric nurses,
Jerome Carson et al; coping with stress in mental health nursing, Susan
Ritter et al; future directions in community psychiatric nursing research,
Kevin Gournay; implications and conclusions, Jerome Carson et al.
