Assessment in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: In Search of the Whole Person

New material includes person-centred assessment and care planning. Emphasis is placed on the ethical and legal dimensions of assessment. New sections on culture and culturally-appropriate assessment and care planning have been added. Describes the methods and outcomes from inital contact and history taking, through assessment of progress and finally onto discharge and referral. Vital to psychiatric and Mental Health nurses in hospital and the community.