Background Therapeutic alliance is a core part of the nursing role and key to the attainment
of positive outcomes for people utilising mental health care services. However, these …

Objectives The review aimed to 1) explore the constituents of nurse-patient therapeutic
engagement on acute mental health wards; 2) map factors that influence engagement to the …

Background Healthcare workers experience morally stressful situations during delivery of
care which may trouble their conscience. Literature emerging in the context of global …

Aims and objectives To explore the therapeutic relationship through the reflective practice of
nurses in acute mental health units. Background In mental health units, the therapeutic …

Nurse–patient therapeutic engagement on acute mental health wards is beneficial to service
users' outcomes and nurses' job satisfaction. However, engagement is not always fulfilled in …

The therapeutic relationship constitutes the central axis of mental health nursing. The clinical
practice environment has been empirically related to the quality of care. However, the …

Objectives Our objectives were threefold:(1) describe a collaborative, theoretically driven
approach to co-designing complex interventions;(2) demonstrate the implementation of this …

Historically, people with mental ill‐health have been isolated from society. Although mental
health care has moved from closed to more open forms of care, in many societies care is still …

The environment in psychiatric inpatient care is key to patient recovery and staff job
satisfaction. In this qualitative study of patient and staff experiences of a new spatial design …

Background Medication-free treatment within mental health care aims to offer therapeutic
support as an alternative to psychotropic medication. Introducing milieu therapy for severely …