European Psychiatric / Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century

Adopting a comprehensive approach to mental health care, this unique book includes chapters that highlight biological causation(s) of and pharmacology-driven responses to mental health problems, with an emphasis on client-centered mental health approaches.

Truly original and groundbreaking, this is the first mental-health nursing textbook with a genuinely European ‘feel’ and an emphasis on client-centered care.

It brings together a collection of eminent nurse scholars and practitioners from different European countries, with focus on practical issues. Written for a global readership, each contribution presents the state of the art in European mental-health nursing.