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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
My life: my encounters with insanity
1Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3LT, UK. fbiley@bournemouth.ac.uk
Summary
Mental health nursing should shift from reductive-pharmacological approaches to a holistic, human-centered model. Adopting principles like the Tidal Model can recenter care on the individual person.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health Care
Background:
- Reflects on early career experiences in mental health nursing.
- Highlights an alienation from traditional psychiatric practices.
- Critiques practices based on a reductive-pharmacological approach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore a personal rejection of traditional mental health nursing practices.
- To advocate for a shift towards a holistic ideology in mental health nursing.
- To suggest the adoption of human-centered approaches in psychiatric care.
Main Methods:
- Personal reflection and narrative exploration of past nursing experiences.
- Conceptual analysis of traditional versus holistic mental health nursing ideologies.
- Literature review on human-centered care and the Tidal Model.
Main Results:
- Identified personal alienation from reductive-pharmacological mental health nursing.
- Articulated the need for a paradigm shift in mental health nursing.
- Proposed a holistic, human-centered approach as a viable alternative.
Conclusions:
- Mental health nursing requires a move away from solely pharmacological interventions.
- A holistic ideology that centers the person is essential for effective mental health care.
- The Tidal Model offers a practical framework for implementing human-centered mental health nursing.
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