Working with Families Affected by Mental Distress: Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mental Health Nurses Educational Needs

Abstract

Family and informal caregivers provide a substantial amount of care and support to people who experience mental health problems. The aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses’, students’ and service users’ perceptions of the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required by mental health nurses to work with families and carers using a qualitative methodology. Three themes emerged from the data: Knowledge of the family and how mental distress affects the family; Working with the family – support and education and Valuing the role of the family. The three themes demonstrate the complexity of preparing mental health nurses to work with families and carers and the paper offers recommendations about how this might be achieved.

Citation

Doyle, L., Keogh, B., Skärsäter, I., Doyle, L., Ellilä, H., Jormfeldt, H., …Kilkku, N. (2017). Working with Families Affected by Mental Distress: Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mental Health Nurses Educational Needs. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38(10), 822-828. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1341587

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 12, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jul 26, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 1, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 1, 2018
• Journal: Issues in Mental Health Nursing
• Print ISSN: 0161-2840
• Electronic ISSN: 1096-4673
• Publisher: Informa Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 822-828
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1341587
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/900599
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01612840.2017.1341587
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=imhn20