scholarly journals Community child psychiatric nursing

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 617-618
Author(s):  
D. J. Cottrell ◽  
P. J. Redford ◽  
H. R. Smith ◽  
Y. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Child Psychiatric

There has been a steady growth in the number of community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) working in this country over the last few years. Despite this there are still relatively few community child psychiatric nurses (CCPNs) and those that there are often work in relative isolation. It is difficult to find any articles concerning community child psychiatric nursing, either anecdotal accounts of individual practice or evaluations of a particular service.

scholarly journals The future of community psychiatric nursing: some research findings

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 550-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Tyrer ◽  
Michael Gelder
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Working Practices

A workshop organised by the Research Committee of the College took place on 20 November 1989, in which 14 invited delegates from nursing, psychiatry and general practice presented and discussed the implications of recent research developments in community psychiatric nursing. Papers were given by Helen Hally, Chairman of the Community Psychiatric Nurses Association, on recent developments in the workload of community psychiatric nurses. Dr Joseph Connolly presented the preliminary findings of the ‘Daily Living Project’ at the Maudsley Hospital in which comprehensive community care is given primarily by community psychiatric nurses. Professor Brandon outlined some of the difficulties in obtaining data on the working practices of community psychiatric nurses arising from a study in Leicester and this was followed by an account by Dr Alastair Wright, a general practitioner in Glenrothes, Fife, of the typical psychiatric workload of a general practitioner and the ways in which community psychiatric nurses may be of value in treating this without the necessity of referral to psychiatric care.

Community Psychiatric Nursing for Neurotic Patients: A Controlled Trial

1982 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
pp. 573-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Paykel ◽  
S. P. Mangen ◽  
J. H. Griffith ◽  
T. P. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Marked Reduction ◽  
Home Visiting ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Alternative Mode ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Satisfaction With Treatment

SummarySeventy-one neurotic patients requiring follow-up were randomly assigned to routine psychiatric out-patient care or to supportive home visiting from community psychiatric nurses as their main treatment agents and were assessed every six months for 18 months. No differences were found between effectiveness of the two modes of service on symptoms, social adjustment or family burden. Patients seeing community psychiatric nurses reported greater satisfaction with treatment. Community psychiatric nursing resulted in a marked reduction in out-patient contacts with psychiatrists and other staff, more discharges, and a small increase in general practitioner contact for prescribing. Care of such patients by community psychiatric nurses is a valuable alternative mode of deployment within the psychiatric team.

Patients in receipt of community psychiatric nursing care in Salford 1976–82

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Wooff ◽  
D. P. Goldberg ◽  
T. Fryers
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Care Level ◽  
Case Register ◽  
Primary Care Level ◽  
Annual Prevalence ◽  
Community Psychiatric

SynopsisCase register data are used to describe the age and diagnostic distribution of people using the community psychiatric nursing (CPN) service in Salford. Data are related to those in hospital-based psychiatric services. Annual prevalence rates grew dramatically, and increasing numbers of people were found to have received continuous CPN care for 2 years and over. Following the establishment of the CPN service in a primary care setting, the proportion of patients suffering from depression in receipt of CPN care increased, and the resulting overall diagnostic distribution of CPN patients became similar to that of the specialist psychiatric services as a whole. Patients under the sole care of community psychiatric nurses (about 19 % of the total CPN prevalence each calendar year) contributed to an overall increase in treated prevalence. The data indicate that CPN services in Salford are treating the morbidity found at primary care level, rather than reducing the demands made on the traditional services.

scholarly journals Erratum

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 726-726
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Primary Care Teams

In the paper by Wooffe/ al. ‘Patients in receipt of community psychiatric nursing care’ (Vol. 16, p. 408), the following sentence should be added at the end of the section on Background: By January 1979, all community psychiatric nurses were attached to primary-care teams and were accepting direct referrals.

scholarly journals Changes in referral rates following community psychiatric nurse attachment to a primary care team

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Wells ◽  
John M. Eagles ◽  
David Hunter ◽  
Douglas G. Fowlie
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Psychiatric Nurse ◽  
The Past ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Nursing Services

Over the past three decades there has been a shift in emphasis from hospital based to community care of psychiatric patients. Central to this change has been the development of the community psychiatric nursing services and an increase in its numbers. Until recently community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) were almost entirely hospital based, working as members of a multidisciplinary team and providing follow-up for psychiatric patients.

Cost-effectiveness of community psychiatric nurse or out-patient psychiatrist care of neurotic patients

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Mangen ◽  
E. S. Paykel ◽  
J. H. Griffith ◽  
A. Burchell ◽  
P. Mancini
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean

SYNOPSISIn a prospective controlled investigation chronic patients, the majority with neurotic conditions, were randomly allocated either to community psychiatric nurses (CPN) as the main therapist or to routine out-patient psychiatrist follow-up. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean public expenditure for the two modes of care. The direct costs of psychiatric care comprised a small proportion of total public expenditure and were initially greater in the nursing group. Subsequently, and over the whole 18-month study period, nursing was the cheaper option in terms of these direct costs. Clinical and social outcomes were comparable in both follow-up groups. Consumer satisfaction was significantly greater among CPN patients. On balance, these results confirm the benefit of community psychiatric nursing for this patient group.

The Practice of Community Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Social Work in Salford Some Implications for Community Care

1988 ◽  
Vol 152 (6) ◽  
pp. 783-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Wooff ◽  
D. P. Goldberg ◽  
T. Fryers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Mental Health Staff ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Wide Range

The context and content of work undertaken with individual clients by community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) and mental health social workers (MHSWs) in Salford were found to be significantly different. Although there were some areas of overlap, the ways in which the two professions worked were quite distinct. MHSWs discussed a wide range of topics and were as concerned with clients' interactions with family and community networks as they were with symptoms. Their interviews with schizophrenic clients followed a similar pattern to those with other groups, and they worked closely with psychiatrists and other mental health staff. CPNs, on the other hand, focused mainly on psychiatric symptoms, treatment arrangements, and medications, and spent significantly less time with individual psychotic clients than they did with patients suffering from neuroses. They were as likely to be in contact with general practitioners as they were with psychiatrists, and had fewer contacts with other mental health staff than the MHSWs. There was evidence that the long-term care of chronic psychiatric patients living outside hospital required more co-ordinated long-term multidisciplinary input.

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