Textbook of Ambulatory Psychiatric Nursing

Outpatient care for mentally ill people The authors of the first comprehensive textbook on outpatient psychiatric nursing

• describe the development of outpatient psychiatric nursing (OPN) in Germany and Switzerland
• explain professional foundations and basic nursing attitudes
• outline organizational elements of OPN, from tour planning, documentation, and marketing to quality, admission, change, and self-management
• describe process-oriented instruments of outpatient psychiatric nursing, such as the REACH model and the nursing process
• clarify legal foundations regarding admission requirements, prevention of violence, forced treatment, liability law, and data protection in Germany and Switzerland
• outline therapeutic offerings in psychotherapy, family and peer group work, promotion of participation, and structuring services for complex illnesses
• present specific treatment settings for children, adolescents, adults, and older people, supplemented by forensic and transcultural services
• outline 36 concepts and "action areas," ranging from aggression, adherence, anxiety, chronicity, eating, humor, hope, identity, integration, communication, boredom, powerlessness, manipulation, migration, privacy, recovery, shame, sleep, self-concept, self-neglect, self-harm, sexuality, trauma, grief, trust, confusion, well-being, to compulsion
• emphasize the importance of personal networks, continuing education and training, and professional political engagement for the further development of outpatient psychiatric nursing.