Models of Developing an Empowering, Person-centred Approach to Recovery within Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Journal: Archives of Psychiatry and Mental Health
Year: 2026

In the UK, psychiatric and mental health nursing places little emphasis on nursing theories and models. The theoretical and philosophical foundation of the Tidal Model, which resulted from a five-year investigation into the “need for psychiatric nursing,” is discussed in this paper. Some of the conventional beliefs about the importance of interpersonal relationships in nursing practice are expanded upon and developed by the Tidal Model. Additionally, the model incorporates separate mechanisms fo