Title: The role of the mental health nurse in facilitating groups
Description: Focuses on the role of the mental health nurse in facilitation groups in the acute care treatment setting. Five phases necessary for an effective group session are presented as a guiding framework. Phase one is preparation before the group starts; phases two through four, orientation, working, and wrap-up, involve the group session itself; phase five consists of post-session processing by the group leaders. Each is illustrated by simulations involving actual nurses interacting with patients who are portrayed by actors.

"This program profiles an illness relapse prevention group attended by patients with serious psychiatric disorders. It shows how experienced psychiatric nurses work to gain patient participation, maintain group focus, and promote patient learning."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Psychiatric nursing, Mentally ill, Care, Therapeutic communities, Psychiatric hospital care