Journal article
Mental health nurse psychotherapists are well situated to improve service shortfalls in Australia: findings from a qualitative study
Australasian psychiatry, Vol.28(4), pp.423-425
08/06/2020
PMID: 32510981
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Abstract
Objective: This paper reports the capabilities of mental health nurse (MHN) psychotherapists in Australia and their
perceptions on how to best utilize their skills.
Method: An MHN is a registered nurse with recognized specialist qualifications in mental health nursing. One hundred
and fifty three MHNs completed an online survey; 12 were interviewed.
Results: Three themes were derived from a qualitative analysis of the aggregated data: psychotherapy skills of MHN
psychotherapists are under-utilized; these nurses bridge gaps between biomedical and psychosocial service provision;
and equitable access to rebates in the primary care sector is an obstacle to enabling access to services.
Conclusions: MHN psychotherapists are a potentially valuable resource to patients in tertiary and primary health
care. They offer capacity to increase access to specialist psychotherapy services for complex and high risk groups,
while being additionally capable of meeting patients’ physical and
Details
- Title
- Mental health nurse psychotherapists are well situated to improve service shortfalls in Australia: findings from a qualitative study
- Creators
- John Hurley (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityRichard Lakeman (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityAndrew Cashin (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityTom Ryan (Author) - Queensland Health
- Publication Details
- Australasian psychiatry, Vol.28(4), pp.423-425
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991012858699702368
- Academic Unit
- School of Health and Human Sciences; Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article