Review: exploring the role of mental health nurse‐practitioner in the treatment of early psychosis

Abstract

Mental health nurse-practitioners have the potential to provide specialist support to meet the needs of this complex group. Central to this is an ability to build an evidence-base around the treatment and management of people with early psychosis and deliver effective education and leadership across clinical, inter-professional and organisational domains. The paper concludes by positing a set of recommendations for nurse-practitioners in the field of early psychosis in the Australian mental health setting.

Validation of the Korean version of the Eppendorf Schizophrenia Inventory as a screening measure to detect adolescents at ultra‐high risk for psychosis

“…Group differences for the continuous variables were analysed using the t-test or analysis of variance. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) 40 analysis was used to assess the predictive validity of the K-ESI to determine the individuals at UHR for psychosis. There was an adequate tradeoff between sensitivity and specificity and, hence, an optimal cut-off point was chosen.…”

‘Working behind the scenes’ An ethical view of mental health nursing and first-episode psychosis

“…16 Previous studies show that mental health nurses are involved in many aspects of treatment and care of individuals experiencing FEP. 1,7,17 Van Dusseldorp et al 1 identified five domains defining the contribution of nurses: development of therapeutic relation, relapse prevention, enhancement of social function, stimulation of medication adherence and support of family members. They also emphasize the importance of research providing evidence-based insight into the role of mental health nurses, and that nurses should reflect upon their own daily practice.…”