Mental Health Nurses: We Have An Equally Important Role As Psychiatrists

" .. Saleem T K said psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is a salient part of the psychiatric treatment, which basically comprises a psychiatrist, psychologist, occupational therapists, counsellors along with professional mental health nurses. "Though this concept of collaborative efforts were the root cause of its success in the West, the concept is slowly catching up in India and now part of treatment procedure. Up to a decade ago, mental health meant one would think of a psychiatrist ..

Vinitha K V says, "Our role cannot be undermined. We are the real people involved in the treatment of patients (mental) and have to closely watch them and their behavioural patterns.'' "In the West, psychotherapy, hypnosis and such other collaborative methods are in vogue, but in India until recently mental health treatment is not free from the clutches of conservative methods, which was largely depended only on a psychiatrist.'' Things are rapidly changing and our role as an important team member of the mental health system is growing significantly .. "

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