title: Therapeutic interaction and mental health nursing.
abstract: Recent research suggests that interaction between psychiatric nurses and their patients is low. The author of this article argues that this is not a new phenomenon and that psychiatric nursing has failed to grasp its main opportunity for excellence in practice.
authors.affiliation: East Cheshire NHS Trust, Macclesfield.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*