title: My life: my encounters with insanity.
abstract: Evocative memories of an early career in mental health nursing contextualize an alienation from traditional psychiatric practices. These memories tell tales that center on exploring a personal rejection of mental health nursing practices that were based on a reductive-pharmacological approach. In its place, it is suggested, should be the adoption of more holistic ideology that places the person at the very center of mental health nursing as a holistic, human-centered activity. This process may be guided by, for example, the adoption of the principles of the Tidal Model.
authors.affiliation: Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3LT, UK. fbiley@bournemouth.ac.uk
authors.forename: Francis C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Biley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D028723:Personhood; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom