title: Talking about sexuality with consumers of mental health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore nurses' perceptions of how consumers of mental health services have responded to mental health nurses discussing sexuality with them.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative exploratory design including in-depth individual interviews with 14 mental health nurses in Australia on two occasions. Nurse participants were taught the BETTER model in the first interview and were asked to use this in their practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the second interview nurse participants described the model as useful and consumer responses as very positive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest the BETTER model is a simple and effective intervention that can assist mental health nurses to include sexuality as part of nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Social Science Research and School of Nursing and Midwifery, CQ University Australia, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Happell
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009737:Nursing Records; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011793:Queensland; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012736:Sex Education; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology