title: Therapeutic alliance in mental health nursing: an evolutionary concept analysis.
abstract: The concept of therapeutic alliance is relevant in contemporary mental health care, as the consumer-led recovery movement promotes the development of collaborative relationships, and is focussed on the consumer's individual concept of wellbeing. An evolutionary concept analysis was undertaken to establish a contemporary interpretation of therapeutic alliance for mental health nursing. The CINAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO databases were searched for articles (n = 322), with 52 deemed appropriate for analysis. Therapeutic alliance is characterised by mutual partnerships between nurses and consumers, and is dependent on a humanistic healthcare culture. Therapeutic alliance is associated with enhanced consumer outcomes and experiences with care.
authors.affiliation: University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Joel Sebastian
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zugai
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stein-Parbury
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing