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    Recovery-focussed care: How it can be utilized to reduce aggression in the acute mental health setting

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    Authors
    Lim, E.
    Wynaden, Dianne
    Heslop, K.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lim, E. and Wynaden, D. and Heslop, K. 2017. Recovery-focussed care: How it can be utilized to reduce aggression in the acute mental health setting. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 26 (5): pp. 445-460.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
    DOI
    10.1111/inm.12378
    ISSN
    1445-8330
    School
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57865
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2017 Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. Consumer aggression is common in the acute mental health inpatient setting. Mental health nurses can utilize a range of interventions to prevent aggression or reduce its impact on the person and others who have witnessed the event. Incorporating recovery-focussed care into clinical practice is one intervention, as it fosters collaborative partnerships with consumers. It promotes their engagement in decisions about their care and encourages self-management of their presenting behaviours. It also allows the consumer to engage in their personal recovery as their mental health improve. Yet there is a paucity of literature on how nurses can utilize recovery-focussed care with consumers who are hospitalized and in the acute phase of their illness. In the present study, we report the findings of a scoping review of the literature to identify how recovery-focussed care can be utilized by nurses to reduce the risk of consumer aggression. Thirty-five papers met the inclusion criteria for review. Four components were identified as central to the use of recovery-focussed care with consumers at risk of becoming aggressive: (i) seeing the person and not just their presenting behaviour; (ii) interact, don't react; (iii) coproduction to achieve identified goals; and (iv) equipping the consumer as an active manager of their recovery. The components equip nurses with strategies to decrease the risk of aggression, while encouraging consumers to self-manage their challenging behaviours and embark on their personal recovery journey. Further research is required to evaluate the translation of these components clinically in the acute care setting.

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