TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic alliance in mental health nursing
T2 - An evolutionary concept analysis
AU - Zugai, Joel Sebastian
AU - Stein-Parbury, Jane
AU - Roche, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929870877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/01612840.2014.969795
DO - 10.3109/01612840.2014.969795
M3 - Article
C2 - 25988275
AN - SCOPUS:84929870877
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 36
SP - 249
EP - 257
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 4
ER -
