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Mental health care. An introduction for health professionals (4th ed.)
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Mental Health in Nursing
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Mental Health Nursing: Dimensions of practice
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Contemporary psychiatric-mental health nursing: partnerships in care
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Mental health and collaborative community practice: An Australian perspective
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Mental health nursing: Applying theory to practice
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Humanising Mental Health Care in Australia
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Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (9th ed.)
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Mosby's Pocketbook of Mental Health (3rd ed.)
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR
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Mental health: a non- specialist introduction for nursing and health care
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Mental Health: A person-centred approach
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Foster, K., Marks, P., O'Brien, A., & Hurley, J. (2025). Mental Health in Nursing (6th ed.).Elsevier Australia.
Halter, M. J. (2022). Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach (9th ed.). Elsevier.
Steele, D. (2022). Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing (9th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences.
Nizette, D., McAllister, M. and Marks, P. (2021). Stories in mental health. Elsevier.
kane, D. (2022). Mental health a pocket guide. (4th ed.). Elsevier.
Steele, D. (2023) Keltner’s Psychiatric nursing. (9th ed.). Elsevier.
Fosbre, C. D., & Varcarolis, E. M. (2023). Varcarolis’ Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: a communication approach to evidence-based care. (5th ed.). Elsevier.
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