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The Role of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Clinical Specialist in an Adolescent Coping Skills Group
Author(s) -
PUSKAR KATHRYN R.,
LAMB JACQUELINE,
MARTSOLF DONNA S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1990.tb00448.x
Subject(s) - mental health , coping (psychology) , psychiatry , nursing , population , psychology , medicine , clinical nurse specialist , environmental health
The psychiatric/mental health nurse clinical specialist is a professional who brings unique skills to the area of mental health prevention. Adolescents are an at‐risk population in need of preventive mental health services. This article describes the unique features of a nurse‐led adolescent prevention program. A specific Adolescent Coping Skills Group format, which uses the skills of the master's prepared psychiatric nurse, is presented.