The skills it takes to support depressed patients, particularly suicidal ones, don’t always come easily to us, even those of us called to the helping professions. This informative video helps demystify the techniques— as well as the attitude—necessary to bring about positive outcomes. In two consecutive, contrasting scenarios with the same patient/nurse combination, you’ll see how differences in rapport, tone of voice, empathy level, eye contact, and psychoeducational style can lead to marked differences in the therapeutic relationship and in clinical results.
Although these videos are designed for mental health and psychiatric nurses, the skills demonstrated apply for any mental health care worker dealing with patients with these psychiatric conditions. If you’re a therapist, counselor, psychiatric nurse, or other helping professional working with depressed or suicidal patients, you’ll find valuable takeaways to enhance your skills. Be sure to add this compelling video to your library today.
By watching this video, you will:
- Understand the challenges of being with patients suffering from major depression and suicidality.
- Learn how novice interventions can undermine a supportive relationship and clinical outcomes.
- Identify proficient skills and interventions that support clinical needs and a patient’s sense of hope.
Length of video: 00:22:50
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-441-X
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-441-3
Brad Hagen, PhD, RN, is a registered nurse, a registered psychologist, and an associate professor in the faculty of health sciences, at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, where he teaches in the nursing and addictions counseling programs. Hagen's main research and teaching interests include the broad areas of mental health, gerontology, long-term care, psychotropic drug use, and how to bring critical social theory and/or feminist approaches to these topics.
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