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Behavioural skills

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Psychiatric Nursing Skills

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First it may be necessary to say that although most nurses and allied professionals view behaviourism with a range of emotions from reverence to dread, it is in fact a basic component of our everyday lives. It is a school of thought which offers a distinctly different perspective and, when used thoughtfully, can be of immense help to the mental health nurse.

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  1. University of Teesside, UK

    Graham Dexter (Principal Lecturer, Freelance Lecturer and Trainer)

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Dexter, G., Wash, M. (1995). Behavioural skills. In: Psychiatric Nursing Skills. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3009-5_3

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