Therapeutic Alliance in Mental Health Nursing: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis. (3rd April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zugai, Joel Sebastian; Stein-Parbury, Jane; Roche, Michael
• Is Part Of: Issues in mental health nursing. Volume 36:Number 4(2015)
• Page Start: 249
• Page End: 257
• Publication Date: 2015-04-03
• Subjects: Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; Mental health personnel -- Periodicals; 616.89023105
• DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.969795
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-2840

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>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 (<italic>n</italic> = 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.</bold> </p> </abstract>