1st Edition
Depression - A Nurse's Experience Shadows of Life
218 Pages
by
CRC Press
218 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Veronica Burton's first experience of depression came as a teenager. Following a ten year remission, during which she gained her general nursing qualification and completed her Special and Intensive Nursing of the Newborn course, work-related events precipitated a depressive relapse that has lasted to the present day. Since her retirement on medical grounds, she has campaigned against prejudice by... Read more
Chapter 1: Childhood. Chapter 2: Meningitis. Chapter 3: University. Chapter 4: Staff nurse on SCBU. Chapter 5: Psychiatric out-patient appointment. Chapter 6: First night on. Chapter 7: Interview with registrar. Chapter 8: Nurses try to persuade me to have ECT. Chapter 9: Off close observations. Chapter 10: Community meetings. Chapter 11: Discharge. Chapter 12: Australia - Fears before going. Chapter 13: Lithium levels raised. Chapter 14: Visits from family. Chapter 15: My sister. Chapter 16: Moira’s criticism. Chapter 17: Start at Great Ormond Street. Chapter 18: Moved from ward. Chapter 19: Breakup. Chapter 20: Stigma of mental. Chapter 21: Allitt case. Chapter 22: My present situation.
Biography
Veronica Burton, Moira Stewart
