TY - JOUR
KW - Curriculum
KW - Education, Nursing/standards
KW - Great Britain
KW - Health Personnel/education
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower
AU - A. Couldwell
AU - T. Stickley
A1 - 
AB - The Thorn Course that provides psychosocial interventions and family work training for UK mental health professionals was founded in 1992. Since this time policy, service provision and needs have changed. The aim of this study was to examine the Thorn Course through relevant literature, in order to establish whether research and policy have been integrated into practice within training and services. A search of professional journal databases was conducted. Keywords used were 'Thorn Course' and 'psychosocial intervention training'. The resulting body of literature was reviewed. Five main themes emerged which were examined: needs identified, delivering the Thorn Course, training outcomes, implementing interventions and user and carer involvement. There is a distinct lack of research studies evaluating any aspect of the Thorn Course. There is little evidence that user and carer involvement has moved beyond rhetoric and community mental health nurses continue to lack opportunities and support to implement psychosocial skills acquired in training.
BT - Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 7
CY - England
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01143.x
IS - 7
JF - Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
N2 - The Thorn Course that provides psychosocial interventions and family work training for UK mental health professionals was founded in 1992. Since this time policy, service provision and needs have changed. The aim of this study was to examine the Thorn Course through relevant literature, in order to establish whether research and policy have been integrated into practice within training and services. A search of professional journal databases was conducted. Keywords used were 'Thorn Course' and 'psychosocial intervention training'. The resulting body of literature was reviewed. Five main themes emerged which were examined: needs identified, delivering the Thorn Course, training outcomes, implementing interventions and user and carer involvement. There is a distinct lack of research studies evaluating any aspect of the Thorn Course. There is little evidence that user and carer involvement has moved beyond rhetoric and community mental health nurses continue to lack opportunities and support to implement psychosocial skills acquired in training.
PP - England
PY - 2007
SN - 1351-0126; 1351-0126
SP - 625
EP - 634
EP - 
T1 - The Thorn Course: Rhetoric and reality
T2 - Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
TI - The Thorn Course: Rhetoric and reality
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 17880656
U3 - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01143.x
VL - 14
VO - 1351-0126; 1351-0126
Y1 - 2007
ER -