Mental health articles

A barrier to communication is something that impairs transmitting the message or receiving the message for either the psychiatric nurse or the patient. A goal of therapeutic communication is to avoid barriers to communication. Avoiding barriers to communication is challenging since many of them are natural responses most people use in a conversation. Therefore, the […]

Therapeutic communication techniques are methods the psychiatric nurse can use to communicate with the patient so that the communication focuses on addressing the patient’s clinical problems. A goal of therapeutic communication is for the patient to have the opportunity to express themself freely with the psychiatric nurse. The psychiatric nurse must engage in therapeutic communication […]

Therapeutic communication is effective if the psychiatric nurse follows a communication process that fosters a therapeutic relationship between the psychiatric nurse and the patient. Here are steps to follow: Introduce yourself by name and title to the patient. Ask the patient how they would like to be addressed. Recognize that your nonverbal communication greatly influences […]