Thorn: a new approach to mental health training
Gournay, K.; Birley, J.
Nursing Times 94(49): 54-55
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 10036545 Document Number: 493835
The Thorn Initiative started life as an educational programme focusing on community psychiatric nurses. From the beginning its teaching has been multidisciplinary and at present its students come from a variety of backgrounds. This article describes the rationale for the initiative and describes its progress and impact on those who experience severe mental health problems and their families.
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