| Mental health as a significant part of human | | | | mental health care. The nature of nursing itself is |
| therapy was introduced after the World War II | | | | a great foundation for developing mental health |
| when human psychology was studied from human | | | | programs that follows closely patients' progress. |
| health viewpoint. Continuing research in to the | | | | In the United States, the Diagnostic and Statistical |
| nature of human psychology and mental health is | | | | Manual of Mental Disorders recognizes this role |
| now providing health care professional more | | | | and prescribes the role or nursing professionals as |
| insights to develop treatment, therapy and | | | | well as their potential for the field. A |
| rehabilitation that is more sensitive to the needs | | | | comprehensive understanding of the fundamental |
| of patients but also considers more the reality of | | | | principles of mental health diagnoses, illness and |
| patients' lives. Developments in technology and | | | | treatment is a knowledge base that all medical |
| health care services are changing the field of | | | | professionals should have. Current trends in |
| mental health nursing. Concurrent researches in | | | | nursing have indicated that nurses are dealing |
| the fields of psychology and sociology have | | | | more with mental health conditions than before. |
| revealed the importance of mental health and the | | | | This development maybe because of advances in |
| programs that promote and support mental health | | | | mental health that have allowed better detection |
| care. Today, these trends have continued to | | | | of mental illnesses but it can also be indicative of |
| emphasize the importance of creating | | | | increasing mental health illness prevalence. |
| rehabilitative mental health programs that | | | | Regardless of whether the increasing trend is |
| encourage re--socialization and empowerment of | | | | because of positive or negative reasons, the |
| mental health patients. Simultaneously, the nursing | | | | reality is greater demand for mental health care. |
| profession is seen the need to be more active in | | | | |