Mental Health Nursing-Critical appraisal of a article

MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING-CRITICAL
APPRAISAL OF A
ARTICLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE...............................................................................................1
SELECTION OF CRITIQUE TOOL..............................................................................................2
CRITICAL ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................2
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE....................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REREFENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The paper selected for critical appraisal was ‘Back from the Brink: The Experience of
Hospital after a Suicide Attempt, and What Happens When You Go Home’ by Jackson., Welch
& Hopkinson, 2020. In this paper researcher has focused upon individuals who survive suicide
attempt and has explained their experience of being hospitalise, discharged and returning home
with same suicidal tendency (Jackson, Welch & Hopkinson., 2020)). This paper also focuses
upon difficulties they face with other people, side effects of medicines. For critical analysis of
this paper CASP qualitative checklist critical tool will be used in which few questions related to
the paper are asked for critical analysis of the paper. This paper has two main objectives: First
objective is to critically analyse chosen paper using appropriate tool and second main objective is
to provide recommendations to make practise chances on the basis of information present in the
article.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This topic is an important topic for mental illness speciality area due to various reasons.
Suicide attempt is a kind of mental illness which is not much discussed or focused upon. It is an
important topic which is most often neglected (Shand & et. al. 2018Berglund, Åström &
Lindgren, 2016). Experience of people who survive suicide attempts is often neglected. This
paper is important and can contribute till a great extent in field of suicidology. This topic is also
important to understand legislative acts that have been developed in this field, practises and
policies that have been developed or are being worked upon in this field. So that any kind of
changes required to be brought within current legislation, procedures and policies can be taken.
According to the view of Berg, Rørtveit & Aase, (2017) suicide attempt is a serious kind
of problem that requires mental health interventions. Considering it as a serious issue national
level suicide prevention implications or strategies have been developed and are included in
Mental health Act, 2014 (Yates & et. al. 2019). In fact, on the basis of this Act Victorian suicide
prevention framework has also been developed by government so that increasing number of
suicide cases can be reduced and mental health of people who are at greater risk of suicide can be
improved in a much better and appropriate manner (Hom & et. al. 2020). For this government
has also established an administrative department known as SAMHSA for substance abuse and
mental health service administration in which different kinds of strategies of preventing suicide
are being focused upon and ways in which their mental health can be improved or enhanced is
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