Worried about your Mental Health placement. Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. ''Placement Learning in Mental Health Nursing'' covers the following areas: a logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a mental health placement; helps to make the most of learning opportunities; explains how to develop mental health competencies; narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like; honest discussion of the challenges of a mental health placement to help avoid problems; advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise; and, keeps the aim of recovery as a central philosophy in line with contemporary thinking in mental health services.