The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner as coordinating practitioner in the Netherlands: A multiple case study.

Background: Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) in the Netherlands have been allowed to perform the role of coordinating practitioner (CP) since 2018. This role is reserved for mental health care specialists who are trained and qualified at the master's degree level. Earlier studies have not addressed how PMHNPs perform that role and what mechanisms and contextual factors determine their performance.

The use of photography in perceiving a sense in life: A phenomenological and existential approach in Mental Health Care.

This article is about the therapeutic use of photography in mental health care. We will first describe the intelligent nature of perception as we understand on the basis of neurobiological research findings. We will link our interpretation of visual perception with the phenomenology of perception from the theory of Merleau-Ponty.

Living with severe mental illness: perception of sickness.

Aim: This article is a report of a study on how participation in photo groups influenced the perception of the impact of sickness on daily life.

Background: Living with severe mental illness can have a strong impact on daily life and the experience of self. In combination with self-stigmatization, this can lead to a sense of being no more than a patient.

Facades of suffering: clients' photo stories about mental illness.

In this article, photo stories are examined that were the result of working with photography as a therapeutic instrument dealing with suffering in mental health care settings. The purpose is to describe the role of facades in the process of suffering and acceptance. Clients took photographs, talked about them in group meetings, and exhibited them to a broader audience.