PB RCPsych Publications
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
British Journal of Psychiatry Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Psychiatric Bulletin (2007) 31: 234. doi: 10.1192/pb.31.5.234c
© 2007 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an eLetter
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Related articles in PB
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ani, C.
Right arrow Articles by Ani, O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Ani, C.
Right arrow Articles by Ani, O.

Correspondence

We are all nidotherapists

Cornelius Ani, Specialist Registrar and Honorary Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W12 1PG, email: c.ani{at}imperial.ac.uk

Obeagaeli Ani, Specialist Registrar

Simmons House, St Luke’s Woodside Hospital, London N10 3HU

We disagree with Tyrer et al’s comparison of ‘standard and nidotherapy perspectives of the environment for those with mental illness’ (Psychiatric Bulletin, January 2007, 31, 1-3). The views attributed to ‘standard’ perspective (which we assume refers to usual clinical practice) do not represent the practice or belief of any clinician we know. The authors’ suggestion (for standard perspective) that the ‘environment is of secondary importance in psychiatric practice’ sharply contrasts with the biopsychosocial approach which is drummed into trainees from their first day in psychiatry. Similarly, we are not aware of any clinician who believes that ‘once people with mental illness get better their original environmental problems resolve’. On the contrary, all clinicians we know identify with the perspectives attributed to nidotherapy even if limited resources constrain their implementation.

Although it is helpful to highlight the importance of the environment in the management of people with mental illness, giving this a fancy name sounds like ‘rebranding old wine in new bottles’. What we need are the resources to continue to improve all aspects of the lives of people with mental illness.


Related articles in PB:

The place for nidotherapy in psychiatric practice
Peter Tyrer, Kofi Kramo, Katerina Miloseska, and Helen Seivewright
PB 2007 31: 1-3. [Full Text]  




This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an eLetter
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Related articles in PB
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ani, C.
Right arrow Articles by Ani, O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Ani, C.
Right arrow Articles by Ani, O.

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
British Journal of Psychiatry Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals