Reporting malpractice will be at the forefront of a national mental health conference in Dundee next week.
Nurses, students and health professionals from a number of sectors will visit Abertay University next Wednesday to discuss how mental health provision can be improved.
Delegates and speakers from as far afield as Sweden will shine a light on how attitudes towards people with borderline personality disorder can be improved and how cognitive behavioural therapy can be used to help people cope with body dysmorphic disorder.
The experiences of student nurses who witness and report poor practice during clinical placements will also be discussed.
The keynote speeches will be delivered by Professor John Baker, chairman of mental health nursing at Leeds University, and Dr Hugh Masters, the Scottish Government’s associate chief nursing officer.
Speaking about hosting this year’s conference, Geoff Dickens, professor of mental health nursing at Abertay University, said: “The goal for this year’s Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference is to provide a national forum for showcasing innovative research, practice, education, service and practice development in the field of mental health nursing care in Scotland, the rest of the UK, and internationally.
“At April’s conference, we’ll be presenting on topics as diverse as dementia, borderline personality disorder, whistleblowing and body dysmorphic disorder, and we’re looking forward to having some healthy debates.”