Horatio colleagues will meet in March 2023 in Malta. The title of the conference “Reuniting Mental Health Nurses -Sharing Experiences, Cultivating Knowledge” tells it all; it is time to meet friends and colleagues from different countries and to share our experiences, ideas and developments. Our aim is to make it a friendly, welcoming conference for all, and in Malta Alexei and his colleagues really know how to do it. https://www.horatiocongress2023.com/

Horatio has been actively involved with activities of Mental Health Europe (MHE) and ICN/ Mental Health Nursing Workgroup. In the ICN/ANP conference in August Dublin we arranged an international workshop on advanced level mental health nursing with participants from several continents  Ann Cunningham ANP on the PARC project and Steve Pitman Head of Education and Professional Development INMO  joined Nina Kilkku President  and Aisling Culhane General Secretary of Horatio in leading the workshop.

Horatio has been now accepted as a member of WHO Pan-European Mental Health Coalition and few weeks ago we gave our input in Guidance on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation published jointly by WHO and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR.

We are very happy to inform you that a new book “Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing – A European Perspective”, is published in co-operation with Springer. This book is the first one on European advanced level mental health nursing, so hopefully you find it useful in many ways.

This textbook explores issues central to the provision of recovery-orientated care based on ethical principles and human rights perspectives. Written by academics and nurse practitioners, this comprehensive text draws together theory, research and practice to map the landscape of Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing (APMHN) in Europe. Underpinned by a rights and relational- based approach to care, the textbook is organized around six themes: theoretical and historical perspectives; foundations for collaborative working; therapeutic engagement in different contexts; beyond the clinical dimension of the APMHN role; advancing the evidence-based practice agenda and emerging issues and challenges. Each theme consists of a number of chapters that are designed to address different aspects of APMHN. With a focus on illuminating the collaborating aspect of their role and advancing nurses’ competencies, debates and guidance are provided in areas such as therapeutic alliance, assessment, care-planning, mental health promotion, family work, trauma, diversity and culture, spirituality, risk and uncertainty, and prescribing. With a focus on future challenges and opportunities the textbook concludes with discussion on issues, such as eMental Health and future challenges and possibilities facing APMHNs, including challenges in informing policy, democratizing services, working across service and disciplinary boundaries, collaboratively shaping the evidence agenda, as well  as sustaining their role into the future. It is time to celebrate the book together in Malta. As a member of Horatio you will get a discount using; details below

Horatio members can purchase the book/ebook with 20% discount (on the book public price) using this code: “HORATIOmember”. Access the book webpage and enter that code to get the rebate https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05536-2