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Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder: Clinical Practice


Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder: Clinical Practice

Paperback by McClelland, Norman (Associate Nurse Director, Education & Practice Development, Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Yorkshire, UK); Humphreys, Martin (Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Birmingham; Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Reaside Clinic, South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK); Conlon, Lorraine (Postgraduate in Psychological Counselling, Head of...

Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder: Clinical Practice

£27.99

ISBN:
9780750643092
Publication Date:
20 Mar 2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Pages:
160 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 16 - 21 May 2024
Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder: Clinical Practice

Description

Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder in Clinical Practice is an ideal companion for qualified mental health nurses and for students on clinical placements. It is designed to be practical and relevant to the everyday realities when nursing patients with mental disorders.* Includes analysis of the development of forensic mental health services around the UK * Covers the whole spectrum of care including crisis intervention * Provides recommendations on how clinicians can best develop services in the future

Contents

Foreword by Rosemary V Cope; Introduction; Referral to admission; Assessment and clinical risk; Treatment approaches: Introduction to treatment approaches; Relatives and carers; Inter-professional working; Vocational rehabilitation; A psychoeducation model for schizophrenia; Therapeutic dilemmas in forensic practice; Dealing with hostility; Suicide/self harm; Legal aspects; Education and training; Diversion from custody; Aftercare; Future challenges; Index

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