Handbook of Secure Care by Geoffrey L Dickins

Handbook of Secure Care by Geoffrey L Dickins

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This book brings together a wealth of academic expertise, and viewpoints from clinicians and patients, on how to manage risk in secure care. It brings to the fore the issues of human rights and staff well-being in secure services, provides a legal and theoretical grounding and advises on good practice in managing risk.

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Handbook of Secure Care by Geoffrey L Dickins

In any society a small proportion of people with mental disorder present with behaviour that transgresses norms and violates the rights of others. Yet these people are often vulnerable themselves to violence, abuse or exploitation by others, or may be at risk of neglect or self-harm. There has been a growing realisation that both protection of the public and the personal recovery of these patients must be championed by progressive, specialist clinicians. This book brings together a wealth of wide-ranging views and evidence from diverse perspectives, including academic expertise and viewpoints from clinicians and patients, on how to manage risk in secure care. It covers the full spectrum of people with mental disorder who require secure care across boundaries of age, diagnosis and gender. Written by experienced clinicians and mental health professionals, the book is invaluable to multidisciplinary mental health teams and criminal justice services. General and forensic psychiatrists, service managers and hospital and community psychiatric nurses will find this thorough handbook an essential resource in their daily work.

About the Editors:

Geoffrey L. Dickens is Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Abertay University in Dundee.
Philip A. Sugarman
was CEO and Medical Director at St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton and is now Visiting Professor at the University of Northampton.
Marco M. Picchioni is Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton.

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ISBN 13 9781909726369
ISBN 10 1909726362
Title Handbook of Secure Care
Author Geoffrey L Dickins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher RCPsych Publications
Year published 2015-07-01
Number of pages 346
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.