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Ethical Issues in Forensic Mental Health Research
A contemporary case-based discussion of ethical dilemmas faced by researchers in forensic mental health, this book offers useful guidance to anyone planning research in this field. It focuses on problems frequently encountered, such as issues of capacity to consent in forensic settings and the meaning of consent to participate. more »
2003, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-031-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, mental health
Finding a Different Kind of Normal
Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome
Jeanette Purkis spent her early life reacting violently against feelings of embarrassment, anger and confusion about her 'difference' from other people. She was unaware until adulthood that this could be a result of having Asperger Syndrome. Jeanette's remarkable life and her journey towards finding a different kind of normal is inspiring reading. more »
2006, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-416-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: adults, anger management, Asperger syndrome, challenging behaviour, forensic psychiatry, memoirs, mental health, mental illness, occupational therapy, offenders, probation, self harm, social work, substance abuse
Forensic Issues in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
Adolescents with developmental disabilities are a complex population who require specialised treatment and care. This interdisciplinary text examines the processes involved in working with this client group in forensic settings, and explores the ways in which their needs differ from those of other young people who engage in high risk behaviour. more »
2011, Paperback: £39.99/ $59.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-144-6, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 288pp
Keywords: ADHD, adolescence, art therapy, Asperger syndrome, autism, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, occupational therapy, offenders, speech and language therapy
Good Practice in Assessing Risk
Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches
This book is a comprehensive guide to good practice for those working with risk, covering a wide variety of social care settings. The contributors discuss a range of key issues relating to risk including positive risk-taking, collaborating with victims and practitioners in the design of assessment tools, resilience to risk, and defensibility. more »
2011, Paperback: £20.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-059-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: community care, disability, domestic abuse, forensic psychiatry, health care, looked after children, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, probation, risk assessment, safeguarding children, sexual abuse, social care, social work
Managing High Security Psychiatric Care
The management of the secure psychiatric services is under increasing scrutiny. The book illustrates the problems faced by the Special Hospitals, the techniques and action employed to effect major change in these large, enclosed institutions, difficulties and obstacles encountered which dominate and influenced management and clinical initiatives. more »
1998, Paperback: £34.99/ $55.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-581-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, psychiatry
A Matter of Security
The Application of Attachment Theory to Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
It explores the psychodynamic theory of attachment and how it can be used to offer new ways of thinking when working with mental disorders in offenders. Discusses the development of personality in terms of interpersonal functioning and relationships with others, which is essential to understand both interpersonal violence and abnormal development. more »
2003, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-177-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
Keywords: adoption, attachment, child psychology, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy
Neither Bad Nor Mad
The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality. more »
2002, Paperback: £34.99/ $55.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-006-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, law, mental illness, social policy
Professional and Therapeutic Boundaries in Forensic Mental Health Practice
For clinicians who work therapeutically with clients in forensic settings, the capacity to maintain boundaries is critical to safety as well as good treatment outcomes. The contributors to this multi-disciplinary book address the challenges of establishing boundaries in forensic settings to support practitioners in this aspect of their work. more »
2012, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-139-2, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 288pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, mental health, nursing, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, therapeutic communities
Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law
Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered attract academic and public attention. They raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study systematically analyses the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered. more »
2000, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-797-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, law, mental health, offenders, psychiatry, psychology
Psychiatric Assessment
Pre and Post Admission
This book consists of a series of assessments designed for professionals working with mentally disordered offenders and clients with challenging behaviours. It is written for psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, probation officers and professionals involved in court diversion schemes and is for use both before and after admission. more »
1997, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-575-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 76pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, mental illness, offenders, probation, psychiatry, psychology, social work
Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Secure Psychiatric Practice
Working with Difference
The book provides essential information and analysis which exposes society's view of minorities and the influence these views may have on care professionals working in psychiatric and criminal justice systems. It suggests practical steps for improvement to ensure a more equitable and culturally sensitive service provision. more »
2000, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-696-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 286pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, offenders, race
Remorse and Reparation
Remorse, or rather the lack of it, frequently features in banner headlines. But there is little systematic study of this important inter-disciplinary topic whose relevance has extensive social ramifications. The complex relationship between remorse, shame, guilt and attempts at reparation, are discussed in this authoritative work. more »
1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-452-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp 1998, Hardback: £49.99/ $95.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-451-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, offenders, probation
Tackling Addiction
Pathways to Recovery
This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. Tackling Addiction examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean. more »
2010, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-017-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: addiction, adults, alcohol, children, counselling, drugs, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, health care, joint working, nursing, offenders, older people, person-centred, probation, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, residential care, self harm, social care, social policy, social work, substance abuse, teenagers, therapeutic communities, youthwork
Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses
This book explores current and emerging interventions in forensic nursing and the care of the mentally disordered offender, with an emphasis on clinical practice and clinical competence. It explores the practical issues facing forensic nurses, such as environment and safety issues, as well as the possible emotional trauma of such a role. more »
2001, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-949-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, mental health, nursing
The Therapeutic Milieu Under Fire
Security and Insecurity in Forensic Mental Health
This groundbreaking book explores the psychodynamics and socio-politics of the forensic therapeutic milieu. Contributors describe the ethical, intellectual and emotional challenges of their work, providing readers with a theoretical and practical understanding of factors that help and hinder the development of effective therapeutic relationships. more »
2012, Paperback: £29.99/ $45.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-258-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Keywords: addiction, anger management, anxiety, bullying, challenging behaviour, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, joint working, mental illness, offenders, probation, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, resilience, risk assessment, substance abuse, suicide, supervision, therapeutic communities, trauma, violence
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