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Forensic Nursing and Mental Disorder
Clinical Practice

Norman McClelland (Edited by), Martin Humphreys (Edited by), Lorraine Conlon (Edited by), Tony Hillis (Edited by)

9780750643092, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback, published 20 March 2001

160 pages, 5 ills.
27 x 18 x 1.2 cm, 0.25 kg

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

    • 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

    Subject Areas: Psychiatric nursing [MQCL5]
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