Therapy V Security

   A qualitative analysis of the ‘management of schizophrenia’ within a medium-secure service for men with learning disabilities, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2006, 13 , 148–156
Abstract
Within secure psychiatric services, nurses trained to work with people with learning disabilities are often called upon to deal with those experiencing psychosis; a role that they [...]

Therapy Needed

   Aggressive behaviour in the high-secure forensic setting: the perceptions of patients, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,2006,13, 19–25
Abstract:
Twenty-seven patients undergoing treatment in a high-secure forensic facility participated in focus group interviews to elicit their perceptions of (1) the factors leading to aggressive behaviour; and (2) strategies to reduce the risk of such [...]

Learning Difficulities – A life like no other

A life like no other  A national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services
for people with learning difficulties in England , December 2007, Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission (HC), in its first audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties, argues that sweeping and sustained changes are needed if they are to meet the [...]