Study of Nurses’ Experiences Caring for Patients who Self-Harm - No.1 Most Read Article from Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

   Being burdened and balancing boundaries: a qualitative study of nurses’ experiences caring for patients who self-harm, February 2007, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 14 (1) , 72–78
Abstract: Although nurses encounter self-harm patients in various settings, self-harm has seldom been addressed in psychiatric nursing research. The research question was: ‘What are nurses’ descriptions [...]

‘Better Safe than Sorry’ - Dangerousness and Mental Health Policy

  Dangerousness and mental health policy, April 2008, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 15 (3) , 186–194
Abstract: Mental health policy development in the UK has become increasingly dominated by the assumed need to prevent violence and alleviate public concerns about the dangers of the mentally ill living in the community. Risk management [...]

NICE - Promoting children’s social and emotional wellbeing in primary education

  Promoting children’s social and emotional wellbeing in primary education, 26 March 2008. NICE Public Health Guidance 12.
Abstract:
Aims: Children’s social and emotional wellbeing is important in its own right but also because it affects their physical health (both as a child and as an adult) and can determine how well they do at school. Good [...]

Hawton - Life problems, Deliberate Self-Harm & Personality Disorder

  Life problems and deliberate self-harm: Associations with gender, age, suicidal intent and psychiatric and personality disorder, Journal of Affective Disorder, March 2008
Authors: Camilla Haw and Keith Hawton

 
Abstract
Background
Deliberate self-harm (DSH) may occur in response to negative life events and life problems. High suicidal intent may be a risk factor for subsequent suicide but little [...]

Court Work - Final Report of a Scoping Group

 Court Work - Final Report of a Scoping Group Januaray 2008
This report sets out the Royal College of Psychiatrists view of the complex issue of the involvement of psychiatrists in legal processes. The basic principles and recommendations provided are intended to be helpful to psychiatrists within any legal system.
 

Schema Focused Therapy in Forensic Settings - Also know as “Schema Focused Cognitive Therapy,”

Schema Focused Therapy in Forensic Settings: Theoretical Model and Recommendations for Best Clinical Practice,  International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 2007, Vol. 6, No. 2, pages 169-183

Abstract: Until recently few empirically supported treatments for patients with personality disorders were available. Schema Focused Therapy (SFT) has recently shown efficacy in (non-forensic) outpatients with Borderline Personality Disorder, [...]

The Prediction of Imminent Aggression and Self-Harm

The Prediction of Imminent Aggression and Self-Harm in Personality Disordered Patients of a High Security Hospital Using the HCR-20 Clinical Scale and the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression  International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 2007, Vol. 6, No. 2, pages 137-143
Abstract

Drawing on recent advances in the violence risk assessment literature, this study tested the [...]

Personality & Mental Health Journal

  The Journal ‘Personality and Mental Health‘ is available for you to search and gain access to full-text journal articles.
We would like to inform you that the Wiley library is currently trialling a new journal, Personality and Mental Health: Multidisciplinary Studies from Personality Dysfunction to Criminal Behaviour.
At the cusp of a rapid expansion, clinically, [...]

The Secure Forensic Psychiatric Unit, Challenge for Occupational Therapy

    Being in a Secure Forensic Psychiatric Unit: Every Day is the Same, Killing Time or Making the Most of It, Authors: Louise Farnworth; Lara Nikitin; Ellie FosseySource: The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 67, Number 10, October 2004 , pp. 430-438
Abstract:
Institutional environments are challenging settings in which to provide rehabilitation. This study describes the time use [...]

Capabilities for Inclusive Practice

Capabilities for Inclusive Practice, 2007, Department of Health
The National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP) has coordinated the delivery of the action plan in the Social Exclusion Unit report Mental Health and Social Exclusion (2004). This report showed that many people with mental health problems experience exclusion and lack equal access to a range of opportunities in [...]

Forensic psychiatric nursing: skills and competencies:II

     Forensic psychiatric nursing: skills and competencies: II clinical aspects,  Authors: MASON T., COYLE D. & LOVELL A. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2008, 15, 131–139
1Professor of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2Senior Lecturer, and 3Deputy Head of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK

Abstract:  This study [...]

The Corston Report Calls for Better Mental Health Care for Women in Prison

       Women need more alternatives to prison, says Sainsbury Centre,  29th January 2008         

There are currently over 4,400 women in 17 prisons in England.  Four out of five women prisoners have mental health problems, most commonly depression and anxiety.  Almost half have been subject to abuse, while one in three has a child under five.

The Corston [...]

Nurses and Training in Forensic Settings

    An Evaluation of Perceived Education and Training Needs of Staff Nurses and Care Officers, Michael Brennan. Journal of Forensic Nursing. Pitman: Winter 2006. Vol. 2, Iss. 4; p. 175 (9 pages)
 ’The findings from this study suggest participation in training programmes increases self-confidence and morale.’
Abstract: This study was carried out to ascertain the specific education [...]

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 [...]

Forensic Mental Health Experts

    Expert Paper Series 2007
In April 2000 the National Forensic Mental Health R&D Programme’s Advisory Committee commissioned a series of expert papers covering the categories identified from an earlier priority question setting exercise undertaken by representatives of key stakeholder groups. These papers were written to provide an overview of ongoing and completed research in addition to [...]

Suicide hits the Headlines

  Two current articles from the journal Suicide and Life Threating Behaviour
If you would like the full-text of these articles emailing to you please email - susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Suicide prevention in the psychiatric hospital - Matakas, Frank
Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior, 2007, 37(5) p. 507-517

This is  a discussion of a treatment strategy that differentiates between regressive and [...]

Interesting Reading for OT’s

    Engaging People Observation of People with Mental Health Problems a good practice statement 2005
“Engaging People” is a revision of the CRAG document “Nursing Observation of
Acutely Ill Psychiatric Patients in Hospital” (1995) and is relevant to all who provide or
receive acute psychiatric care. The general principles of the document can also be
adapted to support care of other [...]

Violence

Violence : the short-term management of disturbed /violent behaviour in in-patient psychiatric settings and emergency departments  Appendix revised 2006 - review date feb 2009
Author: Royal College of Nursing - RCN
The National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC-NSC) was commissioned by NICE to develop these guidelines. This document describes the methods for developing the [...]