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Psychiatry in prisons : a comprehensive handbook /

Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and healt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wilson, Simon, 1970-, Cumming, Ian, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2010.
Colección:Forensic focus ; 31.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the history of prison psychiatry / Simon Wilson & Ian Cumming
  • The current structure of the prison service / John Podmore
  • Delivering mental health services in prison / Janet Parrott
  • Health screening in prisons / Don Grubin
  • Mentally ill prisoners and mental health issues in prison / Ian Cumming & Simon Wilson
  • Suicide, attempted suicide and self-injury in prison / David Crighton
  • Managing substance misuse in prison / James Tighe
  • The young offender / Julie Withecomb
  • Women in prison / Richard Taylor & Jessica Yakeley
  • Elderly prisoners / Seena Fazel & Preeti Chhabra
  • People with intellectual disabilities in prison / Kiriakos Xenitidis, Maria Fotiadou, Glynis Murphy
  • Black and minority ethnic prisoners / David Ndegwa & Dominic Johnson
  • Sex offenders and vulnerable prisoners / Rebecca Milner
  • Consent to treatment, the Mental Health Act, and the Mental Capacity Act / Simon Wilson & Raj Dhar
  • Hunger strike and food refusal / Danny Sullivan & Crystal Romilly
  • Psychiatric reports / Huw Stone
  • The lifer system in England and Wales / Natalie Pyszora
  • Psychology in prisons / Graham Towl
  • Prison therapeutic regimes / Mark Morris
  • Death in custody / Andrew Forrester
  • Prisons inspection / Tish Laing-Morton & Colin Allen
  • International perspectives (I) : an overview of US correctional mental health / Charles Scott & Barbara McDermott
  • International perspectives (II) : delivery of mental health services in New Zealand prisons : context and approaches / Ceri Evans & Phil Brinded
  • Inside-outside : ethical dilemmas in prison psychiatry / Gwen Adshead
  • Prison language as an organisational defence against anxiety / Gabrielle Brown & Julian Walker.