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The prevention and management of violence : guidance for mental healthcare professionals.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence.
- Violence--Prevention.
- People with mental disabilities--Behavior modification.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- Second edition / edited by Masum Khwaja, Peter Tyrer.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This text provides a comprehensive overview of, and best practice evidence-based guidance on, the prevention and management of aggression and violence by patients with mental disorder across a variety of different settings and specialist patient groups. General aspects of violence management are covered, alongside both pharmacological and psychological interventions. In this second edition, first edition chapters have been fully revised and greatly expanded with new chapters on working with violence in children, criminal and youth justice liaison and diversion systems, forensic psychiatry and adult inpatient secure settings, the relationship between violence and mental health inequality in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, service user involvement in training, and engagement with patients and carers.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Previous edition: London: RCPsych Publications, 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 24, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781911623274
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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