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Psychiatry in prisons : a comprehensive handbook / edited by Simon Wilson and Ian Cumming.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Forensic Focus
- Forensics focus ; 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Mental health services--Great Britain.
- Prisoners.
- Prisoners--Medical care--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons. It tackles a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health screening to complex legal, moral and philosophical dilemmas.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Psychiatry in Prisons:A Comprehensive Handbook; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction - The History of Prison Psychiatry; 2. The Current Structure of the Prison Service; 3. Delivering Mental Health Services in Prison; 4. Health Screening in Prisons; 5. Mentally Ill Prisoners and Mental Health Issues in Prison; 6. Suicide, Attempted Suicide and Self-injury in Prison; 7. Managing Substance Misuse in Prison; 8. The Young Offender; 9. Women in Prison; 10. Elderly Prisoners; 11. People with Intellectual Disabilities in Prison; 12. Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners
- 13. Sex Offenders and Vulnerable Prisoners14. Consent to Treatment, the Mental Health Act, and the MentalCapacity Act; 15. Hunger Strike and Food Refusal; 16. Psychiatric Reports; 17. The Lifer System in England and Wales; 18. Psychology in Prisons; 19. Prison Therapeutic Regimes; 20. Death in Custody; 21. Prisons Inspection; 22. International Perspectives (I) - An Overview of US CorrectionalMental Health; 23. International Perspectives (II) - Delivery of Mental HealthServices in New Zealand Prisons: Context and Approaches; 24. Inside-Outside: Ethical Dilemmas in Prison Psychiatry
- 25. Prison Language as an Organisational Defence Against AnxietyThe Contributors; References; Legal Cases; Subject Index; Author Index; back cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612554933
- 9781282554931
- 128255493X
- 9780857002068
- 0857002066
- OCLC:
- 680017801
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