Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses

Mick Collins, Phil Woods, Alyson Kettles

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9781849851459
• eBook ISBN: 9781846423055
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Written by experts in the growing field of forensic mental health care, this book explores current and emerging interventions in forensic nursing and the care of the mentally disordered offender, with an emphasis on clinical practice and clinical competence. It explores the practical issues facing forensic nurses, such as environment and safety issues, as well as the possible emotional trauma of such a role. It examines a range of intervention strategies, such as exercise, which has often been used as an occupational time-filler, but also offers real therapeutic benefits. The contributors cover a range of diverse perspectives from the care of women in secure services, severely assaultive patients and sex offenders, the role of inpatient therapy and nurse therapists and the importance of spiritual nursing and educational interventions. The book also examines the client group itself and considers new roles for nurses in the light of recent research.

The contributors to this volume take a wide-ranging approach, providing a comprehensive overview of current and future therapeutic interventions for forensic mental health care. Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses is essential reading for all practitioners, nurses and educators in the forensic nursing field.

Table of contents

• Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Implications of Clinical Governance for Forensic Nursing
• 3 Exploring the Interface of Competence and Clinical Effectiveness
• 4 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with Patients Who Constantly Break Rules and Test Boundaries
• 5 Using Psychoeducational Interventions Within an Integrated Psychological Approach to Forensic Mental Health and Social Care
• 6 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with the Severely Mentally Ill
• 7 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with Severely Assaultive Patients
• 8 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with Exercise Therapy
• 9 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with Women in Secure Services
• 10 Nurse Therapy in Forensic Mental Health
• 11 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions with Sex Offenders
• 12 Socially Constructed Narrative Interventions: A Foundation for Therapeutic Alliances
• 13 Spiritual Care in Forensic Nursing: Spiritual Interventions and Future Directions for Care
• 14 Nursing Interventions and Future Directions in Community Care for Mentally Disordered Offenders
• 15 Forensic Nursing Interventions and Future Directions for Forensic Mental Health Practice
• References
• The Contributors
• Subject index
• Author index