Ian Cumming, Simon Wilson

Psychiatry in Prisons (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive Handbook

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 health screening to complex legal, moral and philosophical dilemmas. It also draws comparisons with the US correctional mental health system and the delivery of mental health services in New Zealand prisons.

This comprehensive guide is an indispensible resource for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, prison medical officers, probation officers, prison discipline staff and any other professionals concerned with mental health care in custodial settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857002068
• Artikelnr.: 38236849

Autorenporträt

Simon Wilson is Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He was formerly a consultant forensic psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and at HM Prison Brixton. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. Ian Cumming is Consultant Psychiatrist at HM Prison Belmarsh. Both editors are particularly interested in the development of mental health services in prisons.