Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care: Narratives From Service Users, Carers and Professionals

Book Overview

Commended in the Mental Health category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition.

This book offers an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care, from both a professional and a user perspective. The editors highlight the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk aversive.

The contributors argue that for change to occur there needs first of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415410819
• ISBN13: 9780415410816
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"