Forsensic Mental Health Care: A Case Study Approach

by Mick McKeown, Tom Mason, Tom Mason, et al.

Forensic mental health care is concerned with the care of people who exhibit extreme anti-social behaviours such as sexual abuse, violence, murder, fire setting, self-harming behaviours and substance misuse. In many cases, these behaviours are indicative of severe psychiatric pathology. Nurses and others who work with such people require high degrees of skill and self-awareness. Such nurses are found in special hospitals, regional secure units, prisons,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443061408
• ISBN13: 9780443061400
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.8"