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Challenging violence
- Author:
- NOLAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Violence against mental health nurses is common. The author discusses strategies for minimising and managing the problem.
Violence in the workplace: new perspectives in forensic mental health services in the USA
- Authors:
- FLETCHER Tony A., BRAKEL Samuel Jan, CAVANAUGH James L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, April 2000, pp.339-344.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper reviews current research on workplace violence in the USA and offers suggestions concerning the roles that mental health professionals with forensic expertise can play in this expanding field. It aims to clarify the role of the mental health professional in evaluating issues related to workplace violence.
Post traumatic stress disorder reactions in children of war: a longitudinal study
- Authors:
- THABET Abel Azia, VOSTANIS Panos
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(2), February 2000, pp.291-298.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article aims to establish rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reactions and general mental health problems in children who had experienced war trauma. Concludes the reactions tend to decrease in the absence of further stressors, although a substantial proportion of children still present with a range of emotional and behavioural problems. Cumulative previous experience of war trauma constitutes a risk factor for continuing PTSD symptoms.
Dangerousness: key facts
- Author:
- STEWART George
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this booklet is to explore the nature of dangerousness in all its forms. The most common perception is of one person presenting a danger to others, but often people are a danger to themselves, either through suicide or deliberate self harm. Also looks at the different ways in which dangerousness is perceived by literature and the media and explores the way in which public perceptions of dangerousness can impact upon different groups of people, particularly those with mental health problems or from minority ethnic groups. Concludes with a review of current research.
Without prejudice
- Author:
- MISHCON Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(3), November 2000, p.84.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the findings of the Daniel Joseph inquiry team.
Staff attributions and management of violent incidents in hostels for homeless people
- Authors:
- MEDDINGS Sara, LEVEY Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), October 2000, pp.481-494.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The attitudes, attributions and preferred management strategies of workers in direct access hostels for homeless people were examined in relation to a hypothetical vignette of a violent incident. Half the participants were told that the man described had schizophrenia. Staff reported internal temporary, internal enduring and external attributions for the incident. They made fewer internal enduring attributions about the violent behaviour of a homeless person with schizophrenia than without, otherwise they made quite similar attributions. Staff rated psychiatric strategies as more useful in managing the behaviour of a person with schizophrenia. External attributions, positive attitudes and talking/caring management strategies were associated. Clinical implications of the study are discussed. Staff training and integrated multi-agency approaches to working with people who are homeless and experience mental health problems are recommended.
Relationship between psychotic disorders in adolescence and criminally violent behaviour: a retrospective examination
- Authors:
- CLARE Patrick, BAILEY Susan, CLARK Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, September 2000, pp.275-279.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The interaction between psychosis and violence in adults is an important area of research receiving attention. To date there is little available data examining this relationship in adolescence. This study aimed to investigate the possible relationships between criminally violent types of behaviour, and psychopathology and social factors, among adolescents suffering from a psychotic disorder. The findings fail to echo results of studies in adult schizophrenia; they suggest that violent behaviour in psychosis is associated more closely with social factors than with specific symptoms of the psychotic illness. Potential explanations are discussed.
Lack of care plan led to women's murder by disturbed patient
- Author:
- MacDONALD Rhona
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 23.9.00, 2000, p.726.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reports on the conclusions of an independent inquiry team which found that lack of a coordinated aftercare plan and poor communication between three health authorities and a specialist psychiatric service for deaf people contributed to the murder of Carla Thompson, by a mentally ill deaf teenager, Daniel Joseph.
From placement to prison: the path to adolescent incarceration from child welfare supervised foster or group care
- Authors:
- JONSON-REID Melissa, BARTH Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 22(7), July 2000, pp.493-516.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Reports a prospective examination of adolescent incarceration for serious felony and violent offences as a post-discharge outcome for children in out-of-home placement. Results indicate that children first placed between the ages of 12 and 15, children with multiple placements and multiple spells in care, and children who have placement experiences supervised by probation following their child welfare involvement had a higher risk of incarceration for a serious or violent offence during adolescence. The risk for different ethnic groups changed according to the type of foster care experience, as well as the gender of the child. Recommendations for future research and service delivery are made.
Childhood abuse as a possible locus for early intervention into problems of violence and psychopathology
- Author:
- SAPPINGTON A.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5(2), May 2000, pp.255-266.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article reviews research on abuse in childhood. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, as well as children witnessing parents abuse each other, were all found to be associated with later problems with violence and psychopathology. Recommends that psychopathologists and therapists collaborative in long-term studies which utilise intervention as a tool for experimentally investigating the relationships between childhood abuse and later problems of violence or psychopathology.