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Managing the behaviour of children and young people in the secure estate: code of practice
- Author:
- YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
- Publisher:
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The establishments which make up the secure estate for children and young people must have strategies in place for managing the behaviour of the troubled and sometimes troublesome young people in their care. This document sets out a framework for such a strategy, identifying the essential components and the underlying principles of effective practice.
Changes to benefit entitlements for patients transferred from prison to mental health units
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are to be changes in entitlements to social security benefits for hospital inpatients from April 2006. This letter is to inform councils of how those changes will affect people detained in hospital under sections 45A of 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This will particularly (but not exclusively) affect patients detained in high, medium and low secure mental health units.
A divine dance of madness
- Author:
- COLME Mairi
- Publisher:
- Chipmunkapublishing
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 486p.
- Place of publication:
- Brentwood
A book which captures the feelings and experiences of someone who is condemned as 'insane' and held in a secure unit. Mairi Colme's writing is full of mysticism and depth as she uses her given talent for writing to make sense of her lost years and her treatment at the hands of those who should be protecting her. This book will find resonance in anybody who has experienced what Mairi has and can act as a guide to those who would like to understand more about the debate over sectioning and secure units.
A concept analysis of 'forensic' nursing
- Author:
- KETTLES Alyson McGregor
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 8(3), September 2006, pp.16-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Forensic nursing is a term applied to nurses working in many different areas of clinical practice, such as high security hospitals, medium secure units, low secure units, acute mental health wards, psychiatric intensive care units, court liaison schemes, and outpatient, community and rehabilitation services. This article uses the strategy of concept analysis to explore the term 'forensic nursing' and find a working definition of forensic mental health nursing. The historical background and literature are reviewed using concept analysis to bring the term into focus and define it more clearly. Forensic nursing is found to derive from practice. A proposed definition of forensic nursing is given.
In-patients formally detained in hospitals under Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, England: 1994-95 to 2004-05
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 23p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This bulletin is an annual publication which summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals. It includes figures for the period 1994-95 to 2004-05.
Monitoring leave in a secure unit: a clinical performance indicator?
- Authors:
- CLAXTON Nicola, HUSAIN Syed, TOMISON Arden
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 17(1), March 2006, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study is a descriptive survey that arose out of an audit project commenced in 1994 at a medium secure unit in the west of England. The absconsion rate of patients on leave was measured, evaluated on an annual basis, and set against an arbitrarily defined ideal rate. Over the next eight years, apart from one, the clinic consistently met this target. What this indicated in terms of good practice and whether it was a valuable measure of clinical performance is explored. The method and results of this study are described and the authors discuss the potential significance and drawbacks of this kind of evaluation. It is concluded that this single measure is only of value when considered in the context of a range of factors indicating good clinical performance.
First steps to work: a study at Broadmoor Hospital
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Experience of real work can help people in Broadmoor to get back their self-esteem and prepare for life in the community. First Steps to Work shows that patients at the special hospital gained in skills and confidence after participating in a business run for and by patients and supported by the First Step Trust. The study concludes that people with mental health problems in even the most secure hospitals and prisons should have the opportunity to do real work. It not only helps them to get ready for life in the community but assists in their recovery from mental ill health by boosting their self-esteem and increases their ability to take responsibility for themselves and others and to work as a member of a team.
Traumas of forming: the introduction of community meetings in the dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) environment
- Authors:
- MOORE Helen, FREESTONE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 27(2), Summer 2006, pp.193-209.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article presents a perspective on the staff and patient experiences of the introduction of community Meetings into the Rampton Hospital DSPD Peaks Unit, a high-secure setting designed to accommodate "some of the most dangerous people in society" (Home Office, 2004); who are nevertheless a client group who have often lived through deeply traumatic experiences in childhood and young adulthood. Bi-weekly Ward Community Meetings, intended to integrate aspects of Therapeutic Community living into the highly restricted and insitutionalised life of the DSPD Unit, were introduced in 2004 by the first author. In this article the author reflects on her personal experience of introducing, implementing and defending the Meetings - as well as the strong therapeutic ethos behind them. The second author presents a sociological contextualisation of this therapeutic ideal within a 'totally' institutionalised environment, with particular attending to the maintenance of a particular power/knowledge apparatus within the Unit.
Listening to juvenile offenders: can residential treatment prevent recidivism?
- Author:
- ABRAMS Laura S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 23(1), February 2006, pp.61-85.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This paper explores clients’ perspectives on their treatment in two different residential correctional facilities for juvenile male offenders. Although a wealth of literature has investigated risk factors for recidivism, little is known about how youth offenders experience the treatment or deterrence aspects of institutional confinement. Through an ethnographic study of two correctional facilities and in-depth interviews with 19 young men, the author provides a rich description of how youth offenders understand their time in residential care and examines how these programs influence offenders’ motivations to desist from crime. The principles derived from this study will provide critical information for social workers and researchers seeking to enhance the effectiveness and quality of institutional care for male juvenile offenders.
Use of a routine mental health measure in an adolescent secure unit
- Authors:
- YATES Peter, KRAMER Tami, CARRALDA M. Elana
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 188(6), June 2006, pp.583-584.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The authors examined the use of a staff-completed measure, the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA), to record mental health problems in adolescents in local authority secure accommodation. It proved possible to train staff and implement completion of the HoNOSCA on 64 consecutive admissions. Interrater reliability was high. The HoNOSCA identified high levels of psychological problems on admission. Follow-up HoNOSCA ratings proved sensitive to change; however, correlation between HoNOSCA and adolescent-completed questionnaires was poor. The authors concluded that HoNOSCA can be helpful in documenting mental health problems among young people admitted to secure local authority units.