Forensic Mental Health Nursing in Acute Settings

The chapter authors are leading nurse practitioners, researchers and educationalists. There are also important service user contributions.

Subjects covered include: - The use of therapeutic environments - The changing nature of nurse education - Risk assessment, management and managing violence - Risk/ health measurement - Multiprofessional working - Personality disordered patients in acute care - User experiences of transition - Crisis intervention teams and psychiatric intensive care units - Sexuality and gender issues of forensic patients in acute care - Observation and engagement issues - Specific therapeutic interactions and interventions in acute care.