Experiences of mental health in-patient care : narratives from service users, carers and professionals / edited by Mark Hardcastle ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2007.Description: 280 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780415410816 (hbk.) :
- 9780415410823 (pbk.) :
- 0415410827 (pbk.) :
- 0415410819 (hbk.) :
- 9780415410816 (hbk.) :
- 362.2 HAR
- RA790.5 .E974 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introduction--1. What is this book about?--2. A brief narrative history of in-patient care in the United Kingdom--3. Recent times. Part II.:Service users\' experiences--4. Feeling misunderstood--5. Bored on the ward--6. Feeling out of control--7. Restraint: a necessary evil?-- 8. Feeling alone: experiences of a female teenager--9. Feeling humiliated: experiences of a black man. Part III: Carers\' experiences--10. Why us?--Feeling invisible--11. No sex allowed--12. Frustrated and angry.13. Feeling grateful. Part IV: Mental health staff experiences--14. Feeling helpless--15.First experience--16. Feeling unprepared--17. Mixed feelings--18. Feeling marginal--19. Feeling apprehensive--20. Taking control--21. Feeling frustrated--22. Taking it personally--23. Finding meaning--Section 5: Afterword: Things you can do to make in-patient care a better experience.
The contributors to this text offer an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk aversive.