Experiences of mental health in-patient care :  narratives from service users, carers and professionals / 
edited by Mark Hardcastle ... [et al.]. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2007. 
 - 280 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415410816 (hbk.) :  �55.00 9780415410823 (pbk.) :  �19.99 0415410827 (pbk.) :  �19.99 0415410819 (hbk.) :  �55.00 9780415410816 (hbk.) :  �55.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mentally ill--Rehabilitation<br/>Mental health services.<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Clinical psychology<br/>Mental health services<br/>Psychotherapy<br/>Nursing fundamentals & skills
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA790.5  / .E974 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.2 HAR