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Experiences of mental health in-patient care : narratives from service users, carers and professionals / edited by Mark Hardcastle ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2007.Description: 280 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415410816 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415410823 (pbk.) :
  • 0415410827 (pbk.) :
  • 0415410819 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415410816 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2 HAR
LOC classification:
  • RA790.5 .E974 2007
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203234
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203233
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203232

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.

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