Overview

Forensic Psychiatry has expanded exponentially in the last twenty years with a dramatic increase in forensic psychiatry posts and medium secure unit beds. More recently there has been increased concern with the treatment and management of mentally ill offenders which has led to more interest in understanding. Treatment is seen by many people to be of great importance, hence the formation of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, and the founding of the first diploma in forensic psychotherapy at the Portman Clinic, London. This practical text book is written for all professionals involved with people who break the law.

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Author:   Estela Welldon ,  Cleo Van Velsen ,  Cleo Van Velsen (Consultant Psychotherapist, Maudsley Hospital)
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.496kg
ISBN:  

9781853023897

ISBN 10:   1853023892
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   01 November 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Murray Cox. Foreword by Fiona Caldicott DBE, Immediate Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Foreword by Helena Kennedy QC, Oxford Brookes University. General Introduction Estela V. Welldon and Cleo Van Velsen. PART I. 1. The Practical Approach Estela V.Welldon, Portman Clinic and University College London 2. Management and Treatment Caecilia Taylor, Institute of Psychiatry and Broadmoor Hospital. PART II Case Studies 3.The Psychodynamics of Incest Judith Trowell, Tavistock Clinic 4. Precursors in Childhood of Anti-Social Behaviour, Delinquency and Crime Christine Bradley, NCH Action for Children 5.Adolescents who Sexually Abuse Eileen Vizard, Simmons House Adolescent Service, Young Abuser's Project and University College London 6. The Learning Disabled (Mentally Handicapped) Offender Valerie Sinason, Tavistock Clinic, St George's Hospital Medical School and Portman Clinic 7. From Troubled Families to Corrupt Care: Sexual Abuse in Institutions Caroline Garland, Tavistock Clinic 8. Understanding Murderous Young People Sue Bailey and Lynn Aulich, Mental Health Services of Salford 9. Murderousness Anne Zachary, Portman Clinic 10.Women who Murder their Children Jane Knowles, West Berkshire Psychotherapy Service 11.Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Kerry Bluglass, Woodbourne Clinic and University of Birmingham 12.The Female Arsonist Christine Foy, Mid Wales Hospital 13.A Case of Murder Caecilia Taylor, Institute of Psychiatry and Broadmoor Hospital 14. `Written on the Body': Deliberate Self-Harm and Violence Gwen Adshead, Institute of Psychiatry and Broadmoor Hospital 15. Psychotherapy in a Special Hospital: Learning Difficulty and Violence Jo-anne Carlyle, Tavistock Clinic 16. Music Therapy and Psychotic Violence Ann Sloboda, freelance Music Therapist 17. The Treatment of Alcohol Dependency in Groups Barbara Elliott, ACCEPT Services 18.Violence and Alcohol Maggie Hilton, Henderson Hospital 19. Addiction: Loving and Hating Jessica Williams-Saunders, Broadmoor Hospital 20. Rape Sheilagh Davies, Royal Free Hospital 21. The Flasher, Elif Gürisik, Portman Clinic 22. A Case of Voyeurism Francesca Hume, Tavistock Clinic 23.From Sado-Masochism to Shared Sadness Marisa Dillon-Weston, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey 24. Auto-Erotic Asphyxia and Art Psychotherapy Rein Innes, Fromeside Clinic 25. Female Prostitution Elif Gürisik, Portman Clinic 26.Technical Problems in the Psychotherapy of Perverse Female Patients Jane Milton, Tavistock Clinic 27. The Burglar Judith Whale, Addenbrookes NHS Trust 28.The Female Fraudster Jenifer Anne Clarke, Bridgend and District NHS Trust 29. Money for Nothing: A Case of `White Collar' Crime Gwen Adshead, Institute of Psychiatry and Broadmoor Hospital 30.Women who Shoplift Jane Knowles, West Berkshire Psychotherapy Service 31. A Delinquent in the Therapeutic Community: Actions Speak Louder than Words Gill McGauley, Broadmoor Hospital and St George's Hospital Medical School 32. Working on the Borderline: Can We Continue to Turn a Blind Eye? Felicity De Zulueta, Charing Cross Hospital. PART III Society, Law and Psychiatry 33.The Court, the Lawyer, the Psychiatrist and the Legal System Debbie Taylor, Lincoln's Inn 34. The Adversarial Process: Trial by Ordeal? Penelope Barrett, Gray's Inn 35. Forensic Psychotherapy Assessments and the Legal System Carine Minne, Portman Clinic 36. Medico-Legal Ethics in Forensic Psychotherapy Julie Stone, University of Birmingham. PART IV. Audit and Research 37. Research Alice Levinson, Parkside Clinic 38. Audit Rachael Davenhill, Institute of Psychoanalysis and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust References The Contributors Subject Index Author Index

Reviews

'...this book represents a good and personable overview of the field of forensic psychotherapy. It is accessible and engaging and should form part of the necessary required reading, not only in forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy settings but also to a wider group of trainees and practitioners in general psychiatry and law. it will help those who increasingly encounter patients or defendants with some of the problems outlined and for whom treatment is well represented as a cost-effective additional option or alternative to incarceration.' -- Therapeutic Communities 'I think that many who work with offenders will find this volume useful, not just employees of NHS psychiatric services. It is short enough, and readable enough, to be read at a sitting. It has increased my awareness of the spread of sophisticated psychodynamic insights and skills among clinicians who work with offender patients. Even for experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists, I think it would provide useful reading in relation to patients one might hesitate to treat.' -- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 'In these pages the trainee will find the shape of things to come, whereas the trainer will be glad of promptings for informed debate and demands for elucidation. The vignettes, presented as case studies in Part II, thus provide excellent catalytic material on which to base a sequence of seminars.' -- from the foreword by Murray Cox 'This is an important book which I hope will be read by all those whose work may bring them into contact with mentally disordered offenders, who seek practical guidance. It should also be of interest further afield as policy makers and politicians try to respond to the widespread concern in society at large about criminal behaviour, its management and its causation.' -- from the foreword by Fiona Caldicott, DBE '...the new discipline of Forensic Psychotherapy has an important role to play in confronting the ignorance which exists about many kinds of offender and in providing an alternative to the simplistic response of locking them up... it is all the more imperative that the work of practitioners is shared and that within our different professions new perspectives are debated... It is therefore with great enthusiasm that I congratulate the editors and authors of this fine piece of work which was informative, challenging and proof that the law and psychiatry share very fertile soil.' -- from the foreword by Helena Kennedy, QC 'This Practical Guide is a prestigious compilation... There is a tremendous authenticity and depth of empathetic feeling in the case vignettes... The introductory chapters set out the task and the practical aspects of working with offender patients and an excellent section closes the book with clear guidelines about the requirements of the law and the processes of the court. The differing objectives of the forensic psychiatrist and the prosecuting or defending barristers are not shirked and the ethical dilemmas are highlighted... This is a publication that will be of value to all mental health workers and not just specialist forensic psychotherapists... It is a book which should be kept on a handy shelf for appropriate reference.' -- Group Analysis 'Psychodynamic concepts continue to evolve and this book serves a useful purpose in that it demonstrates how these developments can be applied to the specific problem of offending behaviour... the book is recommended to trainees in Forensic Psychiatry.' -- Journal of Psychiatric Case Reports 'The introductory chapters contain helpful explanations of the concepts of transference and counter transference in therapy and emphasize the importance of careful assessment including the significance of the setting of the assessment. The bulk of the book consists of case studies, mostly of single cases treated by each of the contributors, illustrating the process of therapy with a wide range of offending behaviour form women who shoplift to arsonistsI thought the book achieved its modest aim of explaining the objectives and limitations of forensic psychotherapy.' -- Child Care in Practice '...since the chapters are written by different clinicians, they are all very different from one another. In my view this adds to the richness of the text' -- Forensic Update

`...this book represents a good and personable overview of the field of forensic psychotherapy. It is accessible and engaging and should form part of the necessary required reading, not only in forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy settings but also to a wider group of trainees and practitioners in general psychiatry and law. it will help those who increasingly encounter patients or defendants with some of the problems outlined and for whom treatment is well represented as a cost-effective additional option or alternative to incarceration.' -- Therapeutic Communities `I think that many who work with offenders will find this volume useful, not just employees of NHS psychiatric services. It is short enough, and readable enough, to be read at a sitting. It has increased my awareness of the spread of sophisticated psychodynamic insights and skills among clinicians who work with offender patients. Even for experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists, I think it would provide useful reading in relation to patients one might hesitate to treat.' -- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy `In these pages the trainee will find the shape of things to come, whereas the trainer will be glad of promptings for informed debate and demands for elucidation. The vignettes, presented as case studies in Part II, thus provide excellent catalytic material on which to base a sequence of seminars.' -- from the foreword by Murray Cox `This is an important book which I hope will be read by all those whose work may bring them into contact with mentally disordered offenders, who seek practical guidance. It should also be of interest further afield as policy makers and politicians try to respond to the widespread concern in society at large about criminal behaviour, its management and its causation.' -- from the foreword by Fiona Caldicott, DBE `...the new discipline of Forensic Psychotherapy has an important role to play in confronting the ignorance which exists about many kinds of offender and in providing an alternative to the simplistic response of locking them up... it is all the more imperative that the work of practitioners is shared and that within our different professions new perspectives are debated... It is therefore with great enthusiasm that I congratulate the editors and authors of this fine piece of work which was informative, challenging and proof that the law and psychiatry share very fertile soil.' -- from the foreword by Helena Kennedy, QC `This Practical Guide is a prestigious compilation... There is a tremendous authenticity and depth of empathetic feeling in the case vignettes... The introductory chapters set out the task and the practical aspects of working with offender patients and an excellent section closes the book with clear guidelines about the requirements of the law and the processes of the court. The differing objectives of the forensic psychiatrist and the prosecuting or defending barristers are not shirked and the ethical dilemmas are highlighted... This is a publication that will be of value to all mental health workers and not just specialist forensic psychotherapists... It is a book which should be kept on a handy shelf for appropriate reference.' -- Group Analysis `Psychodynamic concepts continue to evolve and this book serves a useful purpose in that it demonstrates how these developments can be applied to the specific problem of offending behaviour... the book is recommended to trainees in Forensic Psychiatry.' -- Journal of Psychiatric Case Reports `The introductory chapters contain helpful explanations of the concepts of transference and counter transference in therapy and emphasize the importance of careful assessment including the significance of the setting of the assessment. The bulk of the book consists of case studies, mostly of single cases treated by each of the contributors, illustrating the process of therapy with a wide range of offending behaviour form women who shoplift to arsonistsI thought the book achieved its modest aim of explaining the objectives and limitations of forensic psychotherapy.' -- Child Care in Practice `...since the chapters are written by different clinicians, they are all very different from one another. In my view this adds to the richness of the text' -- Forensic Update

`...since the chapters are written by different clinicians, they are all very different from one another. In my view this adds to the richness of the text' -- Forensic Update `The introductory chapters contain helpful explanations of the concepts of transference and counter transference in therapy and emphasize the importance of careful assessment including the significance of the setting of the assessment. The bulk of the book consists of case studies, mostly of single cases treated by each of the contributors, illustrating the process of therapy with a wide range of offending behaviour form women who shoplift to arsonistsI thought the book achieved its modest aim of explaining the objectives and limitations of forensic psychotherapy.' -- Child Care in Practice `Psychodynamic concepts continue to evolve and this book serves a useful purpose in that it demonstrates how these developments can be applied to the specific problem of offending behaviour... the book is recommended to trainees in Forensic Psychiatry.' -- Journal of Psychiatric Case Reports `This Practical Guide is a prestigious compilation... There is a tremendous authenticity and depth of empathetic feeling in the case vignettes... The introductory chapters set out the task and the practical aspects of working with offender patients and an excellent section closes the book with clear guidelines about the requirements of the law and the processes of the court. The differing objectives of the forensic psychiatrist and the prosecuting or defending barristers are not shirked and the ethical dilemmas are highlighted... This is a publication that will be of value to all mental health workers and not just specialist forensic psychotherapists... It is a book which should be kept on a handy shelf for appropriate reference.' -- Group Analysis `...the new discipline of Forensic Psychotherapy has an important role to play in confronting the ignorance which exists about many kinds of offender and in providing an alternative to the simplistic response of locking them up... it is all the more imperative that the work of practitioners is shared and that within our different professions new perspectives are debated... It is therefore with great enthusiasm that I congratulate the editors and authors of this fine piece of work which was informative, challenging and proof that the law and psychiatry share very fertile soil.' -- from the foreword by Helena Kennedy, QC `This is an important book which I hope will be read by all those whose work may bring them into contact with mentally disordered offenders, who seek practical guidance. It should also be of interest further afield as policy makers and politicians try to respond to the widespread concern in society at large about criminal behaviour, its management and its causation.' -- from the foreword by Fiona Caldicott, DBE `In these pages the trainee will find the shape of things to come, whereas the trainer will be glad of promptings for informed debate and demands for elucidation. The vignettes, presented as case studies in Part II, thus provide excellent catalytic material on which to base a sequence of seminars.' -- from the foreword by Murray Cox `I think that many who work with offenders will find this volume useful, not just employees of NHS psychiatric services. It is short enough, and readable enough, to be read at a sitting. It has increased my awareness of the spread of sophisticated psychodynamic insights and skills among clinicians who work with offender patients. Even for experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists, I think it would provide useful reading in relation to patients one might hesitate to treat.' -- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy `...this book represents a good and personable overview of the field of forensic psychotherapy. It is accessible and engaging and should form part of the necessary required reading, not only in forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy settings but also to a wider group of trainees and practitioners in general psychiatry and law. it will help those who increasingly encounter patients or defendants with some of the problems outlined and for whom treatment is well represented as a cost-effective additional option or alternative to incarceration.' -- Therapeutic Communities

Author Information

Dr Estela Welldon MD FRCPsych, is Consultant Psychotherapist at the Portman Clinic and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychotherapy at University College, London. She is the Founder and Honorary President for life of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and the founding Director of the Forensic Psychotherapy Diploma Course. She is a member of the British Association of Psychotherapists, an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis and a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy. She is author of the acclaimed book examining the perversion of motherhood, Mother, Madonna, Whore (Guilford Press). Dr Cleo Van Velsen MRCPsych, qualified in medicine and surgery from King's College Hospital, London and trained in psychiatry at St George's Hospital, London. She is currently consultant psychotherapist on the psychotherapy unit of the Maudsley Hospital and is founder member of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy.

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