Overview

In the UK, we lock up more individuals per year than in any other part of Europe. Many of these are suffering from some form of treatable mental disorder, yet too often, prison is viewed as the only option. Part of the problem is the range of individuals and specialities involved in making these crucial judgements. Government departments, health and social care and voluntary sector organisations, and frontline criminal justice and penal institutions are all engaged in the definition, management, and processing of the mentally disordered offender (MDO), leaving the invidual in 'spiders web' of a system - often to their disadvantage.This book presents a penetrating and thought provoking analysis of the forensic mental health system - how it operates, the people involved, the problems inherent in such a system, and the huge ethical dilemma of depriving an individual of their freedom. It brings together a range of specialists, each with considerable experience, who describe the processes involved in dealing with an MDO - from their own unique perspective.The book starts with a section on violence and risk - covering a range of ideas from the disciplines of criminology, sociology, psychiatry and psychology that contribute to an understanding of these concepts. The second section, on Forensic Psychotherapeutic Approaches to MDOs details the contributions of both cognitive and psychodynamic psychotherapies to understanding and managing the psychopathology, risk and interpersonal interactions of MDOs. Legislation, both statutory and case law, has changed substantially in relation to MDOs over the last decade and the third section on Law discusses these changes as well as the fierce debate that has surrounded them.The fourth section, on Ethics, develops some of these ideas on capacity, autonomy, vulnerability and responsibility. It describes common ethical dilemmas for professionals in forensic settings as it lays out the different duties involved in the different professional roles intrinsic to multi-agency working. The fifth section on Social Policy discusses the development of the concept of the MDO and how penal, health and social care institutions are designed to meet their needs. It illustrates how much has changed, especially in the last fifteen years and how much of that change has been driven by the risk agenda. The book concludes with an International Section - exploring how other countries think about anti-social and violent behaviour and how their circumstances and dilemmas have led to approaches to MDOs both similar to and different from those of England and Wales.The book will be essential for both students and professionals in the complex and ethically challenging discipline of forensic mental health.

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Author:   Annie Bartlett (Department of Mental Health, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK) ,  Gill McGauley (Department of Mental Health, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.733kg
ISBN:  

9780198566854

ISBN 10:   0198566859
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Violence and dangerousness 1: Annie Bartlett: Introduction 2: Annie Bartlett: Medical models of mental disorder 3: Darrick Jolliffe: Violence in a criminological context 4: Tine Burke: Psychiatric disorder: frequency and mechanisms in understanding violence 5: Annie Bartlett: Gender, crime and violence 6: Sharon Prince: Race and culture: the relationship of complex social variables to the understanding of violence 7: Lorraine Bacchus and Gillian Aston: Domestic violence: genesis and perpetuation 8: Julia Houston: Sexual offending: understanding motivations 9: Gwen Adshead, Annie Bartlett and Gill Mezey: Reponses to violence and trauma: the case of post-traumatic stress disorder Forensic psychotherapy 10: Gillian McGauley: Introduction 11: Gillian McGauley: Introduction to psychotherapy and mentally disordered offenders 12: Steven Blumenthal: Psychodynamic approaches to working with mentally disordered offenders 13: Cleo van Velsen: Psychotherapeutic understanding and approach to psychosis in mentally disordered offenders 14: Gwen Adshead and Gillian McGauley: Caring for individuals with personality disorder in secure settings 15: Derek Perkins: Cognitive behavioural approaches to working with mentally disordered offenders 16: Val Hawes: Treating high risk mentally disordered offenders; the dangerous and severe personality disorder initiative Law 17: Martin Wrench and Bridget Dolan: Introduction 18: Martin Wrench and Bridget Dolan: Law and the mentally disordered offender: an overview of structures and statute 19: Nerida Harford-Bell and Annie Bartlett: Insanity and homicide: 'new defences and old defences' 20: Sameer Sarkar: Mental health law and mentally disorder offender 21: Sarah Lerner and Lib Skinner: Child care law and practice for mental health practitioners Ethical aspects 22: Gwen Adshead: Introduction 23: Gwen Adshead: Principles of ethical reasoning in forensic psychiatry 24: Gwen Adshead: Ethical issues in secure care 25: Nigel Eastman, Danny Riordan and Gwen Adshead: Ethical roles, relationships and duties of forensic mental health clinicians Social policy 26: Annie Bartlett: Introduction to social policy and the mentally disordered offender 27: Annie Bartlett and Sue Kesteven: Organizational and conceptual frameworks and the mentally disordered offender 28: Annie Bartlett and Crystal Romilly: Prison mental health care 29: Annie Bartlett and Sue Kesteven: Current service provision for mentally disordered offenders International 30: Annie Bartlett: Introduction 31: Rob Ferris: Forensic psychiatry in Australia 32: Ceri Evans: Forensic mental health care in New Zealand 33: Jaydip Sarkar: Care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in India 34: Trudi Roussouw: Reflections on the ethical complexities of medical life in apartheid South Africa 35: John Crichton: Scottish forensic psychiatry 36: Emma van Hoecke: Diminished responsibility as a cultural phenomenon (Netherlands) 37: Madleina Manetsch: Forensic mental health in (Switzerland) 38: Sameer Sarkar: Legal models and treatment approaches for the mentally disordered offender: United States of America Appendix Sarah Lerner and Lib Skinner: Childcare law and practice

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'...the book is both fresh and refreshing. It needs to be explored actively, otherwise one might miss something...The content is strong throughout...This is a book for Masters-level students or postgraduate trainees. It will also be of immense value to established practitioners. For interested undergraduates from all the allied disciplines it will only serve to fuel their enthusiasm' British Journal of Psychiatry '...[the book] is highly informative and both scholars and practitioners will find much of value in it...The chapter on medical models on mental disorder is my pick...as it is wide-ranging, insightful and provides for interesting critiques of the medical approach to mental illness with issues of gender and culture carefully examined.' British Journal of Criminology

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