Treating violence [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to risk management in mental health / / Anthony Maden

• Autore: Maden Tony
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8582
• Soggetto topico: Mentally ill; Violence - Forecasting
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Why worry about violence risk assessment?; 2 Researching violence risk; 3 When things go wrong ... Homicide Inquiries in the United Kingdom; 4 Clinical assessment of violence risk; 5 Standardized or actuarial risk assessment; 6 Structured clinical assessment of violence risk: the thinking man's approach; 7 A new look at homicides by the mentally ill: applying structured risk assessment; 8 Conclusions: on good treatment and bad attitudes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: Treating Violence deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Over the last twenty years violence by the mentally ill has grown from just a peripheral concern to dominate debate about services. Scientific studies have established beyond reasonable doubt that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers, whilst a series of homicide inquiries brought the media spotlight to bear on the real and imagined failings of mental health services.Consequently, health services have had violence risk assessment thrust upon them by worried managers and politicians. Clinician
• Titolo autorizzato: Treating violence
• ISBN: 0-19-176966-5; 1-283-58220-1; 9786613894656; 0-19-156689-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455738703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II