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There is an expectation that women will be nurturers and carers.
Women who have been judged violent, destructive and criminal and
who are detained in the criminal justice system can find themselves
perceived through a distorted lens as unwomanly. This book explains
how they become hypervisible in their difference, while the
histories of trauma and suffering that are communicated through
their offending and other risk behaviour remain hidden, and so are
unseen. Bringing together authors uniquely placed as experts in
their fields, Invisible Trauma argues that it is essential to trace
the traumatic roots of women's violence and criminality. Powerful
intergenerational factors perpetuate the cycles of offending and
trauma re-enactment that current sentencing practice overlooks. The
authors present a psychoanalytically informed account of the
development of violence and other offending, identifying pathways
for change to address trauma within the lives of these women and
their children, and also to create a responsive, effective and
sensitive workforce. Invisible Trauma highlights the role of
emotional, social and cultural forces in traumatising women who
come into contact with the criminal justice system and uncovers
areas of their lives that are all too often hidden from view. It
will be invaluable to those working in clinical and forensic
psychology, mental health nursing, psychotherapy, social work,
medical practice and women's health, as well as frontline
practitioners in the criminal justice system, the health service
and third sector organisations and for anyone with an interest in
racism, equality and social justice.
There is an expectation that women will be nurturers and carers.
Women who have been judged violent, destructive and criminal and
who are detained in the criminal justice system can find themselves
perceived through a distorted lens as unwomanly. This book explains
how they become hypervisible in their difference, while the
histories of trauma and suffering that are communicated through
their offending and other risk behaviour remain hidden, and so are
unseen. Bringing together authors uniquely placed as experts in
their fields, Invisible Trauma argues that it is essential to trace
the traumatic roots of women's violence and criminality. Powerful
intergenerational factors perpetuate the cycles of offending and
trauma re-enactment that current sentencing practice overlooks. The
authors present a psychoanalytically informed account of the
development of violence and other offending, identifying pathways
for change to address trauma within the lives of these women and
their children, and also to create a responsive, effective and
sensitive workforce. Invisible Trauma highlights the role of
emotional, social and cultural forces in traumatising women who
come into contact with the criminal justice system and uncovers
areas of their lives that are all too often hidden from view. It
will be invaluable to those working in clinical and forensic
psychology, mental health nursing, psychotherapy, social work,
medical practice and women's health, as well as frontline
practitioners in the criminal justice system, the health service
and third sector organisations and for anyone with an interest in
racism, equality and social justice.
Working in any area of mental health nursing presents complex
issues regarding the nurse-patient relationship. For those working
in prolonged clinical contact with offenders, relationships with
patients and colleagues can be particularly emotionally intense and
sometimes difficult to express. This book attempts to understand
and articulate the emotional labour of forensic nursing and
explores the challenge of establishing and maintaining therapeutic
relationships with offenders. The first book to consider the
emotional and relational component of forensic mental health
nursing, the chapters cover a number of specialist forensic areas
from this psychodynamic perspective, such as women's services,
services for people with personality disorders, intensive care,
high security psychiatric hospitals, medium secure units and
services for adolescent offenders. A chapter on therapeutic
communities is also included, along with chapters on challenging
relational phenomena such as working with hate and the difficulties
of managing difference when working in environments that produce
high levels of anxiety. Therapeutic Relationships with Offenders
provides essential information for mental health nurses working in
the forensic field and will be of interest to any professionals
working with challenging populations and people with personality
disorders.
This groundbreaking book explores the psychodynamics and
socio-politics of the forensic therapeutic milieu, addressing some
of the most difficult and complex issues facing practitioners. It
sets out a psycho-social framework for understanding the
predicament and the needs of those who live in and those who work
in forensic mental health settings. It brings to life the thinking
of those working on the frontline in an increasingly difficult and
hostile environment, and draws together fresh and stimulating
approaches to engagement with highly complex individuals who
present challenges to traditional models of psychiatric assessment
and treatment. Contributors with considerable clinical experience
and expertise from a range of disciplines consider the ethical,
emotional and intellectual challenges of their work, and describe
ways in which genuine containment and change can be achieved
despite numerous perceived assaults on therapeutic relationships,
and on the therapeutic milieu itself. Combining clinical case
studies with organisational perspectives and clear descriptions of
theoretical processes, they explore key issues including the
challenges of maintaining role-appropriate, 'boundaried'
relationships; the tensions between public protection and
individual confidentiality; questions of risk and responsibility;
duty of care and respect for individual liberty; the challenges
posed by inter-professional tensions and rivalries; as well as
specific clinical dilemmas. The difficulties they experience in
fulfilling specific therapeutic roles in the face of uncertainties
about the funding and commissioning of their services are
addressed, and the final part of the book outlines some of the ways
in which individuals, particular services and whole organisations
may protect themselves when under attack. This unique and highly
original book is essential reading for all those working, or
training to work, in both forensic and non-forensic inpatient
therapeutic milieux and for academics and lay readers interested in
the societal dynamics of inclusion and exclusion that are
replicated and magnified in these settings.
Written by experts in the growing field of forensic mental health
care, this book explores current and emerging interventions in
forensic nursing and the care of the mentally disordered offender,
with an emphasis on clinical practice and clinical competence. It
explores the practical issues facing forensic nurses, such as
environment and safety issues, as well as the possible emotional
trauma of such a role. It examines a range of intervention
strategies, such as exercise, which has often been used as an
occupational time-filler, but also offers real therapeutic
benefits. The contributors cover a range of diverse perspectives
from the care of women in secure services, severely assaultive
patients and sex offenders, the role of inpatient therapy and nurse
therapists and the importance of spiritual nursing and educational
interventions. The book also examines the client group itself and
considers new roles for nurses in the light of recent research. The
contributors to this volume take a wide-ranging approach, providing
a comprehensive overview of current and future therapeutic
interventions for forensic mental health care. Therapeutic
Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses is essential
reading for all practitioners, nurses and educators in the forensic
nursing field.
People who use forensic mental health services are defined by the
fact that they have violated boundaries, often in many ways. For
clinicians employed to work therapeutically with this client group
however, the capacity to initiate and maintain boundaries is
critical to safety as well as to good treatment outcomes. This book
provides a thorough introduction to the subject of professional and
therapeutic boundaries and their particular complexities within
forensic mental health settings. The contributors, all experts in
their respective fields, address the challenges of establishing
working boundaries within forensic mental health services from
multiple perspectives. They explore the ways in which boundaries
can be initiated and maintained in different areas of forensic
mental health work, including in psychotherapy, mental health
nursing, arts therapies, forensic psychiatry and family therapy,
and when working with different client groups, including children
and adolescents, offenders with severe personality disorders in
high security settings and sex offenders. Consideration is also
given to boundaries and homicide, maternal boundary violations and
boundaries in a forensic learning disability service. This
authoritative, interdisciplinary resource will support all forensic
mental health practitioners in this crucial aspect of their work.
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