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A Prescription for PsychiatryResidential Care … Not Medical Coercion

A Prescription for Psychiatry: Residential Care … Not Medical Coercion [I have spent my career divided between clinical and academic work. Much of my work has been focussed on in-patient settings and with people who have quite severe and disabling problems. After qualifying, I divided my working week between in-patient, hospital-based, psychiatric ward and an out-patient clinic. When I conducted my PhD, I spent a great deal of my time interviewing people who were resident on in-patient psychiatric wards. In my academic career, I have been responsible for randomised, controlled trials of CBT for people with serious mental health problems: this again frequently brought me into contact with people staying in hospital. And throughout my career I have continued to work with people with serious problems, who are often frequently admitted to hospital. But I have to confess that I had not visited a psychiatric ward for several months until recently, when one of my clients was briefly admitted to hospital. And I was, again, shocked by her experience.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Prescription for PsychiatryResidential Care … Not Medical Coercion

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
ISBN
978-1-137-40870-9
Pages
126 –143
DOI
10.1057/9781137408716_6
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Abstract

[I have spent my career divided between clinical and academic work. Much of my work has been focussed on in-patient settings and with people who have quite severe and disabling problems. After qualifying, I divided my working week between in-patient, hospital-based, psychiatric ward and an out-patient clinic. When I conducted my PhD, I spent a great deal of my time interviewing people who were resident on in-patient psychiatric wards. In my academic career, I have been responsible for randomised, controlled trials of CBT for people with serious mental health problems: this again frequently brought me into contact with people staying in hospital. And throughout my career I have continued to work with people with serious problems, who are often frequently admitted to hospital. But I have to confess that I had not visited a psychiatric ward for several months until recently, when one of my clients was briefly admitted to hospital. And I was, again, shocked by her experience.]

Published: Oct 24, 2015

Keywords: Mental Health; Mental Health Service; Mental Health Problem; Police Officer; Residential Care

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