Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management by Richter, Dirk

Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781441922267)

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Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management by Richter, Dirk

Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management

$109.99
Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management by Richter, Dirk

Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management

$109.99
Format: Paperback
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This essential resource offers an understanding into patient violence at mental health facilities. It brings together salient theories, valuable data, and real-world interventions to provide information on the latest theories of violence as well as proven prevention strategies and examples of positive organizational change. The book is packed with practical highlights, such as how the ward environment can contribute to violence--or its prevention; training issues and course development in violence management; best practice guidelines for verbal, physical, and pharmaceutical interventions; and developing a non-violent culture at the institutional level. The extensive use of case studies drawn from practice and the media draw the reader into the discussion.

Therapists, nurses, social workers, and counselors will find this book a source of vital insights and ideas for future policy.



Author: Dirk Richter
ISBN-10: 1441922261
ISBN-13: 9781441922267
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2010
Pages: 347
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
By Dirk Richter
By Dirk Richter
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Richard Whittington, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is a psychologist and researcher with a background as a mental health nurse in intensive care and general acute psychiatric settings. He has published widely on the psychological and social causes and effects of aggression in mental health care. Current projects include systematic reviews of risk assessment and interventions in forensic mental health funded by the UK NHS R&D programme.

Dirk Richter, PhD, nurse (with working experience in mental health) and sociologist, currently researcher and quality manager at Westphalian Hospital in Muenster, Germany, and associate professor ('Privatdozent') at the Institute of Sociology, University of Muenster. In German, Dirk Richter has authored and edited three books on violence in health care. He has co-authored a widely spread booklet on conflict management in psychiatric settings and has written several research papers and book chapters on the topic. Dirk Richter has also published in fields such as social psychiatry, evaluation and quality management, medical philosophy, nursing science, social theory and nationalism research. His last book on the sociology of mental disorders in the era of life sciences has been published in 2003(in German).

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