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Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, March 2011, Pages: 328
Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services presents the first exploration of the most effective clinical practice techniques relating to the management of risk in mental health care settings.
- Based on the Department of Health’s Best Practice in Managing Risk guidance document, which was developed over a 12-month period in consultation with a national expert advisory group
- Features contributions from many members of the group that drew up the Best Practice document – all leading theoreticians and practitioners in their particular fields – and embeds the principles laid out in the guidelines in real world practice
- Reveals how contemporary risk management is a multidisciplinary and collaborative enterprise in which practitioners from different professions need to engage with each other in order to achieve success
Review
Self-harm and Violence: Towards Best Practices in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services fills an important gap in the literature, presenting the voice of service users, summarizing the latest research about the risk of harm to self or others, and reviewing the strength of evidence for interventions used to prevent or reduce risk and harm on inpatient psychiatric units. This scholarly, yet highly accessible book will appeal to academics who are interested in studying issues related to harm to self or others, nursing staff who manage risk on a day-to-day basis, and educators who will welcome the compilation of information in one source.
- Mary E. Johnson, Professor of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, USA
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