Violence In Mental Health Settings

Author : Michael R. Privitera
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449619398

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Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings by Michael R. Privitera Pdf

The American Psychiatric Foundation Manfred Guttmacher Award Winner for 2012. Workplace Violence in Mental and General Health Settings provides clinicians, health care administrators, law enforcement professionals and educators with an easily accessible, cross-disciplinary approach to preventing and controlling violence in the workplace. This book condenses the vast literature available on workplace violence and renders it operational—allowing readers to rapidly digest important concepts and put them into action in real-world settings. Workplace Violence in Mental and General Health Settings draws on knowledge from fields beyond medicine to provide a comprehensive resource on everything from organizational and emergency room violence to self-defense techniques for the health care professional. More than any other, this book guides the reader from theory to practical application of prevention and management methods in the workplace. Key Features: - An explanation of violence terminology to enhance readability - New information on how workplace violence affects quality of care - Steps to manage high-volume emergency room violence - Specific training protocol to prevent workplace violence - A free CD-Rom containing sample workplace violence guidelines, powerpoints, internet links and more

Author : Dirk Richter,Richard Whittington
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387339658

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Violence in Mental Health Settings by Dirk Richter,Richard Whittington Pdf

Despite improvements in service delivery, patient violence remains a major problem at mental health facilities. Focusing equally on causes, management, and prevention, this groundbreaking book thoroughly examines this crucial topic. The book reviews the latest theories of violence, proven prevention strategies, and examples of positive organizational change. The material is illustrated with graphs and clinical case examples, and coverage spans the range from patient rights to zero-tolerance.

Author : Louise Howard,Gene Feder,Roxanne Agnew-Davies
Publisher : RCPsych Publications
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781908020567

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Domestic Violence and Mental Health by Louise Howard,Gene Feder,Roxanne Agnew-Davies Pdf

People with mental health problems are more likely to be a victim of domestic violence than the general population. This text offers practical guidance on how mental health professionals can identify and respond to domestic violence experienced by their patients.

Author : Katherine D. Warburton,Stephen M. Stahl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107092198

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Violence in Psychiatry by Katherine D. Warburton,Stephen M. Stahl Pdf

The association between violence and mental illness is well studied, yet remains highly controversial. Currently, there does appear to be a trend of increasing violence in hospital settings, including both civilly and forensically committed populations. In fact, physical aggression is the primary reason for admission to many hospitals. Given that violence is now often both a reason for admission and a barrier to discharge, there is a pressing need for violence to be re-conceptualized as a primary medical condition, not as the by-product of one. Furthermore, treatment settings need to be enhanced to address the new types of violence exhibited in inpatient environments and this modification needs to be geared toward balancing safety with treatment. This book focuses on violence from assessment, through underlying neurobiology, to treatment and other recommendations for practice. This will be of interest to forensic psychiatrists, general adult psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, psychiatric social workers and rehabilitation therapists.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309466622

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Violence and Mental Health by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention Pdf

On February 26â€"27, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop titled Mental Health and Violence: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Intervention. The workshop brought together advocates and experts in public health and mental health, anthropology, biomedical science, criminal justice, global health and development, and neuroscience to examine experience, evidence, and practice at the intersection of mental health and violence. Participants explored how violence impacts mental health and how mental health influences violence and discussed approaches to improve research and practice in both domains. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : Liza H. Gold, M.D.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781585624980

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Gun Violence and Mental Illness by Liza H. Gold, M.D. Pdf

Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely. Gun Violence and Mental Illness, written by a multidisciplinary roster of authors who are leaders in the fields of mental health, public health, and public policy, is a practical guide to the issues surrounding the relation between firearms deaths and mental illness. Tragic mass shootings that capture headlines reinforce the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides. This book is an apolitical exploration of the misperceptions and realities that attend gun violence and mental illness. The authors frame both pressing social issues as public health problems subject to a variety of interventions on individual and collective levels, including utilization of a novel perspective: evidence-based interventions focusing on assessments and indicators of dangerousness, with or without indications of mental illness. Reader-friendly, well-structured, and accessible to professional and lay audiences, the book: * Reviews the epidemiology of gun violence and its relationship to mental illness, exploring what we know about those who perpetrate mass shootings and school shootings. * Examines the current legal provisions for prohibiting access to firearms for those with mental illness and whether these provisions and new mandated reporting interventions are effective or whether they reinforce negative stereotypes associated with mental illness. * Discusses the issues raised in accessing mental health treatment in regard to diminished treatment resources, barriers to access, and involuntary commitment.* Explores novel interventions for addressing these issues from a multilevel and multidisciplinary public health perspective that does not stigmatize people with mental illness. This includes reviews of suicide risk assessment; increasing treatment engagement; legal, social, and psychiatric means of restricting access to firearms when people are in crisis; and, when appropriate, restoration of firearm rights. Mental health clinicians and trainees will especially appreciate the risk assessment strategies presented here, and mental health, public health, and public policy researchers will find Gun Violence and Mental Illness a thoughtful and thought-provoking volume that eschews sensationalism and embraces serious scholarship.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Adolescence
ISBN : 9241545623

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World Report on Violence and Health by World Health Organization Pdf

This report is part of WHO's response to the 49th World Health Assembly held in 1996 which adopted a resolution declaring violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. It is aimed largely at researchers and practitioners including health care workers, social workers, educators and law enforcement officials.

Author : American Psychiatric Association
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Antipsychotic drugs
ISBN : 9780890426777

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The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia by American Psychiatric Association Pdf

The guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PURD:32754077580201

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Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Whittington,Caroline Logan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1119996228

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Self-Harm and Violence by Richard Whittington,Caroline Logan Pdf

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

Author : S. E. McKnight
Publisher : Nursing Knowledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1948057492

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De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare by S. E. McKnight Pdf

"This book is a comprehensive guidebook of therapeutic de-escalation techniques for nurses and other healthcare professionals to improve safety in healthcare facilities. Readers will explore the concepts of aggression (including risk factors), de-escalation, and therapeutic communication. They will also learn how to perform mental status assessments, manage and even prevent aggressive behavior, and practice conflict resolution, and--when faced with individuals with depressive disorders, suicidal ideation, and/or self-injurious behavior (SIB)--engage in crisis intervention. Specific therapeutic interventions for difficult behavioral issues associated with schizophrenia, dementia, bipolar disorder, cognitive impairment, anxiety and panic disorders are also covered, as are stress-management techniques to help patients cope, tips for creating a caring and healing environment to stop violence before it starts, and a framework for building a healthcare violence prevention program. Nursing students and healthcare professionals of all educational levels will find this book to be immensely valuable. De-escalation is one of the most valuable skills a healthcare worker can possess. Indeed, all healthcare workers need this vital skill to help ensure their safety in the healthcare environment. It's not uncommon for healthcare professionals to encounter an agitated or aggressive person. How that healthcare worker responds will dictate whether the situation is defused or escalated--perhaps even resulting in physical violence. The goal of this book is to ensure the result is the former--to prevent healthcare violence, and to foster a safe healthcare workplace that benefits all and promotes peace and safety for everyone"--

Author : Bernardo Carpiniello,Antonio Vita,Claudio Mencacci
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030331887

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Violence and Mental Disorders by Bernardo Carpiniello,Antonio Vita,Claudio Mencacci Pdf

This book explores the issue of violence in detail, taking into account the role of contextual factors, as well as the epidemiology, risk factors and clinical aspects of violence related to the main mental disorders. It also offers practical information on its management – from prevention to treatment. Covering all aspects of the problem of violence in mental disorders, the book is divided into four parts: general aspects; risk factors, phenomenology and characteristics of violence in mental disorders; contexts of violence; and prevention and management of violence in mental health. It also discusses violence in the various settings of mental health system, an aspect that has not previously been fully addressed. The volume is intended for all those who are interested in mental health, including scholars, professionals, and students.

Author : Andrea Daley,Lucy Costa,Peter Beresford
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781442629974

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Madness, Violence, and Power by Andrea Daley,Lucy Costa,Peter Beresford Pdf

Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection disengages from the common forms of discussion about violence related to mental health service users and survivors which position those users or survivors as more likely to enact violence or become victims of violence. Instead, this book seeks to broaden understandings of violence manifest in the lives of mental health service users/survivors, 'push' current considerations to explore the impacts of systems and institutions that manage 'abnormality', and to create and foster space to explore the role of our own communities in justice and accountability dialogues. This critical collection constitutes an integral contribution to critical scholarship on violence and mental illness by addressing a gap in the existing literature by broadening the "violence lens," and inviting an interdisciplinary conversation that is not narrowly biomedical and neuro-scientific.

Author : Masum Khwaja,Peter Tyrer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781911623267

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The Prevention and Management of Violence by Masum Khwaja,Peter Tyrer Pdf

Author : John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman,Eric Silver,Paul S. Appelbaum,Pamela Clark Robbins,Edward P. Mulvey,Loren H. Roth,Thomas Grisso
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780195138825

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Rethinking Risk Assessment by John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman,Eric Silver,Paul S. Appelbaum,Pamela Clark Robbins,Edward P. Mulvey,Loren H. Roth,Thomas Grisso Pdf

Rethinking Risk Assessment' tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence.