Treating Violence : A guide to risk management in mental health

ISBN-13: 9780198526902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 208 str.

Tony Maden

Opis

Treating Violence deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Studies have established that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers. This book critically reviews risk assessment methods and summaries the evidence. It should be read by anybody working in front line mental health services or criminal justice.

Recenzje

Professor Maden presents his arguments in a robust manner that may not be for the faint hearted but leaves little doubt of the importance of having a sound understanding of why good quality of risk assessment is an important matter for all involved in delivery of mental health services and care.

O autorze

Trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry in London before becoming professor of forensic psychiatry at Imperial College in 2000. Clinical director of services for dangerous and severe personality disorder at Broadmoor Hospital. An examiner for Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Teaches widely on risk management and service development. Gave expert evidence to several homicide inquiries including the Mubarak Inquiry and to the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee on the new Mental Health Bill.