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Issues in nursing care for patients with severe personality disorders

01 September 1997

Mental Health Practice

Clinical

People with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system

26 May 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article summarises the needs of people with learning disabilities in the police station, courts and prisons. The article describes national plans to address...

Meeting the health needs of young offenders

13 November 2008

Paediatric Nursing

General

A recent review of health care for young people who offend recommended that youth offending teams should include healthcare provision. The type of provision that is...

Staff reluctance to report clients to the police

01 June 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The reluctance of carers to report alleged offences by people with learning disabilities to the police is well documented in the literature, but there is a lack of...

Mental health inquiry reports: the lessons for nursing

01 October 1997

Mental Health Practice

Feature

From January 1990 to March 1996, a total of 21 mental health inquiry reports were published. Beween April 1996 and February 1997 a further 13 appeared and a further...

When things go wrong

01 October 1997

Mental Health Practice

Practical issues

I first became involved in independent investigations into the care and treatment of people with mental illnesses who have committed acts of homicide when I managed...

Assessing the needs of offenders

26 February 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The needs of offenders with learning disabilities or difficulties entering prison should be recognised and met promptly. This article describes how HMP Parc, a...

Prison in-reach mental health nursing

12 March 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Surveys have shown that over 90 per cent of the prison population have a diagnosable mental illness, substance abuse problem, or both (ONS 1998). There is general...

Rewards on the inside

22 June 2010

Nursing Standard

News

Working with young offenders has its challenges, but also many rewards.

Partners in crime

18 June 2008

Nursing Standard

General article

Working with men who have learning disabilities and are sexual offenders can be gruelling. But two nurses have risen to the challenge and been named RCN Northern...