About the Book
Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health screening to complex legal, moral and philosophical dilemmas. It also draws comparisons with the US correctional mental health system and the delivery of mental health services in New Zealand prisons.
This comprehensive guide is an indispensible resource for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, prison medical officers, probation officers, prison discipline staff and any other professionals concerned with mental health care in custodial settings.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables. Notes on Contributors. Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction - The History of Prison Psychiatry, Simon Wilson and Ian Cumming. Chapter 1. The Current Structure of the Prison Service, John Podmore, Head of Corruption Prevention Unit, National Offender Management Service. Chapter 2. Delivering Mental Health Services in Prison, Janet Parrott, Chair, Forensic Psychiatry Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists. Chapter 3. Health Screening in Prisons, Don Grubin, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Newcastle Tyne and Wear NHS Trust. Chapter 4. Mentally Ill Prisoners and Mental Health Issues in Prison, Ian Cumming and Simon Wilson. Chapter 5. Suicide, Attempted Suicide and Self-injury in Prison, David Crighton, Acting Chief Psychologist, Ministry of Justice and Visiting Professor of Forensic Psychology, Roehampton University, London. Chapter 6. Managing Substance Misuse in Prison, James Tighe, Senior Nurse, Substance Misuse Programme, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. Chapter 7. The Young Offender, Julie Withecomb, Consultant in Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry, Bracton Centre, Dartford. Chapter 8. Women in Prison, Richard Taylor, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, North London Forensic Service and Lecturer, Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, University College London and Jessica Yakeley, Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy, Portman Clinic, Tavistock. Chapter 9. Elderly Prisoners, Seena Fazel, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, Oxford University and Preeti Chhabra, Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London. Chapter 10. People with Intellectual Disabilities in Prison, Kiriakos Xenitidis, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, Maria Fotiadou, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust and Glynis Murphy, Joint Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Kent. Chapter 11. Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners, David Ndegwa, Clinical Director and Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, River House, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Chapter 12. Sex Offenders and Vulnerable Prisoners, Rebecca Milner, National Clinical Lead, Extended Sex Offender Treatment Programme. Chapter 13. Consent to Treatment, the Mental Health Act, and the Mental Capacity Act, Simon Wilson and Raj Dhar, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. Chapter 14. Hunger Strike and Food Refusal, Danny Sullivan, Assistant Clinical Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia and Crystal Romilly, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, South West London & George's NHS Trust (HMP Wandsworth and Shaftesbury Clinic Medium Secure Unit). Chapter 15. Psychiatric Reports, Huw Stone, Deputy Medical Director, Adult Mental Health Directorate of Hampshire Partnership Trust. Chapter 16. The Lifer System in England and Wales, Natalie Pyszora, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Broadmoor Hospital. Chapter 17. Psychology in Prisons, Graham Towl, Principal of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University. Chapter 18. Prison Therapeutic Regimes, Mark Morris, Partnerships in Care, Kneesworth House Personality Disorder Service. Chapter 19. Death in Custody, Andrew Forrester, Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust Foundation, HMP Brixton. Chapter 20. Prisons Inspection, Tish Laing-Morton, Clinical Director of Health Forecasting, The Met Office. Chapter 21. International Perspectives I – An Overview of US Correctional Mental Health, Charles Scott, Chief, Division of Psychiatry and the Law and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of California, Davis and Barbara McDermott, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Chapter 22. International Perspectives II – Delivery of Mental Health Services in New Zealand Prisons: Context and Approach, Ceri Evans, Clinical Director, Canterbury Regional Forensic Service and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Services, University of Otago, New Zealand and Phil Brinded, Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand. Chapter 23. Inside-Out: Ethical Dilemmas in Prison Psychiatry, Gwen Adshead. Chapter 24. Prison Language as an Organisational Define Against Anxiety, Gabrielle Brown, Psychodynamic Therapist, Westminster Pastoral Foundation, London and Julian Walker, Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist, Fromeside Medium Secure Unit, Bristol and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bristol. References. Legal Cases. Index.
About the Author :
Simon Wilson is Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He was formerly a consultant forensic psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and at HM Prison Brixton. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. Ian Cumming is Consultant Psychiatrist at HM Prison Belmarsh. Both editors are particularly interested in the development of mental health services in prisons.
Review :
Bringing together a number of practitioners and academics as authors, this handbook addresses a wide variety of aspects of psychiatry in prisons... Psychiatry in Prisons will likely prove an invaluable resource for forensic psychiatrists, students of forensic psychiatry and practitioners and academics with an interest in the mentally ill who are incarcerated.
