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Working with people who have killed: The experience and attitudes of forensic mental health clinicians working with forensic patients.
- Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; Apr2015, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p130-138, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Forensic mental health (FMH) clinicians sometimes feel unsupported and unprepared for their work. This article explores their experiences of working in a FMH setting in Australia. The research examined the clinical context of clinicians working with forensic patients (FP), particularly those individuals who have killed while experiencing a mental illness. A qualitative, exploratory design was selected. Data were collected through focus groups and individual interviews with hospital and community-based forensic clinicians from all professional groups: psychiatric medicine, social work, psychology, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, and psychiatric service officers. The main themes identified were orientation and adjustment to FMH, training in FMH, vicarious traumatization, clinical debriefing and clinical supervision, and therapeutic relationships. Participants described being frustrated and unsupported in making the transition to working with FP and felt conflicted by the emotional response that was generated when developing therapeutic relationships. Recommendations include the development of programmes that might assist clinicians and address gaps in service delivery, such as clinical governance, targeted orientation programmes, and clinical supervision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANXIETY
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CLINICAL competence
CORPORATE culture
EMPLOYEE orientation
EXPERIENTIAL learning
FEAR
FOCUS groups
FORENSIC psychiatry
HEALTH care teams
HOMICIDE
INDUSTRIAL safety
INTERVIEWING
JOB stress
MEDICAL personnel
PATIENT-professional relations
MENTAL health services
REHABILITATION of people with mental illness
PERSONAL space
PROFESSIONAL employee training
PSYCHIATRIC nursing
RESEARCH
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
WORK
MENTAL health personnel
QUALITATIVE research
CRIMINALS with mental illness
PROFESSIONAL practice
JUDGMENT sampling
PEER relations
SOCIAL support
THEMATIC analysis
INDEPENDENT living
CLINICAL supervision
WORK experience (Employment)
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14458330
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103785290
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12113