Self-harm and violence : towards best practice in managing risk in mental health services - Whittington, Richard (Richard Charles); Logan, Caroline (Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Service users : experiences of risk and risk management / Kay Sheldon -- Carers : experiences of risk and risk management / Sally Luxton -- Understanding and managing self-harm in mental health services / Maria Leitner, Wally Barr -- Understanding and managing violence in mental health services / Richard Whittington ... [et al.] -- Suicide and homicide by people with mental illness : a national overview / Kirsten Windfuhr, Nicola Swinson -- Evidence and principles for service user involvement in risk management / Helen Gilburt -- Guidelines and standards for managing risk in mental health services / Caroline Logan, Norbert Nedopil, Thomas Wolf -- Organisations, corporate governance, and risk management / Ben Thomas -- Formulation in clinical risk assessment and management / Caroline Logan, Rajan Nathan, Andrew Brown -- Evidence and principles for positive risk management / Paul Clifford -- Positive risk management : supporting decisions by people with learning disabilities using a human rights based approach / Richard Whitehead, Ged Carney, Beth Greenhill -- Case study 1 : a four-step model of implementation / Geraldine Strathdee ... [et al.] -- Case study 2 : narrowing the gap between policy and practice / Kate Hunt -- Case study 3 : balancing flexibility and standards in risk management / Louise Fountain, Patrick McKee -- Case study 4 : from ticking boxes to effective risk management / Lorna Jellicoe-Jones ... [et al.].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Violence in psychiatric hospitals -- Prevention; Mental health facilities -- Risk management; Psychotherapy patients; Violence in psychiatric hospitals -- Prevention; Parasuicide -- Prevention; Self-Injurious Behavior -- prevention & control; Mental Health Services -- organization & administration; Mentally Ill Persons -- psychology; Organizational Case Studies; Risk management; Violence -- prevention & control