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 A ustralia …

Interview location has been widely overlooked in the nursing literature. This paper presents
a discussion of interview location in the context of nursing research with particular emphasis …

Reducing and eliminating the use of restrictive practices, such as seclusion and restraint, is
a national priority for Australia's mental health services. Whilst legislation, organization and …

Accessible summary This paper reports the thoughts and feelings experienced by registered
mental health nurses caring for distressed and/or disturbed service users in acute inpatient …

The objective of this paper is to present the results obtained from a qualitative research
study conducted in a forensic psychiatric setting and to explore the dual role associated with …

Sexuality in secure mental healthcare has been overlooked in both clinical praxis and
academic research. In the UK, there exist no formal policies to inform staff approaches to …

The objective of this article is to examine the tensions that exist between care and custody in
correctional environments by presenting the (im) possibilities of psychiatric nursing practice …

Restraining patients is a practice that dates back at least three centuries. In recent years,
there has been a mandate and advocacy in various countries for organizations to shift …

In the Canadian forensic psychiatric context, the concepts of risk and dangerousness
interact, intersect, and morph into the notion of significant threat to the safety of the public …

Psychiatric nurses who work with people who are involved with the justice system
experience ethical and moral tension arising from their dual role (care and control). This is …