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 …

Background The therapeutic relationship is synonymous with mental health nursing and
fundamental to the provision of nursing care, regardless of the setting in which care is …

Several questions remain unanswered regarding the extent to which the principles and
practices of patient-centered care are achievable in the context of a forensic mental health …

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 …

Purpose: Nurses working in forensic psychiatry often encounter offenders who have a
severe mental illness, which may cause ethical challenges and influence nurses' daily work …

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study conducted in a Canadian
medium‐security forensic psychiatric facility. The primary objective of this qualitative …

BACKGROUND: Mental health services are shifting toward approaches that promote
patients' choices and acknowledge the value of their lived experiences. OBJECTIVE: To …

Nurses are at the forefront of care in mental health services but their role is conflicted; they
carry the most responsibility for care and also for restrictive practices. The harmful effects of …

Recent decades have seen a widespread effort to imprison more people for sexual violence.
The Stains of Imprisonment offers an ethnographic account of one of the worlds that this …

Patients in forensic psychiatric settings not only have to deal with their mental illness, but
also memories of criminal activities and being involuntarily hospitalized. The aim of the …