Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care
Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care
Narratives From Service Users, Carers and Professionals
Edited by Mark Hardcastle, David Kennard, Sheila Grandison, Leonard Fagin
© 2007 – Routledge
https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415410823
Commended in the Mental Health category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition.
This book offers an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care, from both a professional and a user perspective. The editors highlight the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk aversive.