Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services

Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services presents the first exploration of the most effective clinical practice techniques relating to the management of risk in mental health care settings. Based on the Department of Health’s Best Practice in Managing Risk guidance document, which was developed over a 12-month period in consultation with a national expert advisory group Features contributions from many members of the group that drew up the Best Practice document – all leading theoreticians and practitioners in their particular fields – and embeds the principles laid out in the guidelines in real world practice Reveals how contemporary risk management is a multidisciplinary and collaborative enterprise in which practitioners from different professions need to engage with each other in order to achieve success Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–7): Richard Whittington and Caroline LoganChapter 2 Service Users: Experiences of Risk and Risk Management (pages 9–34): Kay SheldonChapter 3 Carers: Experiences of Risk and Risk Management (pages 35–52): Sally LuxtonChapter 4 Understanding and Managing Self?Harm in Mental Health Services (pages 53–78): Maria Leitner and Wally BarrChapter 5 Understanding and Managing Violence in Mental Health Services (pages 79–96): Richard Whittington, James McGuire, Tilman Steinert and Beverley QuinnChapter 6 Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness: A National Overview (pages 97–117): Kirsten Windfuhr and Nicola SwinsonChapter 7 Evidence and Principles for Service User Involvement in Risk Management (pages 119–141): Helen GilburtChapter 8 Guidelines and Standards for Managing Risk in Mental Health Services (pages 143–162): Caroline Logan, Norbert Nedopil and Thomas WolfChapter 9 Organizations, Corporate Governance and Risk Management (pages 163–185): Ben ThomasChapter 10 Formulation in Clinical Risk Assessment and Management (pages 187–204): Caroline Logan, Rajan Nathan and Andrew BrownChapter 11 Evidence and Principles for Positive Risk Management (pages 205–214): Paul CliffordChapter 12 Encouraging Positive Risk Management: Supporting Decisions by People with Learning Disabilities Using a Human Rights?Based Approach (pages 215–236): Richard Whitehead, Ged Carney and Beth GreenhillChapter 13 Case Study 1: A Four?Step Model of Implementation (pages 239–250): Geraldine Strathdee, Phil Garnham, Jane Moore and Devendra HansjeeChapter 14 Case Study 2: Narrowing the Gap Between Policy and Practice (pages 251–258): Kate HuntChapter 15 Case Study 3: Learning from Experience – Using Clinical Risk Data to Influence and Shape Clinical Services (pages 259–266): Louise Fountain and Patrick McKeeChapter 16 Case Study 4: From Ticking Boxes to Effective Risk Management (pages 267–278): Lorna Jellicoe?Jones, Mark Love, Roy Butterworth and Claire RidingChapter 17 Conclusions (pages 279–285): Caroline Logan and Richard Whittington