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Authors: Tessa Watson, Nikki Jeffcote, Tessa Watson
ISBN-13: 9781843102182, ISBN-10: 1843102188
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Tessa Watson

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Table of Contents

1Thinking about the needs of women in secure settings19
2Dangerous journeys : women's pathways into and through secure mental health services31
3Women and offending44
4Troubled inside : vulnerability in prison57
5Women and risk66
6More alike than different : gender and forensic mental health78
7Working together : integrated multi-disciplinary practice with women91
8Thinking under fire : the challenge for forensic mental health nurses working with women in secure care108
9Hiding and being lost : the experience of female patients and staff on a mixed sex ward120
10Sharing strength, wisdom, pain and loss : a women's group in a medium secure setting129
11A psychodynamically-orientated group for women with learning disabilities143
12The development of medium secure services for women155
13Closing the gap between evidence and practice : the role of training in transforming women's services167
14Men, women and good practice180
15A gender-specific advocacy model, or 'I found my voice and I love it!'192

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