... was undertaken using a standardised questionnaire, “Survey of Nurses’ Attitudes to Seclusion”. Responses were received from n = 147 nurses at a high secure forensic mental health hospital in the UK. Findings Key findings indicate that most participants believed seclusion should remain part...

...Emily Glorney; Sophie Raymont; Amy Lawson; Jessica Allen Purpose Religion and spirituality are well-researched concepts within the field of psychology and mental health yet they have rarely been researched in high-secure services within the UK. Research in mental health and prison contexts...

... of this paper is to develop forensic normative data. Design/methodology/approach Patient files in a high secure forensic hospital were reviewed in order to obtain completed WAIS-IV (Wechsler, 2008) assessments and scores from the five indexes (verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory...

...Phyllis Annesley; Leonie Davison; Chris Colley; Liz Gilley; Louise Thomson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service. Design/methodology/approach...

...Lucinda Charlotte Flinn; Danielle Grey; Louise G. Braham Purpose – The Forward Motion Motivational Group (FMMG) is a psychological group intervention facilitated in the Mental Health Directorate of a high-secure Hospital. Research has highlighted a limited amount of service user involvement...

...Kate Robertson; Sue Elcock; Chris Milburn; Phyllis Annesley; Jane Jones; Birgit A. Völlm Purpose Patients in the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women have a high prevalence of trauma and self injury. This highlights the need for specialised training of staff dealing with such women...

... responses were observed, and indicated high demand on staff time and resources. Limitations of the methods are discussed, with proposals for future research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Self‐harm Self‐injury Dangerous and severe personality disorder Functions High secure...