... of both staff and prisoners. Recommendations for practice are provided in terms of how SBV can be reduced and how people can be best supported. However, time spent together and pressures to develop these relationships may place both prisoners and staff at risk of transferring emotions such as affection...

...Emily Mellor; Simon Duff Purpose This research paper reports findings from a qualitative analysis which explored pornography use in secure hospitals. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what attitudes staff working in secure hospital have towards patients having access to pornography, how...

... to secondary traumatic stress/vicarious trauma in staff. Findings Five main themes were noted. These are: lack of organisational support; lack of health work-life balance; lack of appropriate training; failure to use self-care techniques; and staff failure to share when they are experiencing symptoms...

... intervention training have been reported to demonstrate an improvement in staff knowledge and attitudes towards patients, whilst reducing burnout. Practical implications Stress in FMH is a cause of concern. Conclusions drawn are applicable only to nursing staff as other professions were not adequately...