...Catharine Charlotte Booth; Zoe Stephenson Purpose Negotiation is an established strategy used by the police and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to manage serious incidents. Whilst the literature acknowledges the role of the negotiator to be stressful, little is known about...

... rewarding such as the role variety and opportunities to make positive changes to prisoners’ lives. Novel coping strategies were identified, including cognitive reframing and behavioural strategies for managing stress, which could be encouraged to increase resilience. Sophie Dennard can be contacted...

...Darcy Brown; Artemis Igoumenou; Anna-marie Mortlock; Nitin Gupta; Mrigendra Das Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of stress and burnout among forensic mental health (FMH) professionals. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review of the available literature...

... stress. The team’s answers formed the basis for the interview schedule to enable a richer and fuller discussion of ideas that had been suggested. The questions on the interview schedule were developed by RC and AN to ensure questions reflected the aims of the project. Demographic and employment...

...Lauren Breese; Lesley Maunder; Eunice Waddell; David Gray; Jim White Purpose The principle of equivalence states that the provision of healthcare in the community should be extended into prisons. Stress control is a psychoeducational intervention that has had success in the community and has been...

... in a medium secure hospital were asked to partake in the study, and to complete a modified version of the Psychiatric Nurse Occupational Stress Scale (PNOSS), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and a demographic questionnaire designed for the study.Results from the PNOSS revealed that organisational issues...