Oxford Textbook of Inpatient Psychiatry

Alvaro Barrera is a Consultant Psychiatrist, at the Warneford Hospital, Oxford, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He completed a MSc in neurobiology and behavioural science and subsequently completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK, where he also trained in neuropsychiatry. His research interests comprise transforming inpatient care using digital technology and organisational approaches, the psychopathology and cognitive neuroscience of severe mental illness, as well as empathy in clinical psychiatry.Caroline Attard is currently the Director of Quality Improvement working in Berkshire Health Foundation Trust in the UK. Her career and expertise spans over 20 years working in her native country Malta and in the United Kingdom. She specialises in in-patient mental health nursing and Quality Improvement. She has worked as an in-patient mental health Nurse Consultant which consisted of education, clinical leadership, research and service improvement. Caroline has taught on under and post graduate level mental health nursing programmes at various universities. She has also developed and facilitated various in-house training programmes on a variety of subjects including suicide prevention, risk training and psycho social interventions. She has developed a preceptorship programme for newly qualified mental health. nurses which focuses on resilience and uses methods such as action learning sets and quality improvement methodologyRob Chaplin has recently retired from the National Health Service where he worked in an inpatient and formerly community mental health care as a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry. He is currently working as Clinical Lead for Accreditation at the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement. He worked in Oxford, UK for the last 16 years at the Warneford and Littlemore Hospitals and has co authored more than 60 peer reviewed publications in the field of mental health service research. He has trained doctors at all stages of psychiatric training.

• Section 1: the context of acute inpatient psychiatric care1: Historical and conceptual aspects2: Mental health legislation3: International perspectives on inpatient mental health care4: The design and function of inpatient wards5: The context of inpatient mental health care in EnglandSection 2: team leadership and multidisciplinary work6: Multidisciplinary work, multidisciplinary team7: Modern matron, ward manager, consultant nurse8: Occupational therapy: values, evidence, and interventions9: The interface with community servicesSection 3: medical aspects10: Initial assessment, ward rounds, the discharge process11: Physical health care12: Adverse reactions to medication13: Substance misuse disorders on the psychiatric ward14: Electroconvulsive therapy15: Prevention and management of violence and aggression16: Assessment and management of vulnerable patients17: People with personality disorders and developmental conditions on an inpatient ward18: Autoimmune- related psychosis19: Rehabilitation wards20: Clinical pharmacy: safe prescribing and monitoringSection 4: nursing aspects21: Daily ward process in inpatient mental health care22: Nursing observations of patient on inpatient wards23: Assessment and management of the risk of suicide24: Implementation of the Safewards model on inpatient wards25: Post-incident debriefing, team formulation and staff support26: Working with relatives and friends27: Accreditation of inpatient mental health servicesSection 5: psychological aspects28: Psychological treatment on the acute ward29: Interventions for specific conditionsSection 6: diversity, advocacy, staffing issues30: Diversity in inpatient care31: Advocacy32: Staff burnout and staff turnover on inpatient wardsSection 7: specialist services across the life span33: Acute inpatient care for children and adolescents34: Acute inpatient care in older adults35: Psychiatric intensive care36: Eating disorders

This is a complete and practical guide to inpatient psychiatric services in the United Kingdom. ... Due to the broad nature of the material and its applicability, any mental health workers would benefit from this book.