Mental health/illness and prisons as place: frontline clinicians’ perspectives of mental health work in a penal setting

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Mental health/illness and prisons as place: frontline clinicians’ perspectives of mental health work in a penal setting

This article takes mental health and prisons as its two foci. It explores the links between social and structural aspects of the penal setting, the provision of mental healthcare in prisons, and mental health work in this environment. This analysis utilises qualitative interview data from prison-bas...

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Main Authors:	Wright, Nicola, Jordan, Melanie, Kane, Eddie
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Subjects:	Mental health; Prison as place; Social setting; Professional boundaries; Working environment; Health work
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31779/

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