Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings

Youth crime and youth violence blights our communities and shapes the lives of many, whether they are victims, perpetrators or family members. This book examines the application of psychological thinking and practice when working with young people who display high risk behaviours across a broad range of forensic mental health settings in the UK. It provides an up-to-date account of current thinking and practice in the field and the challenges of applying effective psychological approaches within forensic settings for young people.
The contributors to Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings are drawn from a range of environments including universities, youth offending services, secure in-patient settings, young offender institutions, Community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (F-CAMHS), and secure children's homes. This volume serves as an important platform for debate and as a forum for discussing the future delivery of psychologically informed services, intervention and mental health provision with young people who display high-risk behaviours.

"A first on several fronts this book succeeds in delivering evidence-based ?practical knowledge to all those working with young people in forensic mental health settings. The underpinning practical approach to psychological thinking and practice is also developmentally informed, formulation driven, rightly acknowledging the challenge and complexity of working with young people who find themselves in forensic mental health settings. This book is greatly enriched by a chapter co-written by a young person and its contents will empower practitioners to improve life outcomes for such young people. Both editors and authors are to be congratulated on producing a book that has real utility for practitioners." - Professor Dame Sue Bailey, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, UK

"Beginning, as all our books should, by looking through the eyes of our clients themselves, this important book provides a psychologically informed guide to working with young people in forensic settings that will be of great value to both the student and the practitioner with its rich case studies and a dynamic mix of perspectives." - Shadd Maruna, Dean, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, USA

Autorentext
Andrew Rogers is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Visiting Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Joel Harvey is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Heather Law is a research trial manager at the Psychosis Research Unit at Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences, at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhalt
Foreword; James McGuire.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Andrew Rogers, Joel Harvey, Heather Law and Jenny Taylor.- Chapter 2. "Through My Eyes": A Young Person's Experience of Forensic Mental Health Settings; Lola-Rose Morris, Emma Jamieson and Rebecca Marshall.- Chapter 3. Psychological Practice in Community Settings; Simone Fox and Berit Ritchie.- Chapter 4. Psychological Practice in Secure Settings; Clare Snodgrass and Jackie Preston.- Chapter 5. Youth Violence Risk Assessment: A Framework for Practice; Lorraine Johnstone and Leanne Gregory.- Chapter 6. Whole Systems Approaches; Brigitte Squire, Tom Jefford and Cindy Swenson.- Chapter 7. Violence Among Young People: A Framework for Assessment and Intervention; Wendy Morgan.- Chapter 8. Sexually Harmful Behaviour; Trudy Potter and Sarah Reeves.- Chapter 9. Fire Setting in Adolescence; Abigail Willis.- Chapter 10. Self-harming Behaviour; Joel Harvey, Alison Sillence and Kirsty Smedley.- Chapter 11. Substance Misuse; Lisa Shostak and Ben Harper.- Chapter 12. Intellectual Disabilities; Charlotte Staniforth and Eve Griffin.- Chapter 13. Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Eve Griffin and Charlotte Staniforth.- Chapter 14. Young People's Self-Disclosure in Secure Forensic Settings; Joel Harvey and Luke Endersby.- Chapter 15. Developing Safe and Strong Foundations: The DART Framework; Andrew Rogers and Miranda Budd.