TY - JOUR
T1 - Meeting the needs of women in secure mental health: a conceptual framework for nurses
AU - Parkes, J.
AU - Freshwater, Dawn
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Within the wards of Britain’s high and medium secure mental health services, the needs of the female population differ significantly from those of their male counterparts. Although much smaller in number, the vast majority of female patients formally detained in secure services are young, Caucasian women, who are less likely to be prone to criminality and have a propensity to suffer from psychological distress. Many have experienced extensive trauma and exhibit both internally and externally driven violence. Drawn from the women’s own narratives and analysed using a descriptive phenomenological approach, the findings provide the basic structure for a new ‘humanistic conceptual framework for care’ which could be used by mental health practitioners to both inform and structure the daily provision of care and to better understand the physical and mental health needs of this unique patient group within secure mental health services.
AB - © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Within the wards of Britain’s high and medium secure mental health services, the needs of the female population differ significantly from those of their male counterparts. Although much smaller in number, the vast majority of female patients formally detained in secure services are young, Caucasian women, who are less likely to be prone to criminality and have a propensity to suffer from psychological distress. Many have experienced extensive trauma and exhibit both internally and externally driven violence. Drawn from the women’s own narratives and analysed using a descriptive phenomenological approach, the findings provide the basic structure for a new ‘humanistic conceptual framework for care’ which could be used by mental health practitioners to both inform and structure the daily provision of care and to better understand the physical and mental health needs of this unique patient group within secure mental health services.
U2 - 10.1177/1744987115599670
DO - 10.1177/1744987115599670
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-9871
VL - 20
SP - 465
EP - 478
JO - Journal of Research in Nursing
JF - Journal of Research in Nursing
IS - 6
ER -