Carers: Experiences of Risk and Risk Management

Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 35-52

  Luxton, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer perspective, service user and carer different interpretations of words describing risk; Carers, experiences of risk management case of a mother, as carer for her son with schizophrenia, her harried experiences with mental care; Carers, right to information concerns about confidentiality, resolved with discussions or negotiations; Collaborative working, encouraging service users claiming back lives along their recovery road; Confidentiality and stigma hindering collaborative working, and misunderstandings about confidentiality; Confidentiality, barriers to collaborative working with families diminishing trust between parties; Family work for psychosis, family workers practitioners in mental health services, working with carer and or family as a whole to support; Mental health, and risk management more thought and planning, in balancing safety with progress; Top tips for carers, involved in clinical meetings risk management planning and CPA reviews; Understanding of a carer's viewpoint helping to make carers a valuable asset

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886673717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119991175.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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