Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care

Mark Hardcastle is a consultant nurse with Sussex Partnership (NHS) Trust and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Brighton.

An insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk aversive

Perkins, Foreword. Rae, Foreword. Part I: Introduction. Kennard, What is This Book About? Fagin, A Brief Narrative History of In-patient Care in the United Kingdom. Hardcastle, Recent Times. Part II: Service Users' Experiences. Short, Turner, Hardcastle, Feeling Misunderstood. Antoniou, Bowers, Christian-Edwards, Bored on the Ward. Norwood, Cañete, Ezquerro, Morriss, Feeling Out of Control. Ockwell, Gournay, Turner, Restraint: A Necessary Evil? Gina, Goodfellow, Barry, Feeling Alone: Experiences of a Female Teenager. Joe, Fagin, Bhui, Feeling Humiliated: Experiences of a Black Man. Part III: Carers' Experiences. Shiers, Why Us? Shooter, Fadden, Feeling Invisible. Charlotte, Jones, Johannessen, No Sex Allowed. Varley, Mitchell, Prior, Frustrated and Angry. Kirk, J, Kirk, D, Roberts, Lawton-Smith, Feeling Grateful. Part IV: Mental Health Staff Experiences. Duggins, Fagin, Antoniou, Feeling Helpless. Chickwama, Coupland, Fagin, First Experience. Louisa, McAleese, Ockwell, Feeling Unprepared. Scally, McGowan, Kilyon, Mixed Feelings. Allen, Short, Kennard, Feeling Marginal. Travers, Grandison, Beales, Feeling Apprehensive. Brennan, Fagin, D, Duggins, Taking Control. Hughes, Hardcastle, Kennard, Feeling Frustrated. McAleese, Wilson, Scally, Taking it Personally. Pritchard, Allen, Rudegair, Finding Meaning. Kennard, Fagin, Hardcastle, Grandison, Afterword: Things You Can Do to Make In-patient Care a Better Experience.