Diversity and Marginalisation in Forensic Mental Health Care - 9781032027111

Taylor & Francis

Diversity and Marginalisation in Forensic Mental Health CareAuthor(s): Jack Tomlin, Birgit Vllm\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032027111, 978-1032027111\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the ways in which diversity and experiences of marginalisation are present in forensic mental health care settings around the globe and suggests ways of moving forward.\n\nForensic mental health services provide care for a group of patients who are marginalised in several respects. Many have experienced childhood adversity and abuse, substance use, serious and chronic mental disorders, poor healthcare education or treatment, inadequate educational opportunities, social isolation, and pervasive forms of stigmatization. On top of these individual experiences of marginalisation, wide diversity exists across patients socio-demographic, cultural, and clinical characteristics. Chapters in this book discuss these crucial and often sensiti.