Mental Health – Forensic

The Library and Knowledge Service for Sussex Partnership has a number of ways to keep busy health care staff up to date with the latest evidence. Here is a selected list of resources and services available for your use. See all resources on our website.

To access the online resources listed you will need an OpenAthens account. Register for your account here. Remember to select Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as your organisation.

Contact spnt.library-services@nhs.net for advice.

• Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
• Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
• Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
• Legal and Criminological Psychology
• Medicine, Science and the Law

Explore the full range of journals at BrowZine

• Attwood W.Asperger's syndrome and jail: a survival guide. Jessica Kingsley, 2019.Available in print.
• Aiyegbusi A.Therapeutic relationships with offenders: an introduction to the psychodynamics of forensic mental health nursing. Jessica Kingsley, 2008. Available online.
• Dubin L A. Caught in the web of the criminal justice system: autism, developmental disabilities and sex offenses. Jessica Kingsley, 2017. Available online.
• Gordon J. Psychic assaults and frightened clinicians: countertransference in forensic settings. Routledge, 2019, Available in print.
• Puri B K. Forensic psychiatry: fundamentals and clinical practice. CRC Press, 2018. Available online.

See the full collection of books at the library’s catalogue.

We provide evidence to answer questions about patient care, service improvement, research and clinical teaching. Recent searches for Forensic Mental Health include:

• Sports participation in secure hospitals
• How to improve ward reviews particularly in forensic mental health settings
• Understanding of domestic staff in adult secure services
• Involving patients in their treatment within forensic healthcare services

To request a search, contact spnt.library-services@nhs.net

Cochrane Clinical Answers – clinically focussed research from Cochrane Reviews. Each CCA contains a clinical Q&A with data on outcomes relevant to healthcare professionals and links to graphics.

Clinical Key – a decision-making resource that draws relevant answers from a wide range of current, comprehensive content across 30+ medical specialties.

BMJ Best Practice Regularly updated, this resource draws on the latest evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. App available.

We provide access to online exam resources from The Birmingham Course. Full details are on the Study for Exams page on our website.

The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry – the fully updated 13th edition of an essential reference for anyone responsible for prescribing drugs for patients with mental health disorders.

The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures – provides up-to-date, detailed, evidencebased guidelines for over 200 procedures related to every aspect of a person′s care.