Inside Psychosis: A clinical and therapeutic exploration of working on male and female acute psychiatric wards

This book offers an introductory overview of treatment of psychosis in inpatient acute ward settings, looking at both male and female wards.

Taking a broadly psychoanalytic perspective, the book explores the organizational dynamics on male and female acute wards, exploring both patient and staff dynamics. Containing detailed case studies from across male and female psychiatric wards in London, the author sets out how psychoanalytic concepts, such as transference, questions of trauma, and is...