Dr MELANIE JORDAN's Outputs (3)

Institutional and emotion work in forensic psychiatry: detachment and desensitisation (2017)
Book Chapter
Hui, A. M. (2017). Institutional and emotion work in forensic psychiatry: detachment and desensitisation. In H. Middleton, & M. Jordan (Eds.), Mental health uncertainty and inevitability: rejuvenating the relationship between social science and psychiatry. Palgrave Macmillan

Mental health professionals are frequently tasked with balancing care, safety and security. They are obliged to meet professional, organisational and institutional standards. Yet, these roles, expectations and practices are often in contention, whils... Read More about Institutional and emotion work in forensic psychiatry: detachment and desensitisation.

Mental health uncertainty & inevitability (2017)
Book Chapter
Jordan, M. (2017). Mental health uncertainty & inevitability. In H. Middleton, & M. Jordan (Eds.), Mental health uncertainty and inevitability: rejuvenating the relationship between social science and psychiatry. Palgrave Macmillan

"The will's there and the skill's there": prison mental health care (2017)
Book Chapter
Jordan, M. (2017). "The will's there and the skill's there": prison mental health care. In H. Middleton, & M. Jordan (Eds.), Mental health uncertainty and inevitability: rejuvenating the relationship between social science and psychiatry (105-136). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43970-9

This discussion explores some of the data from a social science PhD whose fieldwork took place in a category B, adult male, local and remand prison in England run by Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS). The debate analyses National Health Service (NH... Read More about "The will's there and the skill's there": prison mental health care.