Abstract
Training in psychiatric work in prisons may not always receive adequate attention, as highlighted in the Reed Report (Department of Health and Home Office, 1992). As a first step in addressing this, a one-day induction procedure has been added to the Induction Programme for the Forensic Senior Registrars at the Regional Secure Unit (RSU) in Bristol. The contents of the programme were determined by discussion among prison medical staff, the Training Department and Forensic Senior Registrars, and are outlined in the following timetable:
Highlights
(a) To obtain a view of the roles/responsibil ities of the prison medical staff and visiting psychiatric staff and where they differ
Trainees found the day useful but it highlighted some of the underlying tensions and problems of working in such an environment
Should listener schemes have psychiatric input? What if such schemes get abused by inmates?
Summary
Three main goals were denned: (a) To obtain a view of the roles/responsibil ities of the prison medical staff and visiting psychiatric staff and where they differ. (b) To understand the context of practice - i.e. basic operational issues as well as expo sure to the prison culture and its attendant problems.
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