A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: implications for research, policy and clinical practice.

AIDS represents one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Men having sex with men, injecting drug use and having multiple sexual partners are well-established risk behaviours for transmitting the HIV virus. People with schizophrenia are more likely to engage in these behaviours than the general population and as a result there is an increased prevalence of HIV infection in this group.

The content of management of violence policy documents in United Kingdom acute inpatient mental health services.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of the study was to examine the content of Trust policies concerning the prevention and management of violence in acute in-patient settings in order to establish their usefulness as guidance for staff in this difficult, complex, and controversial aspect of inpatient psychiatric care.

Background: Violence is a commonly encountered problem in inpatient psychiatric settings. There are legal requirements for workplaces in general and mental health care facilities in particular to develop safe systems of work based upon the findings of assessments of this risk.

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Rare beast spotted in Bournemouth.

While attending RCN Congress in Bournemouth recently, I was intrigued to come into contact with a new form of species which Darwin had unwittingly omitted, namely clinicalus supervisisorus, commonly known as clinical supervision.