Alternative therapy or good nursing care? Therapeutic touch with mentally disordered offenders
Brimsted, Anne Miller, A. Robinson, David K.
Brimsted, Anne
Miller, A.
Robinson, David K.
Abstract
Therapeutic touch (TT) is an alternative therapy that has been used for many years within the general nursing and medical context and is becoming increasingly popular in psychiatry. This paper gives an account of TT in a selected patient and explores its potential as an alternative therapy with patients in forensic psychiatric care.
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1998
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Brimsted, A., Miller, A. & Robinson, D. K. (1998). Alternative therapy or good nursing care? Therapeutic touch with mentally disordered offenders. Psychiatric Care, 5 (5), pp.178-182.