Ian Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Therapeutic landscapes’ and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design
Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards
Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings
Although there has been a shift toward treatment in the home and the community, in the UK, inpatient facilities are still important in modern mental health care. 'Informal carers', including family members, often play an essential role, not only in providing care in the community but also in care of patients during periods of hospitalisation. UK National Health Service policies increasingly consider the position of these carers as 'partners' in t…
Randomised controlled trial of two brief interventions against long-term benzodiazepine use
Previous studies have reported that a letter from the patient's General Practitioner (GP) and a short GP consultation led to reduced intake among long-term benzodiazepine (BZD) users, with no evidence of a deterioration in general or mental health. We aimed to replicate these earlier findings in a single, prospective RCT and compare the effectiveness of the two brief interventions. 273 long-term BZD users (≥6 mos) identified from repeat prescript…
The politics of nursing knowledge
Settler dominance, agricultural production and the Second World War in Kenya
The article examines the ways in which European settler farmers successfully used wartime conditions to secure their economic recovery and lay a basis for future economic dominance in Kenya. In 1939–40 farmers attempted with only limited success to persuade the Imperial government to purchase high-priced agricultural products. London's acquiescence was given reluctantly to avoid the possibility of political difficulties. In Kenya, largely due to …
Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings
Although there has been a shift toward treatment in the home and the community, in the UK, inpatient facilities are still important in modern mental health care. 'Informal carers', including family members, often play an essential role, not only in providing care in the community but also in care of patients during periods of hospitalisation. UK National Health Service policies increasingly consider the position of these carers as 'partners' in t…
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards
Settler dominance, agricultural production and the Second World War in Kenya
The article examines the ways in which European settler farmers successfully used wartime conditions to secure their economic recovery and lay a basis for future economic dominance in Kenya. In 1939–40 farmers attempted with only limited success to persuade the Imperial government to purchase high-priced agricultural products. London's acquiescence was given reluctantly to avoid the possibility of political difficulties. In Kenya, largely due to …
Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital
Therapeutic landscapes’ and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design
The politics of nursing knowledge
Settler dominance, agricultural production and the Second World War in Kenya
The article examines the ways in which European settler farmers successfully used wartime conditions to secure their economic recovery and lay a basis for future economic dominance in Kenya. In 1939–40 farmers attempted with only limited success to persuade the Imperial government to purchase high-priced agricultural products. London's acquiescence was given reluctantly to avoid the possibility of political difficulties. In Kenya, largely due to …
The politics of nursing knowledge
Randomised controlled trial of two brief interventions against long-term benzodiazepine use
Previous studies have reported that a letter from the patient's General Practitioner (GP) and a short GP consultation led to reduced intake among long-term benzodiazepine (BZD) users, with no evidence of a deterioration in general or mental health. We aimed to replicate these earlier findings in a single, prospective RCT and compare the effectiveness of the two brief interventions. 273 long-term BZD users (≥6 mos) identified from repeat prescript…
Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards
Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings
Although there has been a shift toward treatment in the home and the community, in the UK, inpatient facilities are still important in modern mental health care. 'Informal carers', including family members, often play an essential role, not only in providing care in the community but also in care of patients during periods of hospitalisation. UK National Health Service policies increasingly consider the position of these carers as 'partners' in t…
Therapeutic landscapes’ and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design
Medicine (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Law (2 works)