Sexuality, risk, and organisational misbehaviour in a secure mental healthcare facility in England
Journal article
Ravenhill, JP, Poole, J, Brown, SD and Reavey, P (2019). Sexuality, risk, and organisational misbehaviour in a secure mental healthcare facility in England. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 22 (12), pp. 1382-1397. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1683900
Authors | Ravenhill, JP, Poole, J, Brown, SD and Reavey, P |
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Abstract | © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Sexuality in secure mental healthcare has been overlooked in both clinical praxis and academic research. In the UK, there exist no formal policies to inform staff approaches to managing inpatient sexuality. The limited research that has been undertaken in this field has found that often, prohibitive approaches are favoured, which may affect how inpatients conceptualise and experience their sexuality in the long-term. The aim of this study was to identify discursive constructions of inpatient sexuality, as articulated in semi-structured group interviews with inpatients and ward staff from a secure mental healthcare facility in England. The analysis identified constructions of inpatient sexuality within two overarching and conflicting discourses: one of the normalcy and legitimacy of sexual expression in human experience; and the other of risk, wherein sexuality needed to be regulated and obstructed. Inpatients’ expressions of sexuality could often only be conceptualised in terms of ‘organisational misbehaviour’, acts that violated the implicit norms and codes of the institution. It is suggested that recoding inpatient sexuality as misbehaviour could have implications for inpatients’ long-term recovery. |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Culture, Health and Sexuality |
Journal citation | 22 (12), pp. 1382-1397 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 1369-1058 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1683900 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Jan 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 20 Oct 2020 |
Deposited | 01 Dec 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Culture, Health & Sexuality on 16/01/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13691058.2019.1683900 |
Page range | 1-16 |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8v771
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