Forensic Mental Health
Case study: Sheila Sheila is a lady in her late 50s who came to Heatherwood Court hospital from a prison in England. Sheila had a long history of mental health problems with multiple agency contact. Although Sheila presented with a number of undiagnosed mental health disorders her Local Authority had designated her untreatable and a protocol was established to withdraw any further Mental Health Services involvement.
Sheila felt alienated and her life in the community was chaotic; being characterised by an escalating series of anti-social and criminal incidents including racially abusing local children, fire setting, threatening behaviour and theft which resulted in her prison sentence and a subsequent restricted hospital order.
Pathways to recovery through transformative care