Surveillance Practices and Mental Health: The Impact of CCTV Inside Mental Health Wards

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction: Surveillance Practices and Mental Health
	Background
	CCTV and the Mental Health Hospital
	CCTV and Surveillance
	Methodology
	Chapters
		Chapter 2: Theory: Surveillance Practices Inside Mental Health Hospitals
		Chapter 3: Implementing CCTV Cameras Inside Mental Health Wards
		Chapter 4: Practice Implications and CCTV Surveillance
		Chapter 5: Patient and Staff Experiences of CCTV
		Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Politics of Surveillance and Mental Health
	Note
	Bibliography
Chapter 2 Theory: Surveillance Practices Inside Mental Health Hospitals
	Introduction
	Background
	What Is Surveillance?
	Sovereign Power and Panoptic Power
	Pastoral Power
	Sovereign Power, Panoptic Power and Pastoral Power
	Post-Panopticon
		Surveillant Assemblage
		Big Brother and Little Sisters
	Resistance
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 3 Implementing CCTV Cameras Inside Mental Health Wards
	Introduction
	Background
	The Three Research Sites and Location of CCTV Cameras
		Site 1
		Site 2
		Site 3
	Drivers for CCTV Use
		Fixing Problems
		No Limits to Camera Use
		Societal Expectations
	Patient and Staff Involvement in the Decision to Implement CCTV
		CCTV in Communal Areas
		CCTV in Bedrooms
		Privacy and Dignity
		CCTV in Female Ward Areas: Gendered Surveillance
	CCTV in Communal Areas
		Blind-spots and Hot-Spots
		Zero Tolerance
		CCTV and Patient Justice
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 4 Practice Implications and CCTV Surveillance
	Introduction
	Background
	Surveillance Creep
	CCTV and Difficult-To-Observe Areas
		Exposing Blind-Spots
		Expanding Blind-Spot Areas
	CCTV and Potential Offences and Allegations
		CCTV and “True View”
		Patient Aggression as a Crime
	CCTV and Difficult Situations
		Constructing a Narrative
		Creating a Safe Ward Environment
		Understanding Patient Behaviour
	CCTV and Night-Time Observation
		Using Cameras Inside Bedrooms
		Doubting the Cameras
		Overriding Consent
		Gendered Nature of Camera Use
	CCTV and Seclusion Monitoring
		The Embarrassment of Face-To-Face Looking
		Managing Racial Abuse
		The Boredom of Seclusion Monitoring
		Medical Surveillance
		Depersonalising Patients
	CCTV and Staying Connected
		Being Accountable
		Managing Anxiety and Nurse Observations
	CCTV as an Extra Member of Staff
		CCTV as a Helper
		Using the Cameras for Nurse Observations
		The Cameras as (An Unreliable) Colleague
	CCTV and Peer Surveillance
	CCTV and the Negative Categorisation of Patients
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 5 Patient and Staff Experiences of CCTV
	Introduction
	Background
	Awareness of CCTV
		Finding Out About the Cameras
		No Complaints
		Part of the Territory
		Ward Surveillance and Normalisation of CCTV
		“Nothing to Hide”
		Mental Capacity and Camera Awareness
	Reason for the Cameras
		CCTV as Evidence
		Proof of Innocence
		Assuming Patients Are “Up to No Good”
		Accountability
		Using Cameras to Research Patients
	Responses to CCTV Surveillance
		Bedroom Cameras
		Discharge From the Ward
		Hidden Cameras
	Resisting Camera Surveillance
		Distorting Moves
		Performing for the Cameras
		Sexualised Performances
		Blocking Cameras
		Breaking Moves
		Avoidance Moves
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Politics of Surveillance and Mental Health
	Introduction
	Sociological Understanding of CCTV Technology
		Background
		Panopticism
		Sovereign Power, Panoptic Power, Pastoral Power
	Implications for Practice
		Background
		Criminalisation of Patients
		Gender and Surveillance
		Ethical Practice
	Final Word
		On Theory
		On Practice
	Bibliography
Index