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M Van Der Merwe; J Jones; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; M Tziggili; Len Bowers
Improving seclusion practice: implications of a review of staff and patient views.
D Stewart; Len Bowers
Inpatient verbal aggression: content, targets and patient characteristics.
Duncan Stewart; Robert Chaplin; Alan Quirk; Deborah Robson; Len Bowers
Behavioural antecedents to pro re nata psychotropic medication administration on acute psychiatric wards.

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2013: M Van Der Merwe; J Jones; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; M Tziggili; Len Bowers
Improving seclusion practice: implications of a review of staff and patient views.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2013;20(3):203-15.
2013: D Stewart; Len Bowers
Inpatient verbal aggression: content, targets and patient characteristics.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2013;20(3):236-43.
2012: Duncan Stewart; Robert Chaplin; Alan Quirk; Deborah Robson; Len Bowers
Behavioural antecedents to pro re nata psychotropic medication administration on acute psychiatric wards.
International journal of mental health nursing 2012;21(6):540-9.
2012: Karen James; Duncan Stewart; Steve Wright; Len Bowers
Self harm in adult inpatient psychiatric care: a national study of incident reports in the UK.
International journal of nursing studies 2012;49(10):1212-9.
2012: Jamie Ross; Len Bowers; Duncan Stewart
Conflict and containment events in inpatient psychiatric units.
Journal of clinical nursing 2012;21(15-16):2306-15.
2012: Karen James; Duncan Stewart; Len Bowers
Self-harm and attempted suicide within inpatient psychiatric services: a review of the literature.
International journal of mental health nursing 2012;21(4):301-9.
2012: Christina Katsakou; Rosemarie McCabe; Danielle Oliver; Tim Amos; Len Bowers; Diana Rose; Til Wykes; Stefan Priebe
Psychiatric patients' views on why their involuntary hospitalisation was right or wrong: a qualitative study.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2012;47(7):1169-79.
2012: Duncan Stewart; Len Bowers; Jamie Ross
Managing risk and conflict behaviours in acute psychiatry: the dual role of constant special observation.
Journal of advanced nursing 2012;68(6):1340-8.
2012: Duncan Stewart; Charlotte Watson; Karen James; Jamie Ross; Len Bowers
Patient characteristics and behaviours associated with self-harm and attempted suicide in acute psychiatric wards.
Journal of clinical nursing 2012;21(7-8):1004-13.
2012: Len Bowers; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; Henk Nijman; Eric Noorthoorn; Jamie Ross; Duncan Stewart
The scope for replacing seclusion with time out in acute inpatient psychiatry in England.
Journal of advanced nursing 2012;68(4):826-35.
2012: Len Bowers; Martin Crowder
Nursing staff numbers and their relationship to conflict and containment rates on psychiatric wards-a cross sectional time series poisson regression study.
International journal of nursing studies 2012;49(1):15-20.
2011: Len Bowers; Charlotte Dack; Noreen Gul; Ben Thomas; Karen James
Learning from prevented suicide in psychiatric inpatient care: an analysis of data from the National Patient Safety Agency.
International journal of nursing studies 2011;48(12):1459-65.
2011: J A Owiti; Len Bowers
A narrative review of studies of refusal of psychotropic medication in acute inpatient psychiatric care.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2011;18(7):637-47.
2011: Henk Nijman; A Simpson; Len Bowers; K Haglund; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; M Van Der Merwe
Door locking and exit security measures on acute psychiatric admission wards.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2011;18(7):614-21.
2011: G Dickens; N Alderman; Len Bowers
Potential severity of aggressive behaviour after acquired brain injury: implications for recording.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2011;18(7):586-94.
2011: Eimear Muir-Cochrane; Krista Mosel; Adam Gerace; Adrian Esterman; Len Bowers
The profile of absconding psychiatric inpatients in Australia.
Journal of clinical nursing 2011;20(5-6):706-13.
2011: Alan Simpson; Len Bowers; Kristina Haglund; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; Henk Nijman; Marie Van der Merwe
The relationship between substance use and exit security on psychiatric wards.
Journal of advanced nursing 2011;67(3):519-30.
2011: D Stewart; Len Bowers
Absconding and locking ward doors: evidence from the literature.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2011;18(1):89-93.
2011: Len Bowers; G Brennan; S Ransom; G Winship; C Theodoridou
The Nursing Observed Illness Intensity Scale (NOIIS).
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2011;18(1):28-34.
2011: Len Bowers; Henk Nijman; Alan Simpson; Julia Jones
The relationship between leadership, teamworking, structure, burnout and attitude to patients on acute psychiatric wards.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2011;46(2):143-8.
2010: Len Bowers; Marie Van Der Merwe; Henk Nijman; Bridget Hamilton; Eric Noorthorn; Duncan Stewart; Eimear Muir-Cochrane
The practice of seclusion and time-out on English acute psychiatric wards: the City-128 Study.
Archives of psychiatric nursing 2010;24(4):275-86.
2010: Duncan Stewart; Marie Van der Merwe; Len Bowers; Alan Simpson; Julia Jones
A review of interventions to reduce mechanical restraint and seclusion among adult psychiatric inpatients.
Issues in mental health nursing 2010;31(6):413-24.
2010: Len Bowers; Tumi Banda; Henk Nijman
Suicide inside: a systematic review of inpatient suicides.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease 2010;198(5):315-28.
2010: J Jones; P Nolan; Len Bowers; Alan Simpson; R Whittington; D Hackney; K Bhui
Psychiatric wards: places of safety?
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2010;17(2):124-30.
2009: Duncan Stewart; Len Bowers; Fiona Warburton
Constant special observation and self-harm on acute psychiatric wards: a longitudinal analysis.
General hospital psychiatry 2009;31(6):523-30.
2009: D Stewart; Len Bowers; Alan Simpson; C Ryan; M Tziggili
Manual restraint of adult psychiatric inpatients: a literature review.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2009;16(8):749-57.
2009: Richard Whittington; Len Bowers; Peter Nolan; Alan Simpson; Lindsay Neil
Approval ratings of inpatient coercive interventions in a national sample of mental health service users and staff in England.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2009;60(6):792-8.
2009: Seamus Cowman; Len Bowers
Safety and security in acute admission psychiatric wards in Ireland and London: a comparative study.
Journal of clinical nursing 2009;18(9):1346-53.
2009: Len Bowers; Teresa Allan; Alan Simpson; Julia Jones; Marie Van Der Merwe; Debra Jeffery
Identifying key factors associated with aggression on acute inpatient psychiatric wards.
Issues in mental health nursing 2009;30(4):260-71.
2009: M van der Merwe; Len Bowers; J Jones; A Simpson; K Haglund
Locked doors in acute inpatient psychiatry: a literature review.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2009;16(3):293-9.
2009: C Theodoridou; Len Bowers; G Brennan; D Gilbert; G Winship
The measurement of psychotic acuity by nursing staff.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2009;16(3):234-41.
2009: Len Bowers; Julia Jones; Alan Simpson
The demography of nurses and patients on acute psychiatric wards in England.
Journal of clinical nursing 2009;18(6):884-92.
2009: Len Bowers
Association between staff factors and levels of conflict and containment on acute psychiatric wards in England.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2009;60(2):231-9.
2009: Len Bowers
Unlocked potential.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) 2009;23(19):24-5.
2009: John A Baker; Len Bowers; John A Owiti
Wards features associated with high rates of medication refusal by patients: a large multi-centred survey.
General hospital psychiatry 2009;31(1):80-9.
2009: Eimear Muir-Cochrane; Len Bowers; Debra Jeffery
Comparison in attitudes between nursing and other students in relation to containment measures for disturbed psychiatric patients.
Nurse education today 2009;29(1):83-90.
2009: Len Bowers; Teresa Allan; Alan Simpson; Julia Jones; Richard Whittington
Morale is high in acute inpatient psychiatry.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2009;44(1):39-46.
2008: Manuela Jarrett; Len Bowers; Alan Simpson
Coerced medication in psychiatric inpatient care: literature review.
Journal of advanced nursing 2008;64(6):538-48.
2008: Len Bowers; Richard Whittington; Peter Nolan; David Parkin; Sarah Curtis; Kamaldeep Bhui; Diane Hackney; Teresa Allan; Alan Simpson
Relationship between service ecology, special observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2008;193(5):395-401.
2008: Len Bowers; C Flood; G Brennan; T Allan
A replication study of the City nurse intervention: reducing conflict and containment on three acute psychiatric wards.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2008;15(9):737-42.
2008: Len Bowers; C Flood
Nurse staffing, bed numbers and the cost of acute psychiatric inpatient care in England.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2008;15(8):630-7.
2008: Chris Flood; Len Bowers; David Parkin
Estimating the costs of conflict and containment on adult acute inpatient psychiatric wards.
Nursing economic$ 2008;26(5):325-330, 324.
2008: Len Bowers; A Simpson; Henk Nijman; C Hall
Patient ethnicity and three psychiatric intensive care units compared: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2008;15(3):195-202.
2008: Eline Veltkamp; Henk Nijman; Joost J Stolker; Katja Frigge; Pieter Dries; Len Bowers
Patients' preferences for seclusion or forced medication in acute psychiatric emergency in the Netherlands.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2008;59(2):209-11.
2008: Len Bowers; Debra Jeffery; Hulya Bilgin; Manuela Jarrett; Alan Simpson; Julia Jones
Psychiatric intensive care units: a literature review.
The International journal of social psychiatry 2008;54(1):56-68.
2007: Chloe Foster; Len Bowers; Henk Nijman
Aggressive behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: prevalence, severity and management.
Journal of advanced nursing 2007;58(2):140-9.
2007: Len Bowers; Jane Alexander; Alan Simpson; Carl Ryan; Paola Carr-Walker
Student psychiatric nurses' approval of containment measures: relationship to perception of aggression and attitudes to personality disorder.
International journal of nursing studies 2007;44(3):349-56.
2007: Len Bowers; Bert van der Werf; Aila Vokkolainen; Eimear Muir-Cochrane; Teresa Allan; Jane Alexander
International variation in containment measures for disturbed psychiatric inpatients: a comparative questionnaire survey.
International journal of nursing studies 2007;44(3):357-64.
2007: Len Bowers; Henk Nijman; Tom Palmstierna
The Attempted and Actual Assault Scale (Attacks).
International journal of methods in psychiatric research 2007;16(3):171-6.
2007: Len Bowers; Teresa Allan; Alan Simpson; Henk Nijman; Jonathan Warren
Adverse incidents, patient flow and nursing workforce variables on acute psychiatric wards: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study.
The International journal of social psychiatry 2007;53(1):75-84.
2007: Len Bowers; Debra Jeffery; Alan Simpson; Christina Daly; Jonathan Warren; Henk Nijman
Junior staffing changes and the temporal ecology of adverse incidents in acute psychiatric wards.
Journal of advanced nursing 2007;57(2):153-60.
2006: Len Bowers
Patient homicide causes nursing staff to leave.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006;13(6):778-9.
2006: Len Bowers; Alan Simpson; Sophie Eyres; Henk Nijman; Cerdic Hall; Angela Grange; Louise Phillips
Serious untoward incidents and their aftermath in acute inpatient psychiatry: the Tompkins Acute Ward study.
International journal of mental health nursing 2006;15(4):226-34.
2006: C J Ryan; Len Bowers
An analysis of nurses' post-incident manual restraint reports.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006;13(5):527-32.
2006: G Brennan; Chris Flood; Len Bowers
Constraints and blocks to change and improvement on acute psychiatric wards--lessons from the City Nurses project.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006;13(5):475-82.
2006: Len Bowers
On conflict, containment and the relationship between them.
Nursing inquiry 2006;13(3):172-80.
2006: Len Bowers; Paola Carr-Walker; Teresa Allan; Patrick Callaghan; Henk Nijman; Jo Paton
Attitude to personality disorder among prison officers working in a dangerous and severe personality disorder unit.
International journal of law and psychiatry 2006;29(5):333-42.
2006: Len Bowers; Henk Nijman; Teresa Allan; Alan Simpson; Jonathan Warren; Lynny Turner
Prevention and management of aggression training and violent incidents on U.K. Acute psychiatric wards.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2006;57(7):1022-6.
2006: Len Bowers; Teresa Allan
The attitude to personality disorder questionnaire: psychometric properties and results.
Journal of personality disorders 2006;20(3):281-93.
2006: Chris Flood; G Brennan; Len Bowers; B Hamilton; M Lipang; P Oladapo
Reflections on the process of change on acute psychiatric wards during the City Nurse Project.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006;13(3):260-8.
2006: Len Bowers; G Brennan; Chris Flood; M Lipang; P Oladapo
Preliminary outcomes of a trial to reduce conflict and containment on acute psychiatric wards: City Nurses.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006;13(2):165-72.
2005: C J Ryan; Len Bowers
Coercive manoeuvres in a psychiatric intensive care unit.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2005;12(6):695-702.
2005: Len Bowers; Athanassios Douzenis; Gian Maria Galeazzi; Matilde Forghieri; Christos Tsopelas; Alan Simpson; Teresa Allan
Disruptive and dangerous behaviour by patients on acute psychiatric wards in three European centres.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2005;40(10):822-8.
2005: Len Bowers; A Simpson; J Alexander
Real world application of an intervention to reduce absconding.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2005;12(5):598-602.
2005: Len Bowers
Reasons for admission and their implications for the nature of acute inpatient psychiatric nursing.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2005;12(2):231-6.
2005: eddie mccann; Len Bowers
Training in cognitive behavioural interventions on acute psychiatric inpatient wards.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2005;12(2):215-22.
2005: Len Bowers; Paola Carr-Walker; Jo Paton; Henk Nijman; Patrick Callaghan; Teresa Allan; Jane Alexander
Changes in attitudes to personality disorder on a DSPD unit.
Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH 2005;15(3):171-83.
2004: J Alexander; Len Bowers
Acute psychiatric ward rules: a review of the literature.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2004;11(5):623-31.
2004: Len Bowers; Jane Alexander; Alan Simpson; Carl Ryan; Paola Carr-Walker
Cultures of psychiatry and the professional socialization process: the case of containment methods for disturbed patients.
Nurse education today 2004;24(6):435-42.
2004: Len Bowers; Patrick Callaghan; Nicola Clark; Catharine Evers
Comparisons of psychotropic drug prescribing patterns in acute psychiatric wards across Europe.
European journal of clinical pharmacology 2004;60(1):29-35.
2004: Alan Simpson; Len Bowers
Runaway success.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) 2004;18(19):18-9.
2003: A Simpson; C Miller; Len Bowers
Case management models and the care programme approach: how to make the CPA effective and credible.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2003;10(4):472-83.
2003: Len Bowers; Jane Alexander; C Gaskell
A trial of an anti-absconding intervention in acute psychiatric wards.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2003;10(4):410-6.
2003: Len Bowers; Alan Simpson; Jane Alexander
Patient-staff conflict: results of a survey on acute psychiatric wards.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2003;38(7):402-8.
2003: Len Bowers
Manipulation: searching for an understanding.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2003;10(3):329-34.
2003: Len Bowers
Manipulation: description, identification and ambiguity.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2003;10(3):323-8.
2003: Patrick Callaghan; Sarah Eales; T Coates; Len Bowers
A review of research on the structure, process and outcome of liaison mental health services.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2003;10(2):155-65.
2003: Len Bowers; Neil Crowhurst; Jane Alexander; Sarah Eales; Stuart Guy; eddie mccann
Psychiatric nurses' views on criteria for psychiatric intensive care: acute and intensive care staff compared.
International journal of nursing studies 2003;40(2):145-52.
2002: Neil Crowhurst; Len Bowers
Philosophy, care and treatment on the psychiatric intensive care unit: themes, trends and future practice.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2002;9(6):689-95.
2002: Len Bowers; Neil Crowhurst; Jane Alexander; Patrick Callaghan; Sarah Eales; S Guy; eddie mccann; C Ryan
Safety and security policies on psychiatric acute admission wards: results from a London-wide survey.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2002;9(4):427-33.
2002: John Wells; Len Bowers
How prevalent is violence towards nurses working in general hospitals in the UK?
Journal of advanced nursing 2002;39(3):230-40.
2002: Patrick Callaghan; Sarah Eales; Tim Coats; Len Bowers; Jennie Bunker
Patient feedback on liaison mental health care in A&E.
Nursing times 2002;98(21):34-6.
2002: Len Bowers; Henk Nijman; Tom Palmstierna; Neil Crowhurst
Issues in the measurement of violent incidents and the introduction of a new scale: the 'attacks' (attempted and actual assault scale).
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum 2002;(412):106-9.
2001: Len Bowers; A Park
Special observation in the care of psychiatric inpatients: a literature review.
Issues in mental health nursing 2001;22(8):769-86.
2000: Len Bowers; M Jarrett; N Clark; F Kiyimba; L McFarlane
Determinants of absconding by patients on acute psychiatric wards.
Journal of advanced nursing 2000;32(3):644-9.
2000: Len Bowers; Kevin Gournay; D Duffy
Suicide and self-harm in inpatient psychiatric units: a national survey of observation policies.
Journal of advanced nursing 2000;32(2):437-44.
2000: Kevin Gournay; Len Bowers
Suicide and self-harm in in-patient psychiatric units: a study of nursing issues in 31 cases.
Journal of advanced nursing 2000;32(1):124-31.
2000: Len Bowers
The expression and comparison of ward incident rates.
Issues in mental health nursing 2000;21(4):365-74.
2000: N Clark; Len Bowers
Psychiatric nursing and compulsory psychiatric care.
Journal of advanced nursing 2000;31(2):389-94.
1999: N Clark; F Kiyimba; Len Bowers; M Jarrett; L McFarlane
Absconding: nurses views and reactions.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1999;6(3):219-24.
1999: Len Bowers; M Jarrett; N Clark; F Kiyimba; L McFarlane
Absconding: outcome and risk.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1999;6(3):213-8.
1999: Len Bowers; M Jarrett; N Clark; F Kiyimba; L McFarlane
Absconding: how and when patients leave the ward.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1999;6(3):207-11.
1999: Len Bowers; M Jarrett; N Clark; F Kiyimba; L McFarlane
Absconding: why patients leave.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1999;6(3):199-205.
1999: Len Bowers; R Whittington; Roger Almvik; B Bergman; N Oud; M Savio
A European perspective on psychiatric nursing and violent incidents: management, education and service organisation.
International journal of nursing studies 1999;36(3):217-22.
1998: R Benbow; Len Bowers
Rehabilitation using therapeutic community principles.
Nursing times 1998;94(41):56-7.
1998: Len Bowers; M Jarrett; N Clark
Absconding: a literature review.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1998;5(5):343-53.
1997: Len Bowers
Community psychiatric nurse caseloads and the 'worried well': misspent time vital work?
Journal of advanced nursing 1997;26(5):930-6.
1997: Len Bowers
A global view of mental health nursing.
Nursing times 1997;93(32):41.
1997: Len Bowers
Constructing international professional identity: what psychiatric nurses talk about on the Internet.
International journal of nursing studies 1997;34(3):208-12.
1997: Len Bowers
The future of community psychiatric nursing.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1997;4(2):153-60.
1997: P Wilkin; Len Bowers; J Monk
Clinical supervision: managing the resistance.
Nursing times 1997;93(8):48-9.
1997: Len Bowers
Monitoring the outcome of case management and community care: the care programme approach support system (CPASS).
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 1997;4(1):37-44.
1996: Len Bowers
Community psychiatric nurse education in the United Kingdom: 8 years of surveys and the issues raised.
Journal of advanced nursing 1996;23(5):919-24.
1995: Len Bowers; R Heikinenen-Peltonen
Scandinavian style of care.
Nursing times 1995;91(20):40-1.
1994: Len Bowers
Ill-informed view of courses.
Nursing times 1994;90(29):26.
1992: Len Bowers
Living together.
Senior nurse 1992;12(4):49-51.
1992: Len Bowers
A preliminary description of the United Kingdom community psychiatric nursing literature, 1960-1990.
Journal of advanced nursing 1992;17(6):739-46.
1992: Len Bowers
Ethnomethodology. II: A study of the Community Psychiatric Nurse in the patient's home.
International journal of nursing studies 1992;29(1):69-79.
1992: Len Bowers
Ethnomethodology. I: An approach to nursing research.
International journal of nursing studies 1992;29(1):59-67.
1991: Len Bowers
Don't blame the institution.
Nursing times 1991;87(22):32-4.
1989: Len Bowers
The significance of primary nursing.
Journal of advanced nursing 1989;14(1):13-9.
1987: Len Bowers
Who's in charge?
Nursing times 1987;83(22):36-8.
1984: Len Bowers
Nursing care study. Escort to Africa.
Nursing mirror 1984;159(12):29-30.