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Predictive validity of the START for unauthorised leave and substance abuse in a secure mental health setting:a pseudo-prospective cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Risk assessment and management is central to the nursing role in forensic mental health settings. The Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) aims to support assessment through identification of risk and protective factors.
Dickens, Geoffrey L., O'Shea, Laura E.
core   +3 more sources

Exploring the impact of trauma-adapted yoga in forensic psychiatry.

open access: yesPsychiatry Research
The specialized field of forensic psychiatry deals with the care of criminal offenders who suffer from severe mental disorders. As this field is positioned at the intersection of illness, crime, and security, it poses complex challenges.
N. Kerekes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pharmacological Treatment in Forensic Psychiatry—A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Pharmacological treatment is of great importance in forensic psychiatry, and the vast majority of patients are treated with antipsychotic agents. There are several systematic differences between general and forensic psychiatric patients, e.g.
Katarina Howner   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mental health and the law: An overview and need to develop and strengthen the discipline of forensic psychiatry in India

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Human rights and mental health care of vulnerable population need supportive legislations and policies. Both “hard” and “soft” laws relevant to mental health care have been devised internationally and locally.
Pratima Murthy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inpatient forensic psychiatric care: Legal provision in European countries

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
Body Forensic psychiatry is a specialty of psychiatry primarily concerned with individuals who have either offended or present a risk of doing so, and who also suffer from a psychiatric condition. These mentally disordered offenders(MDOs) are often cared
B. Völlm
doaj   +1 more source

The path of compassion in forensic psychiatry.

open access: yesArchives of Psychiatric Nursing, 2020
We aimed to deepen our understanding of the concept of compassion in caring for patients with mental illness in forensic psychiatric inpatient care settings. Qualitative analysis was used to illuminate themes from interviews conducted with 13 nurses in a
Lars Hammarström   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forensic psychiatry in Rwanda

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2018
Forensic psychiatry has often been neglected in nonwestern countries, including the African continent. Our aim was to assess the practices and needs for improvement in the field of forensic psychiatry in Rwanda.
Ariel Eytan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High Quality of Life Reduces Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide Ideations in Patients in Forensic Psychiatry

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background Suicides are more common in forensic patients than in the general population. Two reasons for this discrepancy are discussed: (1) Suicides are the consequence of maladaptation to the restrictive living conditions in forensic psychiatry, and (2)
M. Büsselmann   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changing violent behaviour : forensic mental health and criminological models compared

open access: yes, 2004
Evidence-based interventions designed to reduce the risk of re-offending, particularly violent re-offending, are commonly offered in correctional systems around the world.
Day, Andrew   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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