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The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation on an outpatient basis at Ngwelezana Hospital

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Some suspected criminal offenders in South Africa are required to undergo forensic psychiatry assessments before or during the trial, which can be delayed as a result of the shortage of psychiatrists and inpatient forensic psychiatry beds. In
Sithembisile Mngadi, Andrew Tomita, Vusi Khanyile, Bonginkosi Chiliza   +3 more
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Forensic psychiatry revisited

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2010
Articles related to Forensic Psychiatry published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology and Indian Journal of Psychiatry during the last 60 years revisited. During these years, around 50 articles have been published in this subject. Psycho-criminology is the theme dealt with in most of the articles.
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Predictive validity of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) for multiple adverse outcomes:the effect of diagnosis [PDF]

, 2017
The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) assists risk assessment for seven risk outcomes based on scoring of risk and protective factors and assignment of clinically-informed risk levels.
Dickens, Geoffrey L, Marriott, Rebecca, O'Shea, Laura E, Picchioni, Marco M   +3 more
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Unveiling Bias: The Impact of Male Rape Myths and Stereotypes on Juror Verdicts in Male‐on‐Male Rape Trials

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined how male rape myths, racial/ethnicity biases, and sexuality stereotypes influence verdicts in male‐on‐male rape trials—an area that is currently under‐researched. A sample of 463 participants read a mock rape trial, where both the defendant and complainant were male, with defendant ethnicity (White, Black, Asian) and ...
Lee J. Curley, B. Kennath Widanaralalage, Dominic Willmott, Joanna Ermenkova   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home visits: a reflection on family contact in a specialist forensic intellectual disability service [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose – There is little published literature about the number of home visits provided to patients within forensic intellectual disability units, and there is no published data on variables that affect home visits.
Alexander, Regi, Cheshire, Luncinda, Chester, Verity, Grace, Jackie, Graham, Alex   +4 more
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FASD and Intellectual Disability Equivalence: A Meta‐Analysis of Suggestibility During Forensic Interviews

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intellectual disability (ID) equivalence describes conditions in which individuals function cognitively and adaptively at levels comparable to ID without meeting IQ‐based diagnostic criteria. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is characterised by impaired executive and adaptive functioning despite IQs often above the ID threshold ...
David J. Gilbert, Stephen Ikechukwu Azumara, Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft, Karen Steele, Penny Cook, Raja Mukherjee, Gisli Gudjonsson, Natalie Novick Brown   +7 more
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General health problems in a forensic psychiatric hospital

Psychiatry Research Communications
Introduction: As other citizens, patients in forensic psychiatry may encounter problems with their general health and may be even more prone to some life shortening diseases, like metabolic disorder and cardiovascular disease.
Søren Birkeland, Jens Peter Hansen, Frederik Gildberg, Erik Christiansen   +3 more
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Forensic psychiatry in India: Past, present, and future

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry, in which scientific and clinical expertise is applied to legal issues in legal contexts embracing civil, criminal, correctional, or legislative matters.
S. Nambi, Siva Ilango, Lakshmi Prabha
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The Association Between Previous Suicide Attempts and Risk Level According to the Static‐99R in Men Who Have Sexually Offended

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Suicide is a leading cause of death within correctional institutions, with men convicted of sexual offences over‐represented among those who have attempted suicide. Despite an increased risk for suicidality, limited research has examined how past suicide attempts are associated with sexual offending and specific risk domains on ...
Jordyn Monaghan, Krystal Lowe, Michael C. Seto, Marc W. Patry, Skye Stephens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of psychiatric diagnosis, substance use situations, sociodemographic and clinical features of cases in forensic psychiatry unit

Neuropsychiatric Investigation, 2014
Objectives: The aim of the study is to investigate the diagnosis, substance use situations, sociodemographic and clinical features of cases referred from forensic medicine to our forensic psychiatry clinic.
Ümit Sertan Çöpoğlu, Feridun Bülbül, M. Hanifi Kokaçya, Demet Alıcı, Mehmet Fatih Taştan, Ahmet Ünal, Gökay Alpak, Haluk A. Savaş   +7 more
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