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Zero violence or zero seclusion. Which is more acceptable in our hospitals?

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction There is an established association between serious mental illness and violence. Secure forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment to mentally disordered offenders.
K. Tong, A. Gibbons, O. Byrne, T. Conlon, H. Kennedy, M. Davoren   +5 more
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Treatment of eating disorders in older people: a systematic review

Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background Historically, eating disorders were not identified in older populations and it is only in more recent times that there is greater recognition of the existence of eating disorders among the elderly.
Megha Mulchandani, Namrata Shetty, Agatha Conrad, Petra Muir, Beth Mah   +4 more
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Perceived stress and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among intensive care unit staff caring for severely ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients during the pandemic: a national study

Annals of General Psychiatry, 2021
Background Intensive care unit (ICU) staff have faced unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which could significantly affect their mental health and well-being.
Nisha Kader, Bushra Elhusein, Nirvana Swamy Kudlur Chandrappa, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan, Prem Chandra, Abdul Waheed Khan, Majid Alabdulla   +6 more
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GABAPENTIN TREATMENT FOR CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: A CASE REPORT

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes a group of developmental disabilities characterized by patterns of delay and deviance in the development of social, communicative, cognitive skills and the presence of repetitive and stereotyped ...
S. Marini, L. D’Agostino, A. Gentile
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An evaluation of functional mental capacity in forensic mental health practice: the Dundrum capacity ladders validation study

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Because of the potential gravity of finding a person incompetent, assessment of mental capacity is challenging for clinicians. We aimed to test validity of a new structured professional judgement tool designed to assess functional mental ...
Gearoid Moynihan, Ken O’Reilly, Jane O’Connor, Harry G. Kennedy   +3 more
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection

Translational Psychiatry, 2022
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk for physical illnesses and early mortality. However, we do not know if it also increases the risk for adverse outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Kristen Nishimi, Thomas C. Neylan, Daniel Bertenthal, Emily A. Dolsen, Karen H. Seal, Aoife O’Donovan   +5 more
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Predictors of quality of life among inpatients in forensic mental health: implications for occupational therapists

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Optimising quality of life (QOL) for service users in a forensic hospital is an important treatment objective. The factors which contribute to QOL in this setting are currently unclear.
Padraic O’ Flynn, Roisin O’ Regan, Ken O’ Reilly, Harry G Kennedy   +3 more
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A women’s worker in court: A more appropriate service for women defendants with mental health issues? [PDF]

, 2010
Aims Court liaison services aim to reduce mental illness in prison through early treatment and/or diversion into care of defendants negotiating their court proceedings.
Bell, Helen, Hean, Sarah, Heaslip, Vanessa, Staddon, Sue, Warr, Jerry   +4 more
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Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background People with schizophrenia are ten times more likely to commit homicide than a member of the general population. The relationship between symptoms of schizophrenia and acts of violence is unclear.
Ken O’Reilly, Paul O’Connell, Danny O’Sullivan, Aiden Corvin, James Sheerin, Padraic O’Flynn, Gary Donohoe, Hazel McCarthy, Daniela Ambrosh, Muireann O’Donnell, Aisling Ryan, Harry G. Kennedy   +11 more
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Beyond the Walls: An Evaluation of a Pre-Release Planning (PReP) Programme for Sentenced Mentally Disordered Offenders

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Prison mental health services have tended to focus on improving the quality of care provided to mentally disordered offenders at the initial point of contact with the prison system and within the prison environment itself.
Damian Smith, Damian Smith, Susan Harnett, Aisling Flanagan, Sarah Hennessy, Sarah Hennessy, Pauline Gill, Niamh Quigley, Cornelia Carey, Michael McGhee, Aoife McManus, Mary Kennedy, Enda Kelly, Jean Carey, Ann Concannon, Harry G. Kennedy, Harry G. Kennedy, Damian Mohan, Damian Mohan   +18 more
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