This article outlines the legislation applying to individuals found not guilty of a serious offence on the grounds of mental impairment in the State of Victoria, describes the characteristics of the forensic patient population, and delineates the clinical pathway forensic patients typically take, using...
forensic mental healthtreatmentPsychopathy in forensic psychiatric patients and other criminal offenders is associated with higher criminal recidivism rates. Moreover, many forensic mental health professionals believe that psychopaths are not amenable to treatment. The present study examines whether patients ...
They will also help to shape training methods for new and existing forensic practitioners.AbstractScotland has a national programme to improve mental health and well-being and addressing stigma among mental health practitioners is a priority. This study explores practitioner attitudes towards patients in...
Student mental health nurses have greater patient contact than registered nurses, and this is appreciated by patients. This phenomenological study explored the impact of patients and student mental health nurses' time shared on forensic units for men carrying a personality disorder diagnosis. ...
Forensic mental health care is an emerging speciality that crosses boundaries between health and judicial systems. The rationale for this review was based on the growing concerns and needs of patients and service providers as the unique and individual challenges for patients have been unmet in the ...
Allocating a patient with a history of very dangerous behaviour (serios violence) to a low level of therapeutic security may endanger other patients, staff and the patient themselves. In other jurisdictions, such needs assessment work for ‘legacy’ forensic mental healthcare systems has often been...
This article focuses on forensic adolescent mental-health nursing in Australia. The concept of forensics in the context of medical care is described. Patients being handled by the nurse working in forensic psychiatric nursing are characterized by higher degrees of soc...
In forensic psychotherapy there may be competing goals and agendas, influenced respectively by concerns about mental health and well-being, risk reduction and psychodynamically-significant change. There has, to date, been no published study of the goals and concerns of forensic patients undergoing ther...
However, there is limited research into autistic traits within forensic mental health settings, and few studies have evaluated profiles of traits within this sample. Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of autistic traits in a forensic population by systematically screening ...
Forensic mental health services are charged with two potentially conflicting tasks: public protection and ethical patient care. The challenge to fulfil these dual roles is most acute when considering the prolonged detention of patients who have been acquitted of serious violent offences on grounds of ...