Risk and protective factors in risk assessment: Predicting inpatient aggression in adult males detained in a forensic mental health setting.
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DOI: 10.1002/ab.22150
Abstract: Structured clinical risk assessments represent a preferred means of assessing levels of aggression risk at different times and in different individuals. Increasing attention has been given to capturing protective factors, with sound risk assessment critical… read more here.
Keywords: mental health; risk; aggression; protective factors ... See more keywords
Contact between victims and offenders in forensic mental health settings: An exploratory study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101630
Abstract: Victim-offender contact has been studied extensively in prisons, but research on contact between victims and mentally disordered offenders in forensic mental health settings is lacking. Therefore, an exploratory study was conducted on contact between victims… read more here.
Keywords: contact victims; offenders forensic; forensic mental; contact ... See more keywords
Suggestibility and confabulation among individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A review for criminal justice, forensic mental health, and legal interviewers.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101646
Abstract: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are conditions arising from prenatal alcohol exposure which results in a range of neurodevelopmental deficits in areas including cognition, memory, language, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and adaptive functioning. Deficits in… read more here.
Keywords: justice; forensic mental; justice forensic; criminal justice ... See more keywords
Hospitalisation time is associated with weight gain in forensic mental health patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
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DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2022.2053202
Abstract: Abstract Introduction People with mental disorders have higher mortality from lifestyle diseases than the general population. Forensic mental health patients (FMHPs) are often hospitalised for longer periods of time than non-FMHPs. Thus, hospitalisation may have… read more here.
Keywords: time; hospitalisation time; hospitalisation; forensic mental ... See more keywords
Forensic Clinical Interviewing: Toward Best Practice
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DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2018.1519615
Abstract: Abstract This two-part special issue of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is dedicated to the practice of forensic clinical interviewing, that is, the nature and application of specialist clinical interviewing skills with clients… read more here.
Keywords: clinical interviewing; forensic clinical; practice; forensic mental ... See more keywords
How Should the Risk of Absconding Be Assessed? Existing Approaches within Forensic Mental Health Systems and Examination of a New Scale
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DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2022.2078909
Abstract: Abstract At present, there are few validated tools to assist clinicians in assessing absconding risk and formulating viable risk management plans. In this article, we review existing literature on instrument validity and reliability in relation… read more here.
Keywords: scale; forensic mental; risk; mental health ... See more keywords
Facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in everyday life in forensic mental health wards - a qualitative study
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DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2023.2209966
Abstract: ABSTRACT Purpose To explore healthcare professionals’ experiences with facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in patients’ everyday lives in forensic mental health wards. Methods This qualitative study employed interviews with 16 healthcare professionals working shifts… read more here.
Keywords: health; caring atmosphere; forensic mental; facilitating safe ... See more keywords
Exploration of the utility of the Nursing Process and the Clinical Reasoning Cycle as a framework for forensic mental health nurses: A qualitative study.
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.12963
Abstract: Forensic mental health nursing (FMHN) is a specialized field, designed to meet the needs of people who have a serious mental illness across the criminal justice system, inpatient services and community. Frameworks can assist assessment,… read more here.
Keywords: mental health; framework; cycle; forensic mental ... See more keywords
Safewards: An integrative review of the literature within inpatient and forensic mental health units.
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.13001
Abstract: Mental health inpatient units are complex and challenging environments for care and treatment. Two imperatives in these settings are to minimize restrictive practices such as seclusion and restraint and to provide recovery-oriented care. Safewards is… read more here.
Keywords: review; mental health; health; forensic mental ... See more keywords
The experience of nurses moving into forensic mental health employment: A qualitative study.
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.13091
Abstract: While forensic mental health has seen considerable growth over the last two decades, little is known about the experience of registered nurses working in these environments. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach and interviewed… read more here.
Keywords: health; forensic mental; employment; mental health ... See more keywords
Forensic mental health nurses' experiences of rebuilding the therapeutic relationship after an episode of physical restraint in forensic services in Ireland: A qualitative study.
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.13176
Abstract: Few studies have explored how forensic mental health nurses can rebuild the therapeutic relationship following an episode of physical restraint in the acute forensic setting. In this study, we aimed to redress this gap in… read more here.
Keywords: restraint; therapeutic relationship; forensic mental; mental health ... See more keywords