Integrating treatment for offenders with an intellectual disability and...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the rationale for appropriate treatment for offenders with personality disorder and intellectual disability co-morbid with...
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AbstractPurpose– The principle of equivalence states that the provision of healthcare in the community should be extended into prisons. Stress control is a psychoeducational intervention that has had...
View ArticleApproaches to personality disordered offenders: experiential and empirical...
AbstractPurpose– The profile of personality disorder in forensic clinical practice has been raised by key developments over the last decade, although services remain in the large part piecemeal and...
View ArticleThe practical utility of using repertory grids with sexual offenders...
AbstractPurpose– The aim of this paper is to highlight the practical utility of using repertory grids with sexual offenders in denial and to demonstrate through a case study how they can be used to...
View ArticleAre they worth it? A systematic review of QOL instruments for use with...
AbstractPurpose– Reports on quality of life (QOL) measures for forensic patients are severely limited. The present paper aims to consider how to assess chronic patient's well-being and to identify and...
View ArticleCalibrating risk for violent political extremists and terrorists: the VERA 2...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to outline the process of risk assessment for terrorists and violent political extremists and to present an example of such an approach. The approach...
View ArticleEnhanced Thinking Skills and the association between executive function and...
AbstractPurpose - To investigate whether the Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS) programme (Clark, D. (2000), Theory Manual for Enhanced Thinking Skills, prepared for the Joint Prison Probation Service...
View ArticleDelivering Effective CBT Treatment for Women in Secure Psychiatric Settings.
AbstractPurpose - The aim of this paper is to review issues of relevance to practitioners using group CBT with women in secure settings. Design/methodology/approach - The extant literature on cognitive...
View ArticleMotivating young people in prison to improve behaviour
AbstractPurpose - One of the greatest challenges facing forensic practitioners is motivating offenders to engage in treatment. Possibly one of the hardest groups to engage and comply with prison...
View ArticleThe CORE-OM in secure settings: a template analysis of the experiences of...
AbstractPurpose - This study aimed to establish staff and patient opinions on the acceptability, feasibility, and utility of using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluations – Outcome Measure...
View ArticleACUTE AGGRESSION RISK: AN EARLY WARNING SIGNS METHODOLOGY
AbstractPurpose - Predicting the imminence of high risk behaviours in in-patients with schizophrenia is an ongoing concern. This study explores the utility, validity and reliability of an adapted early...
View ArticleDomestic estrangement and familicide: Nothing is as it seems
AbstractPurpose - Mental health evaluation in criminal cases is a complex and challenging task. This paper highlights the value of semi-structured interviews for diagnosis, the use of literature review...
View ArticleAn Evaluation of the Staff Training within the Trauma and Self Injury (TASI)...
AbstractPurpose - Patients in the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women have a high prevalence of trauma and self injury. This highlights the need for specialised training of staff dealing...
View ArticleThe impact of specialist training on professional identity, organisational...
AbstractPurpose - Recent years have seen some significant changes to the psychology profession in Australia that have prompted debate about the role of specialist areas of practice. This study...
View ArticleProblematic Substance use among forensic psychiatric community patients
AbstractPurpose - An association between problematic substance use and severe mental illness has been demonstrated in various settings, but not among community forensic psychiatric patients. This paper...
View ArticleA RECOVERY PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNITY DAY LEAVES
AbstractPurpose - Community day leaves (CDLs) have the potential to contribute to the recovery of patients residing in secure forensic mental health hospitals. This study investigated staff and...
View ArticleDeveloping a self-report measure to assess disclosure strategies in adult...
AbstractPurpose - The current study reports on the development of a self-report measure of disclosure strategies in adult male prisoners (violent and acquisitive offences) and its association with...
View ArticleSelf-Control, Fluctuating Willpower, and Forensic Practice
AbstractPurpose - Purpose: This article explains the relevance of new findings about self-control and willpower for antisocial behaviour and forensic practice.Design/methodology/approach - Design: The...
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