... that arose would overlap with those found in previous research but also strove to maintain an awareness and openness to novel results. Forensic Readmission Recall Mentally disordered offenders Community support Adult community forensic mental health service users (service users...

...Elizabeth Spruin; Tara Dunleavy; Chloe Mitchell; Belinda Siesmaa Purpose This study aims to evaluate the utility and reliability of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) to investigate the criminal cognitions of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) from the UK. Design...

... were assigned to concepts based upon their relevance to the research questions and study aims. Mentally disordered offenders Mentally ill prisoner’s Prison Young offenders Qualitative Qualitative research Participant inclusion in qualitative research requires individuals to have some...

...Tanya McDonnaugh; Alan Underwood; Amanda Williams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) conditionally discharged from secure hospitals on a restrictive Section of the Mental Health Act (Section 37/41). Design/methodology/approach...

... re-use rights only Rehabilitation Recovery Prison Forensic psychiatry Mentally disordered offenders Schizophrenia Psychosocial approaches The distinctive clinical profile of individuals with legal involvement has to be considered in psychosocial services provision (Dumais et al...

...Sharon Howden; Jayde Midgley; Rebecca Hargate Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of a Violent Offender Treatment Program (VOTP) adapted for use in a medium secure unit (MSU). The patient population is adult male mentally disordered offenders. Design...

...Calem De Burca; Helen Louise Miles; Eduardo Antonio Vasquez Purpose – Substance use contributes to the development of criminogenic behaviour and mental health problems. However, the extent and severity of substance use and the relationship to offending in mentally disordered offenders (MDOs...

... provide a comprehensive conceptual, ethical and practice framework for rehabilitation within the specialty of forensic mental health. However, there is a paucity of published literature to guide practitioners on how to integrate the GLM into their practice with mentally disordered offenders. The aim...

... and a relatively new area of study, thus of value to practicing clinicians. It is hoped that the use of appropriate tools will enhance understanding of the treatment and service needs for mentally disordered offenders. The search for relevant literature followed a comprehensive four phase approach: 1...

... health problems and offending. Following this, relevant literature and Department of Health (DoH) guidance is summarised and a description of the current UK services is given. Findings In 2001, Young et al. highlighted the needs of deaf mentally disordered offenders and the requirement...

... Mentally disordered offenders who are born abroad: pathway of care through medium secure services Peter MacRae EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, UK Paul Gilluley Girija Kotalgi WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH TRUST, UK ABSTRACT Recent changes in UK immigration policy have led to increasing deportation of foreign...

...) or addressed therapeutically was the percentage signi cantly lower. KEYWORDS mentally disordered offenders; substance use; treatment; forensic services forensic mental health services Andrew Derry CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES Introduction Despite the clear indications...

...Andrew Derry; Amy Batson Although a majority of mentally disordered offenders have substance use problems (Wright et al, 2002), as yet there have been few attempts to understand the human and financial cost of this problem in forensic mental health services. The current study examined the effect...

...Diana Fitzgibbon; Angus Cameron This article seeks to explore the historical context of government policy in relation to mentally disordered offenders. The article will relate this context to the work of the Probation Service, in particular the development of the Offender Management System (OASys...

...Rita Dalton A community team for mentally disordered offenders in a London borough was reviewed three years after its inception. As this term covers a broad spectrum of people, a profile of the team's clients was compiled and there is some discussion of what might constitute suitable measures...