The recent joint report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorates of Constabulary, Prisons, and Probation highlights that the criminal justice system is seriously failed by mental health services in England and Wales.1 The report finds poor information exchange at every stage of the criminal justice pathway: mental health services are reluctant to share information on grounds of confidentiality despite it being legal; shortfalls exist in staff training, support, and advice to criminal justice staff; and insufficient attention is paid to mental health in court reports, or no reports are provided. However, the biggest problem by far is access to high quality mental healthcare and treatment, which has worsened since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Infirmière en psychiatrie de formation, actuellement ingénieur de recherche au CHU de Besançon, Aline Chassagne vient de publier avec « Soins et ...
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A scheme giving vulnerable ex-offenders stable accommodation to help them rebuild their lives and stay away from crime is now up and running, Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today (10 October 2019).
Prisoners due for release from Leeds, Pentonville and Bristol jails, but who are at risk of homelessness, have been the first to benefit from the trailblazing £6.4 million pilot.
Open access. Personality Disorder (PD) is an enduring, multi-faceted mental disorder, associated with adverse health effects, difficulties with interpersonal relationships and in some cases increased risk to others. A limited number of dedicated forensic mental health services are available for serious offenders with severe personality disorder. The recent Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy aims to ensure that most such offenders are treated in prison rather than secure psychiatric services, except in highly complex cases where this is not possible. While the strategy sets out very broad criteria relating to this, greater clarity is needed to support decisions about appropriate transfer and hence enhance public protection. This study explored which characteristics professional experts associate with appropriate transfer from prison to forensic mental health services for high-risk offenders with PD.
Since the Bradley Review in 2009 initiatives have been developed to support individuals with mental health problems and learning disabilities in the criminal justice system. Despite these initiatives, it was identified that some individuals were being released from local prisons without adequate support. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on the Right to family life: Children whose mothers are in prison. After hearing powerful evidence, MPs and Peers propose urgent reform to data collection, sentencing, support for children, and pregnancy and maternity for mothers in prison
In the UK, little is known about the experience of ex‐prisoners with intellectual disabilities.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
The number of older people and their proportion of the prison population in high‐income countries is increasing substantially. This pattern is mirrored by the age profile in forensic hospital services, and both trends seem counter to the age‐crime curve concept. How do we understand this and what are the mental health needs of this growing group?. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Sexual behaviour towards another person who does not or cannot consent to it causes serious harm to its victims. Understandable tendencies towards isolating or shaming the offenders, however, may actually increase risks of recidivism and further such harms.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Care pathway approaches were introduced into health care in the 1980s and have become standard international practice. They are now being introduced more specifically for health care in the criminal justice system. Care pathway delivery has the theoretical advantage of encouraging a whole‐systems approach for health and social care within the criminal justice system, but how well is it supported by empirical evidence?. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Mentally disordered offenders may suffer discrimination on the basis of mental disorder, or on the basis of being offenders, or both.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Nurses and other staff in prisons are becoming unwell through exposure to psychoactive substances such as Spice, a survey suggests. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.