Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges

Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges / edited by Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun.

This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Völlm, Birgit (Editor), Braun, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Forensic psychiatry.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Criminal law.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface.-Introduction
  • Part I – The context: Asylums and deinstitutionalization: The Penrose hypothesis in the 21st century.-Challenges in comparing healthcare systems across different countries
  • Long-term in forensic care in Europe
  • Characteristic and needs of long-term patients in the UK
  • Challenges in the provision of forensic services in Eastern Europe
  • Ethical and human rights aspects of long-term
  • Part II – Clinical aspects of long-term: What works for long-term forensic patients
  • How to measure progress in forensic care
  • Enhancing protective factors in the management of violence risk in long-term stay patients
  • Challenges in the treatment of sex offenders
  • Occupational therapy with long-term service users
  • The importance of ward climate
  • Quality of life in forensic settings
  • Patient experiences of long-term
  • A service user perspective
  • Involving carers in forensic settings
  • Part III – Alternative provision
  • The closure of forensic-psychiatric institutions in Italy
  • The Dutch model of long stay
  • German long-term services in forensic settings
  • Complementary model of long-term service as the result of reform of forensic psychiatry system after political transformation
  • Attitudinal and organizational barriers to the introduction of long-term services.

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