The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 3 Issue 4
Table of contents
Education in secure psychiatric units
John Taylor, Patricia HealyThis paper highlights the levels of poor basic education in the general population and the additional difficulties faced by patients with severe and enduring mental illness.For…
Nursing In‐Patients with Personality Disorder: a Schema‐Focused Approach
Naomi Murphy, Denis McVeyResearch suggests that the majority of forensic clients have significant personality difficulties. Providing quality nursing care to this client group is identified as…
Mentally disordered offenders: everyone's responsibility
Phillip VaughanMentally disordered offenders (MDO), contary to general belief, are not the sole concern of specialist and secure services. Their numbers are far greater in the community. Instead…
Identifying Suicide Risk in Penal Institutions in the Netherlands
E. Blaauw, A. Kerkhof, F. Winkel, L. SheridanSuicide is the main cause of death among prison inmates, comprising almost half of all deaths in penal institutions in the Netherlands. Suicides in prisons have major…
Medication, Schizophrenia and the Forensic Multidisciplinary Team
Jean Stubbs, Camilla HawThis article examines the issues involved in the treatment with antipsychotic medication of forensic patients with schizophrenia. Poor compliance with medication may lead to a…