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Long-stay in forensic-psychiatric care in the UK

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Hare Duke, Laurie, Furtado, Vivek, Guo, Boliang and Völlm, Birgit Angela (2018) Long-stay in forensic-psychiatric care in the UK. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53 (3). pp. 313-321. doi:10.1007/s00127-017-1473-y ISSN 0933-7954.

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Abstract

Purpose
Forensic services provide care for mentally disordered offenders. In England this is provided at three levels of security—low, medium and high. Significant number of patients within these settings remain detained for protracted periods of time. This is both very costly and restrictive for individuals. No national studies have been conducted on this subject in England.

Methods
We employed a cross-sectional design using anonymised data from medical records departments in English secure forensic units. Data were collected from a large sample of medium secure patients (n = 1572) as well as the total high secure patient population (n = 715) resident on the census date (01-04-2013). We defined long-stay as a stay of more than 10 years in high, 5 years in medium or 15 years in a mix of high and medium secure settings. Long-stay status was assessed against patient demographic and admission information.

Results
We identified a significant proportion of long-stayers: 23.5% in high secure and 18.1% in medium secure care. Amongst medium secure units a large variation in long-stay prevalence was observed from 0 to 50%. Results indicated that MHA section, admission source and current ward type were independent factors associated with long-stay status.

Conclusion
This study identified a significant proportion of long-stayers in forensic settings in England. Sociodemographic factors identified in studies in individual settings may be less important than previously thought. The large variation in prevalence of long-stayers observed in the medium secure sample warrants further investigation.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Mentally ill offenders -- Care, Forensic psychiatry
Journal or Publication Title: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publisher: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag
ISSN: 0933-7954
Official Date: March 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2018Published
31 January 2018Available
13 December 2017Accepted
Volume: 53
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 313-321
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1473-y
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 9 April 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 9 April 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
HS&DR 11/1024/06National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
UNSPECIFIEDNottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusthttps://lccn.loc.gov/nb2018001697

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