(Highdene is a therapeutic community for adolescent boys with behaviour problems, in which unconditional acceptance and no rules is the basis for their care.
(Highdene is a therapeutic community for adolescent boys with behaviour problems, in which unconditional acceptance and no rules is the basis for their care.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, offenders, residential care, treatment, therapies, therapy and treatment, young people, conduct disorders;
The report of an independent review to examine the procedures and processes surrounding deaths and serious incidents in police custody. It also examples why the current investigation system has not met the needs and expectations of bereaved families. The report includes coverage of the following areas: restraint, substance misuse and intoxication, mental health, ethnicity, suicide, children and young people, and family support. The report makes 110 recommendations, regarding the use of restraint, the custody environment, training for officers and making it easier for families facing inquests into deaths in police custody to access legal aid. These include a new presumption that legal aid should be awarded to families in cases of deaths in police custody and that police cells should no longer be used for under 18s in mental health crisis from December, and for post-incident support to be available for bereaved families.
(Edited publisher abstract)
The report of an independent review to examine the procedures and processes surrounding deaths and serious incidents in police custody. It also examples why the current investigation system has not met the needs and expectations of bereaved families. The report includes coverage of the following areas: restraint, substance misuse and intoxication, mental health, ethnicity, suicide, children and young people, and family support. The report makes 110 recommendations, regarding the use of restraint, the custody environment, training for officers and making it easier for families facing inquests into deaths in police custody to access legal aid. These include a new presumption that legal aid should be awarded to families in cases of deaths in police custody and that police cells should no longer be used for under 18s in mental health crisis from December, and for post-incident support to be available for bereaved families.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
death, police, mental health problems, physical restraint, substance misuse, ethnicity, suicide, children, young people, offenders, young offenders, investigations, families;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, September 2001, pp.218-223.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Strong links exist between juvenile and adult depression, but comorbid conduct disorder may be associated with worse adult social difficulties. This article tests the impact of comorbid conduct disorder on social adjustment and dysfunction, suicidality and criminality of adults who had depression as youths. Subjects assessed at the Maudsley Hospital in 1970-1983 and meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder with (CD-MDD) or without (MDD) conduct disorder were interviewed 20 years later. Data were collected on lifetime psychiatric disorders and adult social/personality functioning. Death certificates and criminal records were obtained. Results found that the suicide risk was 2.45 percent and 44.3 percent of the sample had attempted suicide once in their lives. Compared with the MDD group, the CD-MDD group had higher rates of suicidal behaviours and criminal offences, and exhibited more pervasive social dysfunction. Adolescent depression is associated with raised risks of adult suicidality and with persistent interpersonal difficulties. Youths with CD-MDD show more severe and pervasive social dysfunction.
Strong links exist between juvenile and adult depression, but comorbid conduct disorder may be associated with worse adult social difficulties. This article tests the impact of comorbid conduct disorder on social adjustment and dysfunction, suicidality and criminality of adults who had depression as youths. Subjects assessed at the Maudsley Hospital in 1970-1983 and meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder with (CD-MDD) or without (MDD) conduct disorder were interviewed 20 years later. Data were collected on lifetime psychiatric disorders and adult social/personality functioning. Death certificates and criminal records were obtained. Results found that the suicide risk was 2.45 percent and 44.3 percent of the sample had attempted suicide once in their lives. Compared with the MDD group, the CD-MDD group had higher rates of suicidal behaviours and criminal offences, and exhibited more pervasive social dysfunction. Adolescent depression is associated with raised risks of adult suicidality and with persistent interpersonal difficulties. Youths with CD-MDD show more severe and pervasive social dysfunction.
Subject terms:
longitudinal studies, mental health problems, offenders, outcomes, risk, suicide, vulnerable adults, young people, adolescence, attempted suicide, children, crime, depression;
Looks at the treatment of offenders with mental health problems in the United States. Includes chapters on: administration of treatment programmes; legal aspects; inpatient treatment; community based forensic treatment; treatment in prison; treatment of sex offenders; treatment of offenders with learning difficulties; and treatment of juvenile offenders.
Looks at the treatment of offenders with mental health problems in the United States. Includes chapters on: administration of treatment programmes; legal aspects; inpatient treatment; community based forensic treatment; treatment in prison; treatment of sex offenders; treatment of offenders with learning difficulties; and treatment of juvenile offenders.
Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, mental health problems, mentally disordered offenders, offenders, prisons, residential care, sex offenders, treatment, therapy and treatment, young offenders, young people, community care;
Includes factsheets on: alcoholism or problem drinking; alcohol consumption facts and figures; Health of the Nation alcohol related targets; women's drinking; young people's drinking; drink-drive information; alcohol and HIV/AIDS; alcohol problems at work; social costs of alcohol; alcohol and mortality; drunkenness offences; employment in the drinks trade; Government revenue from alcohol; UK consumption; international consumption; brief interventions; older people; alcohol and people with mental health problems; alcopops; and street drinkers.
Includes factsheets on: alcoholism or problem drinking; alcohol consumption facts and figures; Health of the Nation alcohol related targets; women's drinking; young people's drinking; drink-drive information; alcohol and HIV/AIDS; alcohol problems at work; social costs of alcohol; alcohol and mortality; drunkenness offences; employment in the drinks trade; Government revenue from alcohol; UK consumption; international consumption; brief interventions; older people; alcohol and people with mental health problems; alcopops; and street drinkers.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, law, mental health problems, mortality, offenders, older people, social care provision, statistical methods, women, young people, alcohol misuse, employment;
law, long term conditions, mental health law, mental health problems, nursing homes, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, residential child care, secure accommodation, social welfare law, social care provision, treatment, therapy and treatment, young people, admission to care, children, day services, discharge;
immigrants, homeless people, homelessness, housing, inner cities, learning disabilities, legal aid, local authorities, local government, local government finance, mental health problems, NHS, mothers, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, pre-school children, punishment, social services, social work, social care provision, urban areas, welfare state, young people, after care, alcohol misuse, benefits, central government, children, community health care, drug misuse, education, employment, family planning, financing, Gypsies, health care;