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Forensic psychiatry in Russia: the links with Britain evolve further
- Authors:
- GORDON Harvey, MEUX Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(7), July 2003, pp.271-273.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
In Russia, the improvement of forensic psychiatric care (and prison health care) will be affected by the level of economic development. The reintegration of Russian psychiatry into the international psychiatric community needs to be maintained. The future of forensic psychiatry in Russia is no longer dependent on an ideology in which psychiatrists are essentially seen as agents of State control. While general and forensic psychiatry in both Russia and Britain needs to seek to balance the needs of patients with the safety of the public, it must retain its practice independently of the state in both countries.
Are young people in correctional institutions different from community students who have never been convicted?: differences in internalising and externalising behaviours
- Author:
- SOHN Byoungduk
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 33(6), September 2003, pp.739-752.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
By comparing the prevalence of emotional and behaviour health problems among institutionalized juvenile offenders with that amongst a non-offending sample of adolescents, this study indicates common characteristics of the perceived emotional and behavioural problems, and describes risk factors pertinent to persistent juvenile offending. Familial backgrounds, behavioural and emotional measures were collected through self-report surveys. Results showed that young people in secure units claimed significant high levels of emotional and behavioural problems and that those problems were associated with their disadvantaged familial socio-economic backgrounds and perceived parenting factors. Various policy implications are recommended to tackle problems amongst these disadvantaged young people in correctional institutions in Korea. In particular, for those working with young people in correctional institutions in the UK, the findings highlight the importance of culturally relevant programmes.
Medium secure forensic psychiatry services: comparison of seven English health regions
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, January 2001, pp.55-61.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Regional medium secure developments have proceeded unevenly, with wide variations in resources to deliver services. This study compares patients admitted to seven (pre-reorganisation) regional services and styles of serve delivery. It was discovered that un-coordinated development led to under-provision despite high demand. Certain regions prioritised offender patients and did not support local psychiatric services. New standards are required for service specification and resource allocation to redress inequality. Traditional performance measures were of limited usefulness in comparing services.
Women admitted to secure forensic psychiatry services: I. Comparison of women and men
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(2), September 2000, pp.275-295.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This study compared the demographic and diagnostic characteristics, psychiatric histories and criminal records of female and male patients from a complete sample of special (high-security) hospital admissions from all health regions, and medium- security admissions from seven of fourteen regions, in England and Wales from 1988 to 1994. The annual rate of male admissions to the secure specialist services was 5.6 times that for females. The findings suggest that new specialist therapeutic regimes for women are needed. Future research should examine their needs for internal and perimeter security and compare their needs with those of men.