Discharges to prison from medium secure psychiatricunits

Forensic psychiatry saw itself as having redeeming and containing roles, through identifying the mentally ill in prison, transferring them to medium security, providing treatment, and then either discharging to the community or providing longer-term secure care if the person’s risk and/or illness co...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2015-03, Vol.206 (3), p.253-253
Main Author: Boast, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criminal sentences
Forensic psychiatry
Forensic science
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Prisoners
Prisons
Psychiatry
Psychosis
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Summary:Forensic psychiatry saw itself as having redeeming and containing roles, through identifying the mentally ill in prison, transferring them to medium security, providing treatment, and then either discharging to the community or providing longer-term secure care if the person’s risk and/or illness could not be satisfactory managed. At the end of their prison sentence, or if their remand ends, they have to be released from the forensic hospital, but can ordinarily be detained in a non-forensic mental health unit. Prisoners could be informal patients, whereas currently they are being denied the ‘least restrictive’ approach enshrined within the Mental Health Act 1983.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.206.3.253