The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 10 Issue 3
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Staff stress and challenging behaviour on a medium secure development disabilities ward for women: the outcomes of organisational change, and clinical interventions
C Long, L Collins, C MacDonald, D Johnston, S HardyThe effects of organisational change on a medium secure ward for women with developmental disabilities are examined. Intervention followed the BAITS model (Milne et al, 2003) in…
Breaking the Chain: a prison‐based participatory action research project
Elizabeth Sullivan, Paul Hassal, Darren RowlandsThis paper describes how a group of prisoners at HMP Grendon Therapeutic Community undertook to survey staff and prisoners about unmet needs relating to abstinence from substance…
The clinical response to substance use problems in forensic mental health services
Andrew DerryIn recent years, a number of studies have linked mental health problems, substance use and offending. These findings have been reflected in government directives aimed at…
Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT): a therapy in a medium secure hospital for a mentally disordered offender with a personality disorder
Jacqueline WithersCognitive analytic therapy (CAT) has a developing evidence base for working with complex cases including personality disorder. This article describes the use of CAT with a single…
Treatment outcome following intervention in a prison‐based therapeutic community: a study of the relationship between reduction in criminogenic risk and improved psychological well‐being
Richard Shuker, Margaret Newton172 adult male prisoners were assessed before and after intervention in a UK prison‐based therapeutic community using psychometric measures of psychological well‐being and…