Covers the broad area of the forensic medical sciences, delivering core knowledge in the biomedical sciences, and the law and ethics surrounding them. Concise, accessible chapters cover a wide range of topics from basic ...

Although prediction of risk to others (and management of that risk) may be the sine qua non of forensic psychi atry, a large range of instruments, indicators, and other outcomes are available 13. Domains other than ...

In this editorial, we start from the premise that the commonly held association of ASDs and violence is a misconception. We discuss topics that repeatedly arise in our clinical practice in treating men with an ASD and ASPD ...

We conducted a series of tests on the FORensic oUtcome Measure (FORUM), a novel tool for measuring outcomes in forensic mental health services, which consists of complementary patientreported (FORUM-P) and clinician-reported ...

Introduction: Risk assessment is integral to forensic psychiatry. Previous work has highlighted the benefits of using scalable and evidence-based actuarial risk tools developed within forensic populations, such as the ...

Seamless assimilation of a new generation of rapid empirical instruments within forensic mental health services would free up clinicians’ time to focus on compassionate, patient-centred care, by replacing cumbersome ...

We aimed to externally validate the Oxford Risk of Recidivism (OxRec) tool to estimate 1- and 2-year risk of violent reoffending in people released from prison in England. We identified individuals using admiistrative ...

Forensic patients with psychosis often engage in violent behaviour. There has been significant progress in understanding risk factors for violence, but identification of causal mechanisms of violence is limited. Aims To ...