When social workers move between Canada and England, they often encounter unexpected cultural and professional challenges despite shared language and histo

Statistics on stop and search, arrests for notifiable offences. This release will also include statistics on detentions under Section 135 and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act previously included i...

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Statutory guidance on conducting domestic abuse related death reviews.

Background: Policy initiatives emphasise the need for forensic community intellectual disability teams to reduce avoidable admissions and facilitate timely disc...

Insight into cannabis use disorder in people with psychotic disorders - Volume 12 Issue 5

Purpose Evidence suggests that prisoners have more extensive victimization histories than non-incarcerated people, which is linked to subsequent criminal behaviour. Additionally, violence and victim...

This full-day online conference (9:30 – 16:30 UK time) is for professionals and researchers working in forensic settings.

Voices of Justice is a two-day hybrid conference exploring how communication can improve trust, governance, and inclusion across policing and the criminal justice system. Bringing together global rese...

Serious reportable and sentinel events are preventable events that cause death or serious injuries to patients. Such events within the field of...

Background and aims Alcohol consumption at high levels is common among people experiencing homelessness and contributes to inequalities. In relative terms these individuals are underrepresented in s...

BackgroundReliable diagnosis is a cornerstone of medical practice, yet concerns about diagnostic reliability have long haunted psychiatry. In the 1970s, the ...

IntroductionFormer forensic psychiatric patients experience elevated mortality rates, yet limited research has explored how post-discharge life circumstances...

A comparison of in-patient mental health rehabilitation services provided by the NHS and independent sector in England: patient and service characteristics - Volume 12 Issue 4

Delays and disparities in access to secure psychiatric services in England: national study of referrals and access assessments - Volume 12 Issue 4

NHS England » Mental health personalised care framework: the modern care programme approach

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is used in workplaces to improve mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and promote help-seeking. This paper explores how employees perceive and engage with MHFA in w...

Background Despite the recognised need, there remains a deficit of professionals skilled in the application of human factors theory and methods in patient safety incident reviews in healthcare. Addres...

This paper argues to understand racially minoritised people's experiences of mental illness and mental healthcare, we must expand the focus from inpat…

Objectives Identity is our continuous, dynamic sense of self. Significant changes, such as experiencing serious mental illnesses (SMI), can impact identity. Intentionally negotiating identity is des...

Journal of Clinical Psychology Research | Issue: Advanced Online Publication

IntroductionMany studies report that women’s access to safe and equitable care remains limited due to interpersonal and systemic barriers. In mental health c...

The impact of patient death and suicide on mental health professionals: mixed-methods study - Volume 12 Issue 4

Involuntary psychiatric admission is associated with substantial distress, loss of autonomy, and strained therapeutic relationships for those admitted involuntarily and the healthcare professionals...

Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a higher risk of infection-related hospitalisations than the general population, yet the reasons why remain poorly understood.Objective We aimed...

Despite public health strategies focusing on men’s mental health and suicide risk, rates of suicide among men remain concerningly high. In this Editorial, Seena Fazel outlines why targeted, specialize...

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This article presents an analysis of surveys conducted by HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales of 87,449 adult male prisoners between the years 2000 and 2020. It describes the survey meth....

Severe mental illness affects not only individuals with the illness but also their families. Informal caregivers frequently experience substantial emotional distress, as well as social and relation...

Forensic psychiatric patients experience high rates of preventable physical illness. Integrating primary care within forensic settings may help address this gap, yet little is known about how patie...

Availability and restrictiveness of community treatment orders across 33 European countries - Volume 12 Issue 4

Aim(s) To explore the facilitators and barriers to staff providing psychologically safe care in inpatient mental healthcare when restrictive practices are used. Design Qualitative descriptive inte.....

An introduction to our strategy to improve women's mental health care, Women's Mental Health Matters.

Detention services order 06/2026 provides guidance on hospital inpatient admissions for people detained under immigration powers.

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