community
Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
Intervening in the community
in Managing Personality Disordered Offenders
September 2018; p ublished online November 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 11919 words.
The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway strategy explicitly begins and ends with the community, and this ethos lies at the heart of the pathway approach to management. This chapter...
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Transition to the community
in Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
March 2015; p ublished online May 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 5154 words.
Re-incarceration of former prisoners is commonly associated with relapse to drug and alcohol use because of ineffective treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs) after release. High entry...
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Violence risk in community settings
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 9401 words.
Managing the risk of harm to others is an essential aspect of the care of hospital patients and mentally disordered people in prisons. As these people move to the community, the...
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Community re-entry preparation/coordination
in Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
March 2015; p ublished online May 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 5332 words.
The transition from short-term incarceration in jail or longer-term prison sentences back to the community presents substantial challenges for those with mental illness. Approximately 97...
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Community re-entry preparation/coordination
in Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
March 2015; p ublished online September 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 5972 words.
The transition from short-term incarceration in jail or longer-term prison sentences back to the community presents substantial challenges for those with mental illness. Approximately 97...
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Transition of pharmacology from community to corrections
in Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
March 2015; p ublished online May 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 2461 words.
Psychopharmacology in general is a challenging field that includes much art as well as science. Clinicians usually depend upon self-report in making decisions regarding medication selection...
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Community psychiatric treatment under legal mandates: The international experience
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 12179 words.
During the last 30 years, new ways of legally mandating psychiatric treatment for patients living in the community have emerged. Changes to law and practice have occurred in various...
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Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Book. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 384 pages.
This book examines the care of the mentally disordered offender in the community from a number of perspectives: the social, administrative, and clinical context; clinical aspects of care;...
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Treatment and management of personality-disordered offenders in the community
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 8601 words.
This chapter describes the research and clinical evidence on which recent developments in services for personality disordered offenders have been based, and it offers practical guidance for...
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Emergencies, general medicine, ‘community treatment orders’, and ‘psychiatric advance statements’
in Men in White Coats
November 2017; p ublished online December 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 7618 words.
The implications of the Fusion Law for general medicine, especially inpatient care when non-consensual and involuntary treatment is being considered, are examined in this chapter. The new...
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The law in England and Wales on mental health treatment in the community
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 8340 words.
This chapter examines the legal framework for the treatment of the mentally disordered offender in the community in England and Wales. It examines both some of the ideological questions...
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UK health policy in relation to mentally disordered offenders in the community
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 8671 words.
The majority of mentally disordered offenders are never treated within forensic mental health services. Instead, they remain within the criminal justice system, where care and treatment for...
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The Community Mental Health Team and the mentally disordered offender
in Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community
September 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 10865 words.
There is a long-standing policy of diversion of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) from the criminal justice system to care by mental health services. Care of the MDO presents specific...
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The Elderly Veteran, Service, Benefits, and the Community
in GERIATRIC FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
November 2017; p ublished online December 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Psychiatry; Old Age Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry. 4997 words.
The U.S. veteran population is aging, with 47.3% being age 65 or older in 2013. This chapter addresses the mental health of older veterans and the services and benefits available to them....
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Forensic psychiatric services
in Forensic Psychiatry
March 2012; p ublished online July 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 8782 words.
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Conclusion
in LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
November 2018; p ublished online November 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 7705 words.
This chapter presents seven scenarios that illustrate how stressors can place long-term LGBTQ relationships at risk for dissolution, and discusses the strategies couples implemented to...
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Treatment
in Forensic Psychiatry
March 2012; p ublished online July 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 17281 words.
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Criminal law
in Forensic Psychiatry
March 2012; p ublished online July 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 17588 words.
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Mental health and mental capacity law*
in Forensic Psychiatry
March 2012; p ublished online July 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 24895 words.
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Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces
in LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
November 2018; p ublished online November 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry. 8677 words.
There is no such thing as “gay marriage.” Rather, it is “straight” marital law that is applied to same-sex couples, with its well-established heteronormative rules of shared assets and...
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