Drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental illness
Meg Fluharty summarises a recently updated Cochrane systematic review about interventions for drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental illness. The post Drug-using offenders with co-occurring...
View ArticleAccess to justice for victims and survivors of elder abuse
Jill Manthorpe looks at a study on access to justice for victims of elder abuse and considers the implications for adult safeguarding practice and the implementation of Making Safeguarding Personal...
View Article#PreventableHarm discussion 20/7/16: Can risk assessment in mental health be...
Can risk assessment in mental health be evidence-based? Join us for the #PreventableHarm discussion in London on Wed 20th July 2016. This free open 'question time' style debate is being organised by...
View Article“Won’t you be my neighbour?” Psychosis and violent reoffending: does where...
Derek Tracy and Krisna Patel consider neighbourhood influences on violent reoffending risk in released prisoners diagnosed with psychotic disorders. The blog also features a half hour audio podcast...
View ArticleTrauma-related childhood hospital admission linked with self-harm and violent...
Emily Stapley summarises a recent Danish national cohort study, which looks at self-harm and violent criminality among young people who experienced trauma-related childhood hospital admission. The post...
View ArticleThe prevalence of digital self-harm among adolescents
Alexander Foster and Tatiana Salisbury publish their debut blog on a recent study of digital self-harm in adolescents. In case you're wondering, digital self-harm is the anonymous online posting,...
View ArticleCrime victimisation: vulnerability increased after onset of mental illness
Danny Whiting writes his debut elf blog on a recent Danish study that uses police data to measure the risk of being subjected to crime, including violent crime, after onset of mental illness. The post...
View ArticleCommunity action has little impact on harms from alcohol use disorder
Natasha Clarke explores a systematic review of Whole of Community interventions to reduce population level harms arising from alcohol and other drug use. The post Community action has little impact on...
View ArticleVictims of crime with mental illness: differences between Denmark and the US
Chris Millar writes his debut blog on a recent paper that explores the link between mental illness and being subjected to crime in Denmark and the United States. This blog asks: how much do poverty and...
View ArticleLife after leaving hospital: when does a duty of care end?
Sally McManus writes her debut elf blog on a recent national cohort study of multiple adverse outcomes following first discharge from psychiatric care, which finds that mental health inpatients are...
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