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Section edited by Seena Fazel
This section is focused on forensic psychiatry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, general violence, domestic violence, homicide, sex offences, assessment in forensic settings, and general forensic psychiatry.
Research article
The biological underpinnings of serious violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia remain unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of brain morphometry in patients with schizoph...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:105
Published on: 21 March 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:136
Research article
Offenders with mental disorders constitute a particularly exposed group in society, with high rates of morbidity, mortality, and social deprivation. Often thought of primarily as perpetrators, these individual...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:91
Published on: 11 March 2017
Research article
Previous studies have investigated factors associated with outcome at Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs) in forensic psychiatric patients; however, dynamic variables such as treatment compliance and substa...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:25
Published on: 17 January 2017
Research article
Mental illness is highly prevalent among prisoners. Although psychotropic medicines can ameliorate symptoms of mental illness, prescribers in prisons must balance clinical needs against risks to safety and sec...
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:346
Published on: 10 October 2016
Research article
There is a lack of research in forensic settings examining therapeutic relationships. A structured communication approach, placing patients’ perspectives at the heart of discussions about their care, was used ...
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:335
Published on: 29 September 2016
Research article
Studies have suggested that people with intellectual disability are disproportionately involved in crime both as perpetrators and victims.
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:170
Published on: 28 May 2016
Research article
Despite the high prevalence rate of mental health problems among young prisoners, little is known about the longitudinal course and covariates of their mental health symptoms during incarceration, especially t...
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:91
Published on: 6 April 2016
Research article
This study aimed to examine the relation between different types of child abuse victimization and criminal recidivism among juvenile offenders.
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:24
Published on: 5 February 2016
Research article
The high prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) in prisons remains a challenge for mental health services. Many prisoners with SMI do not receive care. Screening tools have been developed but better detect...
BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:9
Published on: 15 January 2016
Research article
Patients admitted to a secure forensic hospital are at risk of a long hospital stay. Forensic hospital beds are a scarce and expensive resource and ability to identify the factors predicting length of stay at ...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:301
Published on: 23 November 2015
Research article
The relationship between mental illness and violent crime is complex because of the involvement of many other confounding risk factors. In the present study, we analysed psychiatric and neurological disorders ...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:299
Published on: 23 November 2015
Research article
Few studies have investigated absconding from forensic hospitals and there are no published studies of interventions aimed at reducing these incidents in forensic settings. We present a study of the impact of ...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:103
Published on: 3 May 2015
Research article
Psychiatric expert opinions are supposed to assess the accused individual’s risk of reoffending based on a valid scientific foundation. In contrast to specific recidivism, general recidivism has only been poor...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:62
Published on: 29 March 2015
Research article
Detention in a secure forensic psychiatric hospital may inhibit engagement and recovery. Having validated the clinician rated DUNDRUM-3 (programme completion) and DUNDRUM-4 (recovery) in a forensic hospital, w...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:61
Published on: 28 March 2015
Research article
Psychopathy, a severe disorder of personality, is well represented in the criminal and forensic psychiatric population and is significantly associated with increased risk of violence and crime. Fire-setting is...
BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:44
Published on: 10 March 2015
Study protocol
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults is one of the predictive and treatable risk factors for delinquency, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Effective treatment of IPV needs to add...
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:336
Published on: 27 November 2014
Research article
Dynamic risk factors need to be assessed repeatedly over time rather than at a single time point to examine the relationship with violence. This predictive validity study sought to examine the degree of dynami...
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:323
Published on: 26 November 2014
Research article
In low income countries, mental disorders are a neglected health problem. Mental disorders are influenced by a number of factors in people's everyday life of which intimate partner violence (IPV) commonly form...
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:315
Published on: 18 November 2014
Case report
Antiandrogen therapy (ADT) has been used for 30 years to treat pedophilic patients. The aim of the treatment is a reduction in sexual drive and, in consequence, a reduced risk of recidivism. Yet the therapeuti...
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:142
Published on: 17 May 2014
Research article
Absconding from hospital is a significant health and security issue within psychiatric facilities that can have considerable adverse effects on patients, their family members and care providers, as well as the...
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:91
Published on: 27 March 2014
