Risk assessment and shared care planning in out-patient forensic psychiatry: cluster randomised controlled trial.
| Autor: | Troquete NA; Rob Giel Research Center, University Centre for Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands. N.A.C.Troquete@umcg.nl, van den Brink RH, Beintema H, Mulder T, van Os TW, Schoevers RA, Wiersma D |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science [Br J Psychiatry] 2013 May; Vol. 202 (5), pp. 365-71. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 21. |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113043 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Forensic psychiatry aims to reduce recidivism and makes use of risk assessment tools to achieve this goal. Various studies have reported on the predictive qualities of these instruments, but it remains unclear whether their use is associated with actual prevention of recidivism in clinical care. Aims: To test whether an intervention combining risk assessment and shared care planning is associated with a reduction in violent and criminal behaviour. Method: A cluster randomised controlled trial (Netherlands Trial Register number NTR1042) was conducted in three out-patient forensic psychiatric clinics. The intervention comprised risk assessment with the Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) and a shared care planning protocol formulated according to shared decision-making principles. The control group received usual care. The outcome consisted of the proportion of clients with violent or criminal incidents at follow-up. Results: In total 58 case managers and 632 of their clients were included. In the intervention group (n = 310), 65% received the intervention at least once. Findings showed a general treatment effect (22% of clients with an incident at baseline v. 15% at follow-up, P<0.01) but no significant difference between the two treatment conditions (odds ratio (OR) = 1.46, 95% CI 0.89-2.44, P = 0.15). Conclusions: Although risk assessment is common practice in forensic psychiatry, our results indicate that the primary goal of preventing recidivism was not reached through risk assessment embedded in shared decision-making. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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