Psychiatric court reports and diversion outcomes in a remand prison over three years.

Autor:	Tong K; Senior Registrar, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service, Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland., Smith D; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service, Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland., Mohan C; Registrar, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland., Hickey P; Forensic Community Mental Health Nurse, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service, Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland., Taylor E; Forensic Community Mental Health Nurse, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service, Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland., McLoughlin L; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland., Kennedy HG; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Executive Clinical Director, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland., O'Neill C; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.; Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service, Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Irish journal of psychological medicine [Ir J Psychol Med] 2021 Oct 11, pp. 1-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 11.
DOI:	10.1017/ipm.2021.64
Abstrakt:	Objectives: There has been a notable increase in requests for psychiatric reports from District Courts for persons remanded to Ireland's main remand prison, Cloverhill. We aimed to identify if reports were prepared for persons with severe mental illness and if they led to therapeutic benefits such as diversion to healthcare. Measures of equitability between Cloverhill and other District Courts were explored. Methods: For District Court-requested reports completed by the Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service (PICLS) at Cloverhill Prison from 2015 to 2017, we recorded clinical variables and therapeutic outcomes such as diversion to inpatient psychiatric settings. Results: Of 236 cases, over half were diverted to inpatient or outpatient psychiatric care. One-third of remand episodes were admitted to a psychiatric hospital, mainly in non-forensic settings. Nearly two-thirds had major mental illness, mainly schizophrenia and related conditions. Almost half had active psychosis. Cases in Cloverhill District Court and other District Courts were similarly likely to have active psychosis (47% overall) and hospital admission (33% overall). Voluntary reports were more likely to identify active psychosis, with over 90% diverted to inpatient or outpatient community treatment settings. Conclusions: This is the first large scale study of diversion outcomes following requests for psychiatric advice from District Courts in Ireland. Requests were mainly appropriate. Over half led to diversion from the criminal justice system to healthcare settings. There is a need for a complementary network of diversion initiatives at every stage of the criminal justice system to effectively divert mentally ill individuals to appropriate settings at the earliest possible stage.
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