Forensic Assertive Community Treatment in a Continuum of Care for Male Internees in Belgium
| Autor: | Thomas Marquant, Bernard Sabbe, Kris Goethals, Meike Van Nuffel, Rudy Verelst |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Clinical sciences, Neuroprotection & Neuromodulation |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Assertive community treatment media_common.quotation_subject ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Prison Health(social science) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Belgium Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Continuum of care Psychiatry media_common Retrospective Studies business.industry Forensic assertive community treatment Mental Disorders Prisoners Internees Outcome measures Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Continuity of Patient Care Community Mental Health Services 030227 psychiatry Forensic science Psychiatry and Mental health community Human medicine business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Community mental health journal |
| ISSN: | 0010-3853 |
| Popis: | Non-forensic or regular assertive community treatment (ACT) has positive effects on non-forensic outcomes but has poor effects on forensic outcome measures. In this study, we examined non-forensic and forensic outcome measures of a forensic adaptation of ACT (ForACT) within a continuum of care for internees. Data were collected retrospectively from files of 70 participants in the ForACT group who had been released from a forensic hospital. The control group comprised internees who had left prison and entered community-based care (n = 56). The ForACT group demonstrated significantly better outcomes on forensic measures, such as arrests and incarcerations, and had better community tenure. However, this group showed high hospitalization rates. The findings indicate that this type of community-based care can be beneficial for such internees; however, internees continue to experience difficulties reintegrating into society. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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