Examining Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs in a Dutch Forensic Treatment Sample Using a Forensic Version of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality

The main aim of this study was to establish to what extent psychosocial treatment as a part of complex, multicomponent forensic treatment has an influence on decreasing of the future violence behavior risk in population of forensic psychiatric patients. We examinated 13 patients treated on Department of Forensic Psychiatry of Psychiatric Hospital Rab in Rab, Croatia. 9 of them were males and 4 of them females, 25–60 years of age, all of them were compulsory hospitalized because of committed criminal act connected with violent behavior. All of them have diagnosis of schizophrenic group of diseases with different duration of forensic treatment (from few months to few years). During 2010. all of them participated in psychosocial programe workshops once a week, for 6 months.MethodsViolence Risk Screening-10 (V-RISK-10), subjective measure of the programme chairmen performed in the beginning and in the end of the programme. The Aggression Questionnaire and Daily Spiritual Experience Scale as self-assesment scales were performed in the end of the programme. Results point on decreasing of V-RISK-10 results in the end of the programe in all participants. Interested observation was that mentioned results and those on self-assesment scales were not always been correlated positively. We also proved negative correlation between aggressivity and spirituality. As a conclusion, we have indications to believe that is real to expect that comining psychosocial treatment with targeted psuchopharmacological interventions could leed to decreasing the risk of future violent bihevior in forensicly treated psuchiatric patients.

Download Full-text

A forensic treatment-monitoring study of an adult with attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity and substance use disorder

Journal of Addiction Therapy and Research ◽

10.29328/journal.jatr.1001009 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 001-008

Author(s):

Niels Peter Nielsen ◽

Elisabeth H Wiig*

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Substance Use Disorder ◽

Attention Deficit ◽

Attention Deficit Disorder ◽

Treatment Monitoring ◽

Forensic Treatment ◽

Monitoring Study

Download Full-text

Back to Basics: The Application of Cognitive and Behavior Theory to Forensic Treatment

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1891/0889-8391.24.2.67 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 67-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michele Galietta

Keyword(s):

Mental Health Treatment ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

Large Body ◽

National Standards ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Empirically Supported ◽

Effective Interventions ◽

Forensic Treatment ◽

The Right ◽

And Behavior

Since 1976, when the landmark case Estelle v. Gamble first recognized the right of prisoners to medical care, subsequent legislation has expanded this right to include mental health treatment for serious disorders. National standards for the treatment of prisoners and other forensic populations have been developed, and continue to be debated. Research studies on effective interventions with forensic populations, as well as the large body of literature pertaining to empirically supported psychotherapies in general clinical samples, offer insights for the effective treatment of offenders. However, many gaps in knowledge remain. In particular, questions exist about whether transmission of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) from the lab into forensic contexts is possible. Moreover, there is little guidance available regarding how to adapt treatments for appropriate use in forensic settings, while maintaining fidelity to essential treatment principles. This article provides a framework for synthesizing literature related to this endeavor, and serves as an introduction to the special theme: applications of cognitive and behavioral therapy to forensic treatment.

Download Full-text