Established following the Reed Report (1991) recommendations, RedfordLodge is an independent psychiatric hospital offering medium secure provision for mentally ill patients and offenders. For this study social and behavioural data were collected on admission and discharge for the 166 patients admitted over the three years 1995-1998 and 49 discharged patients were reassessed at six-month follow-up. Predictors of length of stay, discharge and success at follow-up were examined in relation to social and demographic factors and engagement in therapy programmes.From discharge to follow-up: a small-scale study of medium secure provision in the independent sector

In the context of public concern about homicides committed by mentally ill people, the assessment and Risk assessment and the Care