A site visit survey of 101 mental health liaison and diversion schemes in England

Pakes, Francis; Winstone, Jane

doi:10.1080/14789949.2010.511241

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“…However, such services have developed in localised, ad hoc ways, leading to inadequate staffing; operating hours which frequently exclude evenings and weekends and confusion over which client group should be targeted (Pakes & Winstone, 2010;Senior, Lennox, Noga, & Shaw, 2011). Due to the limitations of current screening processes, CJMHL&D services see only a minority of those in custody and may be missing a large proportion of people who could benefit from their service (Senior, et al, 2011).…”

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Multi-agency action learning: Challenging institutional barriers in policing and mental health services

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The police have underdeveloped links with mental health and social care services despite daily contact with mentally ill individuals. They struggle with identifying and managing the mentally ill in custody, and consistently express a lack of support from partner agencies. In 2010, our research team developed a mental health screening tool and pathway for use by police custody officers, The Police Mental Health Screening Questionnaire (PolQuest). However, due to the large number of agencies with different organisational goals and responsibilities that deal with mentally disordered offenders, the introduction of a screening tool alone was considered insufficient. Thus, an action learning group comprising key professionals from relevant services in one geographical area was tasked with developing a manual and training materials to support the implementation of PolQuest by frontline staff. This paper reflects upon the key themes that Downloaded from emerged from the experience of action learning as a method for engaging multi-agency staff, operating under different occupational goals and cultures, to develop shared practice-oriented outcomes. Data analysed include the facilitator's reflective notes, meeting minutes and emails. The action learning process was considered a useful method for engaging multi-agency stakeholders in developing materials to support PolQuest's implementation in vivo.

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“…Some writers have limited the definition of diversion to the provision of inpatient admissions, reserving the term “liaison” for non-inpatient community treatment arrangements [2,3]. While there are many descriptions of effective police-station and court-based diversion services for local areas, reviews of diversion services have highlighted inequalities between local areas, and the need for standardisation of approach to enable equal access over larger geographical areas and population aggregates [2-6]. …”

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“…Policy and expert guidelines exist to advise on the organization of mental health services in prisons [4-6]. The UN Declaration of Rights of the Mentally Ill [7] emphasises that persons with major mental illness should have equal rights with their non-mentally ill counterparts, including equal rights to bail and liberty.…”

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Implementing a court diversion and liaison scheme in a remand prison by systematic screening of new receptions: a 6 year participatory action research study of 20,084 consecutive male remands

McInerney

Davoren

Flynn

et al. 2013

Int J Ment Health Syst

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BackgroundA mental health needs assessment in the Irish prison population confirmed findings from other jurisdictions showing high prevalence of severe mental illness, including psychosis amongst those newly committed. We implemented a participatory action research approach in order to provide an integrated mental health prison in-reach and court liaison service for this population.ResultsFollowing extensive consultation, a two stage screening process was developed which was supplemented by an inter-agency referral management system. During the six years 2006–2011, all 20,084 new remands to the main remand prison serving 58% of the national population were screened. Following the first stage screen, 3,195 received a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. Of these 561 (2.8%) had symptoms of psychosis – corresponding to the prior research finding – and 572 were diverted from the criminal justice system to mental health services (89 to a secure forensic hospital, 164 to community mental health hospitals and 319 to other community mental health services).ConclusionsWe have shown that it is possible to match research findings in clinical practice by systematic screening, to sustain this over a long period and to achieve consistent levels of diversion from the criminal justice system to appropriate mental health services. The sustained and consistent performance of the model used is likely to reflect the use of participatory action research both to find the most effective model and to achieve wide ownership and cooperation with the model of care.

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“…This includes improving recognition and screening, mental health assessment, and signposting to health and social care services when appropriate, and the new national programme has supported the roll out of 20 pathfinder sites to implement the liaison and diversion schemes across England and Wales (Clapper, 2012). However, research into the effectiveness of these teams has indicated patchiness in provision, with many areas still having no provision (Pakes and Winstone, 2010).…”

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Mental health and the criminal justice system: The role of interagency training to promote practitioner understanding of the diversion agenda

Fenge

Hean

Staddon³

et al. 2014

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

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The aim of this paper is to consider the current position of those with mental health conditions within the criminal justice system in England, and discuss how joint interagency training can improve understanding of the diversion agenda for the range of practitioners that come into contact with offenders with mental health problems. The perspectives of a range of practitioners who attended a joint interagency training day will be discussed, and recommendations for future training will be offered.

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A site visit survey of 101 mental health liaison and diversion schemes in England

Cited by 19 publications

References 7 publications

Multi-agency action learning: Challenging institutional barriers in policing and mental health services

Multi-agency action learning: Challenging institutional barriers in policing and mental health services

Implementing a court diversion and liaison scheme in a remand prison by systematic screening of new receptions: a 6 year participatory action research study of 20,084 consecutive male remands

Mental health and the criminal justice system: The role of interagency training to promote practitioner understanding of the diversion agenda

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