Impact of an assertive community treatment model of care on the treatment of prisoners with a serious mental illness

McKenna, Brian; Skipworth, Jeremy; Tapsell, Rees; Pillai, Krishna; Madell, Dominic; Simpson, Alexander I. F.; Cavney, James; Rouse, Paul

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“…In particular, high correlations between the dimensions of emotional competences referring to attention, clarity, and emotional repair can be seen with the dimensions of basic social skills, advanced skills, skills related to emotions, and skills for planning. These findings confirm the results obtained in other studies that have noted that people with developed emotional competences, that is, attention, clarity, and emotional repair, are characterized by having adequate social skills in their behavioral repertoire ( 4 , 5 , 15 , 44 ), and self-regulated, prosocial, and empathic behaviors ( 13 , 23 , 34 , 47 ).…”

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“…In their results, they found that higher scores in adequate coping strategies related to problem-solving with self-esteem, while emotional avoidance, aggressive behaviors, and denial were associated with low self-esteem. Other works with comparable lines of research find similar positive results in terms of the development of self-esteem for the development of prosocial behavior and inhibition of aggressive behaviors ( 5 , 18 , 19 , 36 ).…”

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Effectiveness of a program for the development of socio-emotional competences in people admitted to a penitentiary center

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Perea³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of a program for the development of social and emotional competences and self-esteem among a group of inmates at a penitentiary center, as well as to determine the possible correlation between the variables of the program (social skills, emotional competences, and self-esteem). The objective was to equip inmates with social competences in emotional regulation strategies that would be useful to them in the penitentiary center and, at the same time, facilitate their future social inclusion. In order to measure the pre- and post- treatment variables, the Social Skills Scale, the Perceived Emotional Intelligence Scale (TMMS-24), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) were administered to a group of 51 inmates in a penitentiary center. The experimental group consisted of 29 inmates, with 21 forming the control group. The pretest-posttest ANOVAs showed that the program led to a significant (p < 0.01) increase in: (1) positive social behaviors; (2) emotional competences; (3) self-esteem. Positive correlations were also observed between the three variables. The results suggest the importance of implementing programs for the promotion of the socio-emotional development of people incarcerated in penitentiary centers.

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Effectiveness of a program for the development of socio-emotional competences in people admitted to a penitentiary center

Granados

Suriá

Perea³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…The organisation of these processes into a particular model—the STAIR model —is one easily understandable way of signifying what should happen within the prison health care pathway and when. It includes five key elements—screening, triage, assessment, intervention, and reintegration (STAIR) (Forrester et al, ; McKenna et al, ; Pillai et al, ). Although this model is broadly in keeping with guidelines for the management of adults who are in contact with the criminal justice system, which particularly emphasise screening processes, further research is needed to refine existing models to ensure they are sensitive to the wide range of mental disorders seen (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, ).…”

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Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

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Hopkin

2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…Prison in-reach and court diversion services provide frontline services typically with systematic screening for severe mental illness (48) and diversion from the criminal justice system (49–52) including youth justice (53) but typically are organized at a regional level and have characteristics of and are integrated with at least tier 3. Impact evaluations of tier 1 forensic services such as street and police station diversion are rare, with benefits emerging when mixed methods participant-action research approaches are adopted in tier 2 or 3 services to modify models of care and systematically evaluate impact and health benefits across a defined population (47, 50, 53–55). The achievement of high quality in the provision of TAU is the primary goal of Level 3 services.…”

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Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services

2019

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We propose that excellence in forensic and other mental health services can be recognized by the abilities necessary to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and equivalent forms of rigorous quantitative research to continuously improve the outcomes of treatment as usual (TAU). Forensic mental health services (FMHSs) are growing, are high cost, and increasingly provide the main access route to more intensive, organized, and sustained pathways through care and treatment. A patient newly diagnosed with a cancer can expect to be enrolled in RCTs comparing innovations with the current best TAU. The same should be provided for patients newly diagnosed with severe mental illnesses and particularly those detained and at risk of prolonged periods in a secure hospital. We describe FMHSs in four levels 1 to 4, basic to excellent, according to seven domains: values or qualities, clinical organization, consistency, timescale, specialization, routine outcome measures, and research. Excellence is not elitism. Not all centers need to achieve excellence, though all should be of high quality. Services can provide each population with a network of centers with access to one center of excellence. Excellence is the standard needed to drive the virtuous circle of research and development that is necessary for teaching, training, and the pursuit of new knowledge and better outcomes. Substantial advances in treatment of severe mental disorders require a drive at a national and international level to create services that meet these standards of excellence and are focused, active, and productive to drive better functional outcomes for service users.

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Impact of an assertive community treatment model of care on the treatment of prisoners with a serious mental illness

Abstract: Meeting the needs of mentally ill prisoners is challenged by the complexity of the custodial environment. Improvements made resulted from changing the model of care, rather than adding new resources.

Cited by 13 publications

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Effectiveness of a program for the development of socio-emotional competences in people admitted to a penitentiary center

Effectiveness of a program for the development of socio-emotional competences in people admitted to a penitentiary center

Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

Perspective On Excellence in Forensic Mental Health Services: What We Can Learn From Oncology and Other Medical Services

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