Women with Intellectual Disabilities and Forensic Involvement

Chester, Verity; Alexander, Regi; Lindsay, William R.

doi:10.1002/9781118752982.ch18

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“…This was examined as authors have documented difficulties in building therapeutic relationships with women, due to their clinical complexity. 18 , 19 However, there were few differences between these two groups on the subscales of the two measures, although staff working with male patients reported higher scores on the Patient Dynamic ( P = 0.024) subscale of the RSE. 5…”

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Measuring relational security in forensic mental health services

Chester

Morgan

2017

BJPsych Bull

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Aims and method Relational security is an important component of care and risk assessment in mental health services, but the utility of available measures remains under-researched. This study analysed the psychometric properties of two relational security tools, the See Think Act (STA) scale and the Relational Security Explorer (RSE).Results The STA scale had good internal consistency and could highlight differences between occupational groups, whereas the RSE did not perform well as a psychometric measure.Clinical implications The measures provide unique and complimentary perspectives on the quality of relational security within secure services, but have some limitations. Use of the RSE should be restricted to its intended purpose; to guide team discussions about relational security, and services should refrain from collecting and aggregating this data. Until further research validates their use, relational security measurement should be multidimensional and form part of a wider process of service quality assessment.

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confidence: 94%