Court-ordered forensic psychiatry treatment in prison: determinants of outcome and risk mitigation
Our findings indicate that criminological characteristics at baseline as well as diagnosis of personality disorders are the main determinants of treatment outcome in our care setting. Inmates with concomitant higher violence risk at baseline and presence of Cluster B personality disorders might benefit the least from court-ordered forensic inpatient psychiatric care in prison.
Authors
- Pantéleimon Giannakopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-7386)
- François R. Herrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1312-1517)
- Philippe Bertschy
- Kerstin Weber
- Sandrine Morier
- Christophe Menu
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Institution Genevoise de Maintien à Domicile (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1436962
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.56