Characteristics of People Returned to Prison From Medium Secure Psychiatric Services in England and Wales: National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about people who are admitted to medium secure services (MSSs) from prison, including characteristics and factors that influence clinical pathways and subsequent discharge. We recently published the first study to establish the circumstances by which MSS "prison-transfer" patients are returned to prison. Of particular concern was the finding that a quarter of prison-transfer patients were returned to prison by Responsible Medical Officers (RMOs) because they were not engaging with treatment or were deemed too "high risk" to remain detained within the services, circumstances that would be unacceptable when considering discharge via a community care pathway. It is important to further explore the characteristics of people admitted to MSSs from prison, and t

SUBMITTER: Leonard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277066 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature