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Model of forensic psychiatric community care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mary C. Whittle*
Affiliation:
John Howard Centre, 2 Crozier Terrace, Hackney, London E9 6AT
Mark D. Scally
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

The paper describes the establishment of a specialist forensic team providing an integrated model of forensic community psychiatric care.

Results

A description is provided of the problems encountered in setting up and running the service and of the ways in which those problems were managed.

Clinical implications

The integrated model has the advantage of minimising stigma, providing support and education for staff and enabling forensic expenditure to be provided for a wider group of patients and staff than would otherwise be possible.

Type
Original Papers
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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