Recent calls to defund the police were quickly followed by calls to fund social service
agencies, including the family regulation apparatus. These demands fail to consider the …

Psychiatric practice faces many challenges in the first quarter of 21 st century. Society has
transformed as have training requirements and patient expectations, underlining an urgent …

Dealing with released convicted terrorists and returned foreign fighters is a major policy
challenge. One option is to mandate their participation in intervention programs. This paper …

A large body of research supports the role of the therapeutic alliance in predicting positive
change in psychotherapy. This systematic review examined determinants of alliance quality …

Background Mental illness is a major burden of disease worldwide. Community Mental
Health Services (CMHS) are key to achieving community-based recovery for people with …

Objective: Moral reconation therapy (MRT) is a cognitive–behavioral intervention to reduce
risk for criminal recidivism. Despite being implemented widely in correctional settings, there …

Despite their widespread adoption, little is known about the content and implementation of
case-managed programs targeting individuals at risk of radicalisation and known extremists …

Background: When persons with a mental illness present a danger to themselves or others,
involuntary hospital admission can be used to initiate an immediate inpatient treatment …

The process of deinstitutionalization of the Italian forensic psychiatric system consisted
mainly of the replacement of forensic psychiatric hospitals with the Residences for the …

In Germany, short leave is an integral part of treatment in forensic psychiatric hospitals. It is
believed that the practice has many benefits for patients' well-being and their treatment …