The use of propensity scores in psychological and educational research has been steadily
increasing in the last 2 to 3 years. However, there are some common misconceptions about …

Objective: There is widespread belief that people with mental disorders are overrepresented
in police encounters. The prevalence of such interactions is used as evidence of extensive …

People with a mental illness may be subject to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD), depending on definitions of terms such as 'impairment','long …

Rooted in the psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health consumers' movements of the
1960s and 1970s, recovery-based philosophies have come to dominate expectations on …

Background An advance directive is a document specifying a person's preferences for
treatment, should he or she lose capacity to make such decisions in the future. They have …

The first episode of a psychotic disorder typically occurs in late adolescence or young
adulthood, a critical time of development with respect to personality, social role, education …

Forensic Psychology, 2nd Edition provides students with an in-depth and insightful
introduction to the clinical practice of forensic psychology, the assessment and treatment of …

Abstract For people with Bipolar Affective Disorder, a self-binding (advance) directive (SBD),
by which they commit themselves to treatment during future episodes of mania, even if …

Despite advocacy and demand for psychiatric advance directives (PADs), uptake and
implementation in clinical practice is low. We examine why PAD implementation has been …

Consumers' satisfaction with inpatient mental health care is recognized as a key quality
indicator that prospectively predicts functional and clinical outcomes. Coercive treatment …