Forensic psychiatry and public protection

Forensic psychiatry and public protection, The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011, Vol.198 (6), pp. 420-423 Alec Buchanan and Adrian Grounds Abstract: The prominence of risk in UK social and criminal justice policy creates opportunities, challenges and dangers for forensic psychiatry. The future standing of the specialty will depend not only on the practical utility of its [...]

Dangerous and severe personality disorder

Dangerous and severe personality disorder, The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011, Vol.198, (6) pp. 431-433 Conor Duggan University of Nottingham and East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health, Health Arnold Lodge, Cordelia Close, Leicester LE5 0LE, UK Abstract:   The Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) initiativewas introduced a decade ago against overwhelming oppositionfrom psychiatrists [...]

National audit of dementia services – establishment of memory services

National audit of dementia services – establishment of memory services , Department of Health, May 2011 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written to colleagues asking for assistance with a national audit of dementia services, which includes looking at the provision of memory services. It is [...]