Tracking Risk Profiles and Outcome in a Medium Secure Service for Women: Use of the HoNOS-Secure

Geoffrey Dickens; Philip Sugarman; Lorraine Craig; Ursula Mochty; Clive Hollin; Clive G. Long

doi:10.1080/14999013.2010.517256

Tracking Risk Profiles and Outcome in a Medium Secure Service for Women: Use of the HoNOS-Secure

Geoffrey Dickens, Philip Sugarman, Lorraine Craig, Ursula Mochty, Clive Hollin, Clive G. Long

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Female forensic mental health patients are a highly selected group who present exceptional clinical and behavioral challenges along with highly complex treatment needs. St. Andrew's Healthcare Women's Service offers a ‘best practice’ psychosocial treatment program in conditions of medium security. The outcomes of 60 women residents between 2003 to 2008 are described in terms of risk, behavior, symptomatology, and social functioning using HoNOS-secure. The instrument was sensitive to change in this population, including the security scale, which captured highly significant clinical improvements. Some of the challenges associated with measuring outcomes for this group are discussed. The needs of women in secure services can be effectively addressed, enabling movement to less secure settings and further improvement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-225
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2010.517256
Publication status	Published - 19 Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

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