The Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy has just been published1. For hospital inpatients, the good news is that, based on National Confidential Inquiry2 figures, ‘collective efforts to improve patient safety led to a 35% fall in suicides in… Continue reading
by Dr Laura Janes – Consultant solicitor, GT Stewart Solicitors This article appears in our latest newsletter (Summer 2023) which can be downloaded here. The problem with the law is that it tends to galvanise around legal events rather than the… Continue reading
By Dr Gwen AdsheadConsultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist This article appears in our latest newsletter (Summer 2023) which can be downloaded here. It is well established that a sub-group of young people persist in criminal rule breaking and violence from their… Continue reading
by Dr Enys Delmage – Consultant in Adolescent Forensic PsychiatryNgã Taiohi – National Youth Forensic Unit. Mental Health, Addiction & Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS), New Zealand This article appears in our latest newsletter (Summer 2023) which can be downloaded here. Adolescence… Continue reading
This is an invitation worth taking. It is the title of a book just published by The Borough Press. Twelve stories have been brought together by Joanna Cannon, once a practising psychiatrist and now an author of fiction. Nothing in… Continue reading
By Dr Heidi Hales – Consultant Adolescent Forensic PsychiatristMedical Lead for Community Forensic Services This article appears in our latest newsletter (Summer 2023) which can be downloaded here. We are in exciting times for research into adolescent forensic mental health. The… Continue reading
FILICIDE – AN OVERVIEW AND THE CHALLENGES FACING TREATING CLINICIANS – 10 May 2023 Members of Crime In Mind have access to all recordings of our Seminars and Events. If you are interested in joining Crime In Mind please visit… Continue reading
When: Wednesday 10th May 2023 Time: 5pm to 7pm Platform: Zoom To book your space please visit our Eventbrite page here. Speakers: Overview: Filicide, or the killing of one’s child, can be traced back through the centuries. Under the Roman… Continue reading
On 14th February 2023, Crime in Mind held a pandemic-delayed launch in the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Keith Bradley. Lord Bradley, celebrated for his influential landmark review in 2009 about people with mental health problems or learning disabilities… Continue reading
By Dr Ellen Camboe, Academic Clinical Fellow, East London NHS Foundation Trust This article appears in our latest newsletter which can be downloaded here. The gap between mortality in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and the general population is widening… Continue reading