Het doel van de klinische forensische zorg, of meer specifiek de tbs-maatregel, is het beveiligen van de maatschappij; op korte termijn door iemand uit de maatschappij te halen en op langere termijn door behandeling gericht op het verlagen van risicofactoren en het opbouwen of versterken van beschermende …

Die Wirksamkeit der stationären forensisch-psychiatrischen Behandlung ist nicht schlüssig erwiesen. Dies wird jedoch von der Gesellschaft gefordert, und es wird manchmal mit Verwunderung zur Kenntnis genommen, dass wir noch nicht genug darüber wissen. Es ist jedoch kompliziert, die Wirksamkeit von Behandlungen …

Es wurden Unterschiede festgestellt zwischen weiblichen und männlichen forensischen Psychiatriepatienten in Bezug auf Trauma-Anamnese, straffälliges Verhalten und psychische Bedürfnisse. Diese geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede werden bei den meisten (Risiko-) Beurteilungs- und Behandlungsverfahren …

Risk assessment plays an important role in forensic mental health care. The way the conclusions of those risk assessments are communicated varies considerably across instruments. In an effort to make them more comparable, Hanson, R. K., Bourgon, G., McGrath, R., Kroner, D. D., Amora, D. A., Thomas, S. …

Therapy alliance has been studied largely in voluntary psychotherapy but less is known about its predictive factors for positive alliance and treatment outcome in forensic populations. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between offenders’ emotional states and therapy alliance. Moreover, …

Insomnia has a negative impact on mental health and is a potential risk factor for impulsive and problematic behavior. This multicenter, cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of insomnia and underlying and maintaining factors in a group of forensic psychiatric inpatients (N = 281). Insomnia …

"Purpose: Nonspecific factors such as therapy alliance and treatment motivation have been shown to be predictive of therapy outcome. However, research investigating these factors among patients with personality disorders, or studies in the context of mandated treatment showed mixed results. A new theory …

Therapy alliance has been studied largely in voluntary psychotherapy but less is known about its predictive factors for positive alliance and treatment outcome in forensic populations. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between offenders’ emotional states and therapy alliance. Moreover, …

Background. Violent criminal offenders with personality disorders (PD’s) can cause immense harm, but are often deemed untreatable. This study aimed to conduct a randomized clinical trial to test the effectiveness of long-term psychotherapy for rehabilitating offenders with PDs. Methods. We compared schema …

A core element of Schema Therapy (ST) is ‘schema modes’ or fluctuating emotional states. ST assumes that particular personality pathology consists of specific combinations of maladaptive schema modes. There is confirmatory evidence for the modes hypothesized to be central to borderline and narcissistic …