Forensic Psychiatry

Question 1

Define forensic psychiatry

Answer 1

Deals with the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders

Question 2

Psychiatric inpatient setting

Answer 2

Open ward - admission wards in local psychiatric hospitals
Low secure
Medium secure - have air locked entrances, unbreakable windows and high nurse to patient ratios with restraint training for staff
High secure - for those who present an immediate and grave danger to the general public because they are violent, unstable or dangerous

Question 3

Risk factors for violence

Answer 3

Demographic
- male, young age, low socioeconomic status, lack of social support, access to weapons
Personal
- past history, substance misuse and alcohol abuse, major psychiatric illness, difficult upbringing, impulsivity