by Gail Gilchrist, Professor of Addictions Healthcare Research, King’s College London & Liz Gilchrist, Professor of Psychological Therapies, University of Edinburgh This article appears in our latest newsletter (Spring 2024) which can be downloaded here. Substance use is a strong and… Continue reading
by Dr Brad Hillier, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist This article appears in our latest newsletter (Spring 2024) which can be downloaded here. There are many different types of “violence” that can be conceptualised as occurring towards LGBTQI+ people. If it is accepted… Continue reading
Munich and Kloster Seeon 31st July – 4th August 2023 by Dr Anna S Sri (SAS Psychiatry) This article appears in our latest newsletter (Spring 2024) which can be downloaded here. Since the first meeting in Ghent, Belgium, in 2004, the… Continue reading
A commentary by Phoebe Collins on Molly Dragiewicz and Delanie Woodlock’s paper “I’ll be Okay”: Survivors’ Perspectives on Participation in Domestic Violence. This article appears in our latest newsletter (Spring 2024) which can be downloaded here. Dragiewicz and Woodlock quickly identify… Continue reading
Crime In Mind Seminar “ANTILIBIDINAL MEDICATION – MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEXUAL AROUSAL (MMSA) IN THE UK” will be held on Tuesday 7th May 2024, 5-7pm. This will be a free virtual event via Zoom. Spaces are limited on a first… Continue reading
Our next Seminar “Approaches to Risk Management of Complex Offenders in Scotland” will be held on Tuesday 9th April 2024, 5-7pm. This will be a free virtual event via Zoom. Spaces are limited on a first come basis. To book… Continue reading
A reminder that our next Seminar – ‘POLAR: The development of an integrated intervention pathway in prisons‘ will be held on Tuesday 5th March 2024, 3-5pm. This will be a free virtual event via Zoom. Spaces are limited on a… Continue reading
Our next Seminar – ‘POLAR: The development of an integrated intervention pathway in prisons‘ will be held on Tuesday 5th March 2024, 3-5pm. This will be a free virtual event via Zoom. Spaces are limited on a first come basis.… Continue reading
When an individual kills others and then themself, the rest of us tend to presume the perpetrator must have been mentally ill. Alexis Theodorou and colleagues have just published their investigation of the extent to which this is true1. They… Continue reading
In December 2023, HM Prison and Probation Service and the NHS published a welcome and ambitious document The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway1. This sets out the joint vision for psychologically informed services for offenders with a diagnosis of personality… Continue reading
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