Profiling mentally ill offenders in Hong Kong: A 10-year retrospective review study.

Introduction: This study aimed to analyze the estimated prevalence of mental disorders among offenders and compare the estimated crime rate between mentally ill patients and the total population in Hong Kong.

Methods: Service data of offenders referred to psychiatrists at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre from January 2011 to December 2020 were analyzed. Demographic data of gender, age on admission, educational level, principal psychiatric diagnosis, index offense, and assessment outcome were collected.

Measuring the profiles of the security needs of forensic psychiatric inpatients: Validation of the See, Think, Act Scale.

Introduction: This study aimed to develop and validate a Chinese version of the See, Think, Act Scale (C-STA). The relational security of the Department of Forensic Psychiatry of Castle Peak Hospital, which provides territory-wide forensic psychiatric services in Hong Kong, was measured.

Methods: The See, Think, Act Scale was first translated into Chinese, then back-translated into English for comparison, and finally, subject to modification until alignment was achieved.

Can recovery-oriented mental health services be created in Hong Kong? Struggles and strategies.

Recovery has been adopted as either the national policy or guiding principle for reforming mental health services in many countries. Development and implementation of the concept of recovery is still in its infancy in most Asian countries, and Hong Kong is no exception. The present authors propose three strategies to guide the transformation of Hong Kong mental health services toward becoming more recovery-oriented.