Forensic case formulation: theoretical, ethical and practical issues.

Argument: Forensic case formulation, of increasing interest to practitioners and researchers raises many ethical, theoretical and practical issues for them.

Conclusion: Systemic, contextual and individual factors which need to be considered include the multitude of staff often involved with any one individual, the pressure to 'get it right' because of the range of risk implications that are associated with individuals within forensic mental health settings, and individual parameters, for example reluctance to be engaged with services.

A multidisciplinary approach to team nursing within a low secure service: the team leader role.

Purpose: This article critically examines the clinical utility of redesigning a nursing practice model within the Intensive Support and Intervention Service, a new low secure mental health facility in the United Kingdom. Specifically, the "team nursing" approach to care delivery has been adapted to consist of multidisciplinary team leaders as opposed to nursing team leaders.

Findings: The authors describe the role, properties, and functions of the multidisciplinary team leader approach.