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.