Background: There are few long-term follow-up studies of patients discharged from medium secure units in the UK, even though these units were introduced over 20 years ago.
Aims: To describe mortality, rates of reconviction at different time periods; violent behaviour (not leading to conviction), readmission and employment, after discharge from a medium secure unit.
Method: Of 595 first admissions over a 20-year period, 550 discharged cases were followed-up. Multiple data sources were used.
Results: Fifty-seven (10%) patients had died, of whom 18 (32%) died by suicide, and the risk of death was six times greater than in the general population. Almost half (49%) of those discharged were reconvicted and almost two-fifths (38%) of patients were readmitted to secure care.
Conclusions: Community psychiatric services need to be aware that those discharged from medium secure care are a highly vulnerable group requiring careful follow-up if excess mortality, high levels of psychiatric morbidity and further offending are to be prevented.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.029215 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Cumulative Impact Loading and Cartilage Synthesis Biomarkers May Be Associated With Injury Risk in Female Collegiate Basketball Players.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil
December 2024
UConn Institute for Sports Medicine, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Purpose: To evaluate whether cumulative impact load and serum biomarkers are related to lower-extremity injury and to determine any impact load and cartilage biomarker relationships in collegiate female basketball athletes.
Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal study evaluating lower-extremity impact load, serum cartilage biomarkers, and injury incidence over the course of a single collegiate women's basketball season. Data were collected from August 2022 to April 2023; no other follow-up after the cessation of the season was conducted in this cohort.
Exposure to Oil Spill Among Fishers on the Brazilian Coast in 2019/2020.
J Agromedicine
January 2025
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Objective: In 2019/2020, the Brazilian coast was affected by the largest oil spill disaster affecting the extent of the coastline recorded in tropical oceans. The impact on fishing areas and the prohibition of seafood sales and consumption exacerbated small-scale fishers' vulnerability. The small-scale fishers (SSFs) were the most active in protecting fishing territories, carrying out cleanup efforts without adequate personal protective equipment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGas and vapor phase detection of chemical threats on cooled SERS substrates.
Talanta
December 2024
Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, Denmark.
Detection of airborne chemical threats is an emerging challenge amidst the prevailing tumultuous global milieu. Extensive investigation has showcased the substantial promise of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for the on-site identification of hazardous chemicals present in liquid mediums, whether directly from a fluid source or through methodologies such as swab sampling. Nonetheless, exploration into the applicability of SERS for the detection of gas or vapor-phase chemical threats remains severely constrained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent food trade helps mitigate future climate change impacts in lower-income nations.
PLoS One
January 2025
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The risk of disruptions in national food supply is influenced by both local production and imports, yet most assessments overlook the climate effects on producing regions.
- Using global crop modeling and current trade flows, the study compares domestic production impacts to broader consumption impacts that include climate effects from all supplying regions.
- The findings indicate that climate change exacerbates supply risks for wealthier countries while potentially mitigating risks for lower-income nations, highlighting the critical need for a global perspective in food security strategies.
Ginsenosides, salidroside, and syringin complex exhibits anti-fatigue in exhaustive exercise rats.
Int J Med Sci
January 2025
School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Excessive exercise can lead to fatigue, consequently affect exercise performance, and further have an adverse impact to human health. The synergistic effects of ginsenosides, salidroside, and syringin on improving exercise performance remain unknown. Hence, the effects of Chinese herb powder (CHP) which consisted of bioactive compounds such as ginsenosides (Rg1, Re, and Rb1), salidroside, and syringin on exercise performance, energy metabolism, tissue damage, antioxidant activity, and inflammatory cytokine were investigated in exhaustive exercise rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!