Mental health in immigration detention: A comparison of foreign national ex-prisoners and other detainees.

Background: People held in immigration removal centres have a range of vulnerabilities relating both to disappointment at imminent removal from the country of hoped-for residence and various antecedent difficulties. An important subgroup in the UK is of foreign national ex-prisoners who have served a period of incarceration there. Prisoners generally have higher rates of mental disorders than the general population.

Mental illness and parenthood: being a parent in secure psychiatric care.

Background: Research into parenting and mental illness seldom includes forensic mental health service users, despite its relevance to therapeutic, family work and risk management.

Aims: This study aimed to understand the experiences of parents and the variety of parenting roles maintained during admission to a secure forensic hospital.

Methods: Narrative interviews with 18 parents (eight mothers and 10 fathers) at an English medium security hospital were analysed thematically, using the framework approach.

The Southwark Police Surgeon Study 1978-1997: alcohol.

This paper takes routine clinical data from one Forensic Medical Examiner's (FME) practice over 20 years in the London Borough of Southwark. The relationship of alcohol to gender, categories of call, and patterns of variation over time are addressed. Alcohol related calls are found to be significantly associated with males who are ill or injured, but not with victims or perpetrators of violence.