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Evolving systems of care: Individuals found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder in custody of civil and forensic psychiatric services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A.G. Crocker  and
G. Côté
A.G. Crocker*
Affiliation:
McGill University and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875, LaSalle boulevard, Montréal, QuébecH4H 1R3, Canada
G. Côté
Affiliation:
McGill University and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875, LaSalle boulevard, Montréal, QuébecH4H 1R3, Canada
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +(514) 761-6131 ext. 3361; fax: +(514) 762-3049. E-mail address: Anne.Crocker@mcgill.ca (A.G. Crocker), E-mail address: cote_gilles@ssss.gouv.qc.ca (G. Côté).
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Abstract

Following psychiatric deinstitutionalization and changes in involuntary civil commitment laws, many individuals with severe mental disorders have been receiving mental health services through the back door, that is, the criminal justice system. Significant changes to the section of Criminal Code of Canada dealing with individuals with mental disorders have led to significant annual increases in the number of individuals declared Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRMD), many of whom are directed to civil psychiatric settings. The goal of the present study was to describe the psychosociocriminological and risk characteristics of individuals found NCRMD remanded to civil psychiatric hospitals (CPH) compared to a forensic psychiatric hospital (FPH). This study was conducted between October 2004 and August 2006 in the sole FPH of the province of Québec and two large CPH in the Montréal metropolitan area. The final sample for the current study consisted of 96 men: 60 from the FPH and 36 from the two CPH. Results indicate that individuals in both settings have similar psychosociocriminal profiles, including PCL-R scores, but that individuals in CPH have higher scores in the Risk subscale of the HCR-20 than do their counterparts in the FPH. This difference is due to a higher score on two items: exposure to destabilizing factors and noncompliance with remediation attempts. Results are discussed in terms of the need for civil psychiatric settings to implement risk assessment and management programs into their services, and the need for further research into forensic mental health services.

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Mentally disordered offenderRisk assessment and managementMental health servicesCivil psychiatryForensic psychiatry
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , September 2009 , pp. 356 - 364
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2009

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