Background It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people
with severe mental illness (SMI) reduces health service use, or improves clinical outcome …

Purpose The evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been
conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

The chapter addresses the stigma associated with mental illnesses. It begins by
summarizing the development of thinking about labeling and stigma over the past half …

Stigma processes play an underrecognized role in the distribution of life chances,
influencing health through the production of disadvantage and the induction of stress …

Forensic Psychology, 2nd Edition provides students with an in-depth and insightful
introduction to the clinical practice of forensic psychology, the assessment and treatment of …

CONClUsION This study is among the first to demonstrate the impacts of intellectual
disabilities on caregivers' social functioning in Asia. The findings illustrate how traditional …

Purpose As mental illness stigma contributes to poor outcomes for schizophrenia in China,
locating strategies to reduce public stigma is imperative. It is currently unknown whether …

Although research robustly indicates that general or “criminogenic” factors predict various
measures of recidivism, there is controversy about the extent to which these factors, versus …

Laws named after specific crime victims have become increasingly common. These laws are
part of a broader effort to downgrade the status and rehabilitative needs of offenders and to …