Long-term outcomes of the recovery approach in a high-security mental health setting: a 20 year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined the outcomes of a descriptive, longitudinal cohort consisting of 241 patients initially examined in a population study at the high secure State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1992-93. A partial follow-up focusing on patients with schizophrenia was conducted in 2000-01, followed by a comprehensive 20 year follow-up that began in 2014.

Aims

To explore what happens to patients who required high secure care during a 20 year follow-up period.

Method

Previously collected data were amalgamated with newly collected information to examine the recovery journey since baseline. Various sources were employed, including patient and keyworker interviews, case note reviews, and extraction from health and national records, and Police Scotl

SUBMITTER: Thomson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10213922 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature