What happens after forensic psychiatric care? A latent class analysis of dimensions of welfare for former forensic psychiatric patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mentally disordered offenders are a heterogenous group regarding psychopathology as well as background factors, which makes it likely that more than one stereotypical life situation will apply to all forensic psychiatric patients following discharge. Knowledge about typical life situations would be valuable for optimising support for improving the overall life situation of these individuals. This paper investigates life situations from the perspective of level of living research and resources in terms of different welfare dimensions.

Methods

Included were all all individuals (n = 1146) who had been discharged from forensic psychiatric care in Sweden during 2009-2018 and were included in the Swedish National Forensic Psychiatric Register. Follow-up time varied from

SUBMITTER: Noland E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature