Clinicians' use of the structured professional judgement approach for adult secure psychiatric service admission assessments: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The structured professional judgement (SPJ) approach was initially developed to support risk assessment and management decisions. The approach is now being adapted and applied to admission assessments for adult secure services. This systematic review aims to summarise the evidence for the effectiveness and acceptability of the SPJ approach in admission assessments of this kind. A comprehensive electronic search strategy was used to identify studies indexed in PubMed, PsycInfo, Medline and Cochrane Library (January 2007 -January 2024). Two search strategies included terms (and synonyms) for psychiatric patients (quantitative) or clinicians and clinicians' experiences (qualitative), structured professional judgement, admission, and secure services. Twelve quantitative articles (published 200

SUBMITTER: Bowden J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426426 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature