A UK-wide survey of community forensic services for adults with intellectual disability and/or autism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Specialist forensic community teams for people with intellectual disability and/or autism have been developed, but little is known about their extent and delivery.

Aims

To describe specialist forensic community teams for people with intellectual disability and/or autism across the UK.

Method

An online survey was sent to representatives of each UK Trust/Health Board providing adult mental health and/or intellectual disability services. Questions covered the availability, structure and activities of specialist community forensic services. Quantitative data were summarised and associations between access to specialist forensic teams and care were tested with Chi-squared tests. Thematic analysis of free-text survey responses was used to understand the challenge

SUBMITTER: McKinnon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature