The added value of an internet-based intervention for treatment of aggression in forensic psychiatric outpatients: A mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While internet-based interventions have been used for more than 10 years in Dutch forensic psychiatric outpatient care, it is not clear if, why and for whom they work. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the addition of an internet-based intervention to forensic psychiatric outpatient treatment as usual (TAU) resulted in better treatment outcomes in regulatory emotional self-efficacy, treatment readiness and aggression.

Methods

A multicentre mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial was used to compare TAU to TAU with the addition of the internet-based intervention 'Dealing with Aggression'. Thirty forensic psychiatric outpatients, treated in four Dutch organizations for aggression regulation problems, were included. Three validated questi

SUBMITTER: Kip H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12833171 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature