Forensic mental health patients: verbal aggression and violence Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
1. Reasoning and Rehabilitation 2: Short Version for Adults (R&R2
Ross, Hilborn, & Liddle, 2007) -14 session skill-based program targeting antisocial attitudes
2. Treatment as Usual (TAU) - includes various programs that target anger, trauma, sexual offending, and s
Sponsors
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Has a primary clinical diagnosis of a serious mental illness (SMI) 2. Has a history of violence 3. Is proficient in the English language
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Has previously participated in the R&R2 program, or similar 2. Is actively psychotic 3. Has a significant cognitive impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Official recidivism data (charges and convictions): These are officially recorded and made available by our partner, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Recidivism data will be first collected at the 1-year follow-up period. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Institutional Misconducts (Verbal aggression and violence): A research assistant who is blind to group assignment will be reviewing the 'OTIS Client Profile' of each participant in the study. The OTIS Client Profile provides information on each occurrence of an institutional misconduct for the present booking period, as well as historical misconducts including the date of the occurrence, what the incident was (e.g. assault, threat), and the penalty given for the misconduct. The research assistant will take note of all of the information provided on any institutional misconducts. The research assistant will also gather information on institutional misconducts from the electronic information management system (eIMS) to corroborate information from the OTIS Profiles and to note any relevant additional information. 2. Pre-Post measures of antisocial attitudes: Pre-post measures include self-report questionnaires tapping into antisocial attitudes and clinician rated measures of risk to re-offend. These measures will be administered at baseline (pre-treatment) and after the final session (post-treatment). Other measures (e.g., group engagement) will be administered at post-treatment only. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed