Psychiatric symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment as usual (TAU) consists of a variety of treatments and interventions
in forensic outpatient mental health care. The majority of patients receive
forensic flexible assertive community treat
for more information see
the description of Trimbos-institute
Place et al., 2011). In short, forensic
FACT is a widely used treatment model developed for a large group of forensic
outpatients with (severe) psychiatric disorders. A FACT teams are
multidiscipli
Van de Lustgraaf, 2009).
This intervention consists of a structured plan involving ten modules or st
Sponsors
Arkin (Amsterdam)
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Subject is at least three months in treatment at Inforsa and committed to treatment or capable of accomplishing appointments according to his or her clinician. 2. Subject is diagnosed with addiction, psychiatric or personality disorder according to DSM-IV-TR criteria. 3. Subject is aged 16 years or older. 4. Subject is indicated as limited self-sufficient at participating in society and organizing social support; a score of 3 or lower on items concerning the social network and participation in society as measured with the Self-Sufficiency Matrix (ZRM). 5. Subject is not completely satisfied with their social relations and the support in their network; a score of 5 or lower on the items concerning social relations as measured with the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Acute psychotic symptoms according to the clinician and/or DSM-IV-TR criteria as measured with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). 2. Current high risk for suicide requiring immediate intervention according to the clinician and/or the DSM-IV-TR as measured with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). 3. Severe addiction problems indicated by a score of 3 or higher on the Health of the Nations Outcome Scales (HoNOS) or severe conditions requiring immediate intervention or hospitalisation. 4. Current high risk for severe aggression towards clinicians or others indicated by a score of 3 or higher on the Health of the Nations Outcome Scales (HoNOS). 5. Potential subject is included in project *Biofeedback in treatment of aggression*.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Mental well-being: The Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (MHC-SF; Lamers, Westerhof & Bohlmeijer, 2010) will be administered to measure psychological, emotional and social well-being. The total of the psychological, emotional and social well-being scale, also know as the positive mental well-being score, will be the primary outcome variable of this study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Psychiatric problems: the Health of the Nations Outcome Scales (HoNOS; Wing et al., 1998) will be administered to measure the general and psychiatric functioning. Besides, psychiatric diagnoses will be measured with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al., 1998). At last, we will write down the number of renewed incorporations in mental health care institutions. -Criminal recidivism: self-reported criminal recidivism will be measured with the Self-Reported Delinquency scale (SRD; Elliott, Ageton & Huizinga, 1985). We will ask the International Police Information Service (IPOL) for information about arrests and the Departement of Justice for information from the Justice Documentation System (JDS). We will analyse the number of committed crimes as well as the severity of those crimes. -Addiction (Meten van Addicties voor Triage en Evaluatie, MATE 2.1; Schippers, Broekman, & Buchholz, 2011). -Quality of life (Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life, MANSA; Priebe, Huxley, Knight & Evans, 1999). -Social network: the number of positive and negative members in the social network members will be measured as well as the quality of the relationships between those members. To measure the previous the Name Generator/Interpreter method (NGI; Burt et al., 1984) will be used. The NGI-method is an often used method in research investigating the social network (Marin & Hampton, 2007) and was recently used in a (doctorate) study investigating the changes in prisoners* social networks (De Cuyper, 2015). -Social support: the Social Support List * Interactions (SSL-I; Van Sonderen, 2012) will be administered to measure both positive and negative interactions of social support. -Loneliness: the Loneliness Scale (De Jong Gierveld & Kamphuis, 1989). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed