Development of forensic mental health services in Japan: working towards the reintegration of offenders with mental disorders

Development of forensic mental health services in Japan: working towards the reintegration of offenders with mental disorders

BACKGROUND Until the recent enactment of the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act (MTSA) in 2005, neither legislations nor facilities for mentally disordered offenders were available in Japan. The aim of the country's forensic mental health services, based on this new law, is to improve the social reintegration of mentally disordered offenders. In order to provide optimal psychiatric care to t...

Mental disorders in a forensic sample of sexual offenders.

OBJECTIVE - The present study examined the prevalence of DSM IV axis I disorders and DSM IV personality disorders among sexual offenders in Forensic State Hospitals in Germany. METHOD - Current and lifetime prevalence rates of mental disorders were investigated based on clinical structured interviews among sexual offenders (n = 55). Additionally, subgroups were analyzed on the basis of diagno...

Mental health services in Japan.

Adolescent offenders with mental disorders.

Thomas Grisso points out that youth with mental disorders make up a significant subgroup of youth who appear in U.S. juvenile courts. And he notes that juvenile justice systems today are struggling to determine how best to respond to those youths' needs, both to safeguard their own welfare and to reduce re-offending and its consequences for the community. In this article, Grisso examines resear...

Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network