Introducing the Offender to Institutional Routine

Introducing the routine use of outcomes measurement to mental health services.

Significant progress has been made in preparing for the introduction of the routine use of outcome measurement instruments to mental health services. However, limited attention has been paid to the linked issues of the practical challenge of their implementation and their possible uses in clinical practice. This paper reports on a qualitative study examining the views of clinicians, service man...

Introducing self-directed learning in an innovation-friendly institutional context

The setting of this experiment is that of the DEFLE, French Department for Foreign Students. It is an old department of the University of Nancy2, originally designed for the training of foreign students to prepare them to study a wide range of subjects. Studies of French as a Foreign Language (FFL) were organized exclusively in terms of classes (learning with a teacher), until the CRAPEL, throu...

Detecting Distress: Introducing Routine Screening in a Gynecologic Cancer Setting.

BACKGROUND Cancer results in a wide range of challenges that contribute to patient distress. Detecting distress in patients can result in improved patient outcomes, and early intervention can avoid patients having unmet needs. OBJECTIVES The aims were to determine the prevalence of distress in patients with gynecologic cancers, identify specific problems, and explore staff perceptions of dist...

Introducing New Books Introducing the Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film, Golara DavarPanah

Promoting Offender Accountability and Community Safety Through the Comprehensive Approach to Sex Offender Management

In response to the historically fragmented efforts to manage sex offenders within the criminal justice system and treatment community, it has been suggested that goals of offender accountability and community safety can be better attained through a more comprehensive, coordinated, and systemic approach. Anchored by a series of fundamental principles, the comprehensive approach to sex offender m...