Forensic telepsychiatry in the United Kingdom

Saleem, Younus; Taylor, Mark; Khalifa, Najat

doi:10.1002/bsl.810

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“…Three papers have come from one group 4,13,14 , who introduced a forensic telepsychiatry service in Nottingham in 2005, with 30 assessments in the first year. 14 There are no reports of patient and clinician satisfaction when using videoconferencing for assessing adjudicative competence.…”

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“…18 In the contexts of assessment of competence to stand trial or early identification of mental illness and diversion from the judicial system, as in the court diversion system in Australia, forensic telepsychiatry is currently limited to a few developed world countries. These services all appear to be driven by common needs, such as the high prevalence of mental illness among offenders 1 , poor facilities to manage mental illness in prisons, the shortage of beds assigned to the mentally ill in secure hospitals 1,19 , the shortage of skilled professionals to conduct forensic assessments which is worse in remote and rural areas 4,6,7,9,19 , and the practice of siting correctional facilities in rural areas. These are problems common to South Africa and many other African countries.…”

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“…It improves timely access to specialist skills 1,4,9,12,19,20 , reduces costly transportation and escort of prisoners to urban areas and specialist hospitals for assessment, or transport of specialists to correctional facilities 1,7,10,12,19 , reduces unnecessary or inappropriate admission to hospitals 12 , and reduces risk to psychiatrists by allowing them to perform assessments without having to enter prisons or secure hospitals.…”

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“…12 Costs can be contained by using existing infrastructure for other activities such as education, administrative meetings, other judicial activities and other clinical services 4,9,10,12,15,22,23 and avoidance of establishing stand alone forensic telepsychiatry services. In the United Kingdom 4 , Australia 1,11 and in many states in the US 5 , courts and prisons already have videoconferencing facilities used for judicial purposes and advantage is taken of this.…”

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“…3 This definition covers forensic evaluations, clinical consultations and education. 4 The aim of this paper is to review the literature on forensic telepsychiatry with specific reference to pre trial forensic evaluation of adjudicative competence with a view to implementing a pilot forensic telepsychiatry project. The SCOPUS search on ALL(("forensic psychiatry" OR (forensic AND psychiatry)) AND (videoconference OR videoconferencing)) returned 51 abstracts which were reviewed and relevant papers obtained.…”

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Forensic telepsychiatry : a possible solution for South Africa?

Mars¹,

Ramlall²,

Kaliski³

2012

Afr. J. Psych

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Objective: South Africa has a shortage of facilities and psychiatrists to assess adjudicative competence of prisoners awaiting assessment under sections 77 to 79 of the Criminal Procedures Act of 1977. Various solutions have been proposed by the Department of Health. The recent linking of a Magistrate's court and a prison by videoconferencing offers the opportunity to implement a forensic telepsychiatry service. The literature on forensic telepsychiatry for assessment of adjudicative competence was reviewed. Method: The electronic databases, PubMed, Scopus, Cinahl and Google Scholar were searched for papers on forensic telepsychiatry. The inclusion criterion was papers reporting the use of videoconferencing for assessment of adjudicative competence or for assessment for referral out of the judicial system, by psychiatrists or psychologists. Results: 411 papers were found of which 13, published between 1997 and 2008 were relevant. The use of videoconferencing for forensic psychiatric assessment was reported from four countries. The courts in those jurisdictions have accepted the use of videoconferencing for assessment and no successful appeals have been mounted on the basis of the use of videoconferencing for assessment. User satisfaction has not been reported for assessing adjudicative competence. Forensic telepsychiatry has been found to be cost effective, improve access to scarce specialist skills and reduce transport of prisoners under guard to hospitals or psychiatrists to prisons. Conclusion: There is nothing in the literature to suggest that a forensic telepsychiatry service is not feasible in South Africa and a pilot project is being planned.

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Forensic telepsychiatry : a possible solution for South Africa?

Mars¹,

Ramlall²,

Kaliski³

2012

Afr. J. Psych

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Examiners' perceptions of forensic mental health assessments conducted via videoconferencing

Skala

Chavez²,

Anderson

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to an acceleration in the adoption of videoconferencing (VC) for conducting forensic mental health evaluations (forensic mental health assessments [FMHA]). Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we administered a survey to 71 Minnesota-licensed forensic evaluators. Approximately two-thirds (65.7%) had started using VC for FMHA only after the pandemic, though a combined 84.5% reported performing FMHA via VC frequently at present. A striking 43.7% of respondents preferred VC for FMHA over in-person evaluation, and another 22.5% expressed no preference between modalities. Further, nearly 70% of respondents denied there were any populations for which they would never use VC to complete an FMHA. We conclude that the widespread adoption of VC for FMHA with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has induced a lasting change in the practice of FMHA. We postulate that with further advancements in technology and the development of testing instruments that can be administered online, the use of VC for FMHA will become standard practice.

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Technology, Health, and Contemporary Practice: How Does e-Mental Health Fit It and What Does It Offer?

Hilty

Mucic

2016

E-Mental Health

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Forensic telepsychiatry in the United Kingdom

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

Forensic telepsychiatry : a possible solution for South Africa?

Forensic telepsychiatry : a possible solution for South Africa?

Examiners' perceptions of forensic mental health assessments conducted via videoconferencing

Technology, Health, and Contemporary Practice: How Does e-Mental Health Fit It and What Does It Offer?

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