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  • Chapter 10 - Fire-Setting and Arson

  • Edited by Roland Dix, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, Stephen Dye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Ipswich, Stephen M. Pereira, Keats House, London
  • Book:
    Psychiatric Intensive Care
    Published online:
    15 March 2024
    Print publication:
    28 March 2024, pp 124-138

  • Summary

    This chapter defines the terminological differences between the terms ‘fire-setting’, ‘arson’ and ‘pyromania’, including their place in current diagnostic manuals. An epidemiological perspective on fire-setting in those with mental disorder as well as classification systems and theories of fire-setting with prevailing conceptual models of fire-setting and mental disorder is described. Current approaches in the risk assessment of fire-setting and psychological and pharmacological interventions in fire-setting are discussed. Finally, a care pathway to guide clinical and risk assessment of the patient with fire-setting as a feature of their behaviour or history is suggested.

  • Chapter 11 - Forensic Psychiatry and Adult Inpatient Secure Settings

  • from Section 3 - Violence in Different Settings
  • Edited by Masum Khwaja, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, Peter Tyrer, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
  • Book:
    The Prevention and Management of Violence
    Published online:
    09 May 2023
    Print publication:
    11 May 2023, pp 166-186

  • Summary

    Forensic psychiatry is a medical discipline, developed from the foundations of the asylum era, which focuses on the assessment and treatment of offenders with mental disorders. The complexity of the patient cohort is arguable reflected in the complexity of their clinical pathways, which necessitates some understanding of the legal system that for most patients, works in parallel to that of health and social care. In this chapter, we briefly review the historical context through which modern forensic psychiatry has emerged within England and Wales. This includes some high-profile individual cases that led to the development of concepts such as fitness to plead and the psychiatric defence of not guilty by reason of insanity. We then provide an outline of how inpatient secure services are structured, the relevant criminal sections of the Mental Health Act at each stage of the trial process and some of the challenges associated with managing this complex cohort of individuals.

  • (M17) “Promoting Cooperation”—A Swedish e-Learning Project Concerning Inter-Professional Cooperation during Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Disasters

  • Gib Åhlén, Åsa Ljungqvist
  • Journal:
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 24 / Issue S1 / February 2009
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 February 2017, p. s126
    Print publication:
    February 2009
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  • Introduction:

    The aim of this project was to develop a Web-based, inter-professional education program on chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disasters, focusing on making cooperative, on-site efforts during the initial 15 minutes after the event more effective. The program should secure that intervening personnel from the police, health, medical, and rescue services have knowledge and understanding of the initial tasks and strategies of each respective organization in case of CBRN disasters.

    Methods:

    Using tabletop seminars based on five scenarios, the strengths and weaknesses regarding accomplishing tasks in case of the CBRN disaster were identified for each organization. Putting further strain on each scenario, the critical levels for satisfactory accomplishment were crystallized. Based on this vital information, all cooperating authorities have, in consensus, decided on the on-site organization.

    Results:

    The project has promoted the development of a profound national cooperation between the police, rescue, medical, and health services. The Web-based program has made the on-site efforts more efficient, focusing on personal and third-party security, on-site organization, zoning, levels of protection, and life-saving decontamination.

    Conclusions:

    This program provides an increased interprofessional understanding of the responsibilities, authority, and capacities of different sectors. This pedagogical program is cost-efficient, applicable at all levels within organizations, secures that everyone receives the same information, available whenever and wherever it is needed, and adjustable. When a participant passes a level, they attain a certificate, thus providing a secure evaluation system where die employer can appreciate the employee's competence.