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INSIGHT and psychiatric dangerousness to reduce stigma associated with mental illness. In the past two decades, research has shown an increased risk of violence among patients with mental disorder. However, the underlying pathways have remained controversial, say the authors... Read more
Antipsychotic medications and convictions for violent crimes
One of the aims of the EU-VIORMED project is to assess effective treatments for people suffering from mental disorders who are at risk of violence and crime. Clarifying the gradient of effectiveness for medications is important to inform clinical decision-making thereby improving the quality of forensic psychiatric care for patients across Europe. A recent observational […]... Read more
November 2017: The EU-VIORMED Project starts!
The Kick-off meeting of the EU-VIORMED Project was held in Brescia on November 2017, 13th to 15th. ... Read more
UP-TO-DATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Have characteristics of forensic patients changed over time? Opportunity for best-practice models. An important study that was recently published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (impact factor 2.918) investigates, from a Canadian perspective, the demand for forensic psychiatric services and changes in sociodemographic, clinical and offense-based characteristics of forensic patients over a 25-year period.... Read more
NEW! Publication on Non-pharmacological Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Violence
We are pleased to announce that an article by the EU-VIORMED group has been published in Frontiers in Psychiatry (2019 Impact Factor: 2.849) on May 10, 2021. This study... Read more
EU-VIORMED TRAINING DAYS April 5-7, 2018 Wien
European Study on Risk Factors for Violence in Mental Disorder and Forensic Care: a multicentre project The EU-VIOMED partners will develop skills and knowledge on several instruments that will have a key role for EU-VIORMED data collection. The educational focus will include training on risk assessment tools (HCR-20v3 and OxMIV), the Camberwell Assessment of Need – Forensic version (CANFOR), and The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T).... Read more
FUTURE VIOLENCE PREDICTION: research strategies for better risk assessment and care in schizophrenia
The new issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (Impact Factor 13.655) shows important findings from a recent study by Alec Buchanan and colleagues and a valuable Editorial by Paul Appelbaum on the investigation of future violence in schizophrenia (Volume 176, Issue 9, September 2019).... Read more
La Psichiatria Forense in Europa, una overview dei risultati del Progetto EU–VIORMED webinar gratuito con accreditamento ECM
Mercoledì 23 giugno 2021 – 10:00- 13:00 Webinar gratuito con ECM Il webinar si propone illustrare i principali risultati del progetto European Study on Risk Factors for Violence in Mental Disorder and Forensic Care: a multicentre project. The EU-VIORMED Study, giunto ormai al termine. L’obiettivo generale del progetto EU-VIORMED, finanziato dalla Commissione Europea (Grant PP-2-3-2016), […]... Read more
Trends of treatment of mentally ill offenders in the EU-VIORMED: updating the overview at the European Psychiatric Association Congress (EPA) in Wien, April 4-7, 2018
Is there a correlation between mental disorders and the risk of violence? A symposium at the EPA congress in Wien will try to address this key question within the framework of the EU-VIORMED study (EUropean Study on VIOlence Risk and MEntal Disorders), involving the design of a new mapping of forensic psychiatry in different EU-Member States. ... Read more