title: Identifying and transferring offenders with mental health needs.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the challenges encountered by mental health staff involved in the transfer of offenders with mental health problems between prisons and secure hospital settings. The article presents a case study demonstrating the importance of identifying offenders with mental health needs to provide appropriate care and support, prevent further mental deterioration and reduce the risk of offenders harming themselves or others.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Mental Health Services, HMP and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. james.mullins@sept.nhs.uk
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paler
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D006113:United Kingdom