title: Forensic Psychiatric Patients' Perspectives on Their Care: A Narrative View.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to describe forensic psychiatric patients' experiences of and perspectives on forensic psychiatric treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight forensic psychiatric patients were interviewed, and the resultant research material was analyzed by narrative analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients' narratives contain different themes telling different things and the personnel need to pay attention to these.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of the present study should direct the forensic psychiatric personnel's attention to the notion that forensic psychiatric patients' experiences of their treatment can improve the quality of patient-centered care and reduce bureaucracy.
authors.affiliation: Riitta Askola, MNSc, RN, is Nurse Manager, Psychiatry Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.|PhD student, Department of Nursing Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Riitta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Askola
authors.affiliation: Merja Nikkonen, PhD, is Adjunct Professor, Department of Nursing Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Merja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikkonen
authors.affiliation: Eija Paavilainen, PhD, is Professor, Department of Nursing Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Eija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paavilainen
authors.affiliation: Päivi Soininen, PhD, MhSC, RN, is Nursing Director, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soininen
authors.affiliation: Hanna Putkonen, PhD, is Senior Researcher, Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Putkonen
authors.affiliation: Olavi Louheranta, ThM, PhD, is Supervisor, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Niuvankuja, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Olavi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Louheranta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D063545:Personal Narratives as Topic
keywords: forensic psychiatric patient; narratives; patient-centered care