title: A brief history of forensic mental health services in Western Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To scope the history of forensic mental health services in Western Australia since colonisation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A range of primary sources, including archives, reports, and oral histories was consulted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forensic mental health services were identified as historically poorly managed, under-resourced, and inconsistently delivered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current problems with forensic mental health services may be linked to historical factors.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Centre, North Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health, Mount Hawthorn, WA, and; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Mount Claremont, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martyr
mesh_terms: D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history*; D014904:Western Australia
keywords: Western Australia; forensic psychiatry; history