All Outputs (8)

Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components (2021)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2022). Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components. International Journal

Occupational participation is undertaking personally meaningful and socially valued activities and roles. It is an important outcome for health and justice interventions, as it is integral to health and desistance. We report the third of a four-stage... Read More about Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components.

External factors influencing length of stay in forensic services – a European evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Seppänen, A., Scarpa, F., Gosek, P., Heitzman, J., & Furtado, V. (2019). External factors influencing length of stay in forensic services – a European evaluation. Psychiatria Polska, 53(3), 673-689. https://doi.org/10.12740/PP/99299

Objectives. A growing number of patients whose length-of-stay in forensic services is above average length are identifiable in several European countries. Forensic services are situated within a particular sociocultural setting. Accordingly, this tre... Read More about External factors influencing length of stay in forensic services – a European evaluation.

People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation? (2019)
Journal Article
Connell, C., McKay, E. A., Furtado, V., & Singh, S. P. (2019). People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?. European Psychiatry, 60, 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2019.05

Background: Occupational participation is important for personality disordered offenders (PDOs) because it is integral to health and desistance from offending. What influences occupational participation is unknown for PDOs in the community, limitin... Read More about People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?.

Outcomes of young people who reach the transition boundary of child and adolescent mental health services: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Appleton, R., Connell, C., Fairclough, E., Tuomainen, H., & Singh, S. P. (2019). Outcomes of young people who reach the transition boundary of child and adolescent mental health services: a systematic review. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28(1

When young people reach the upper age limit of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), care should be transferred to an adult mental health service (AMHS) if they require ongoing support. However, many young people experience a significa... Read More about Outcomes of young people who reach the transition boundary of child and adolescent mental health services: a systematic review.

What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2018). What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2082

Background: Personality disorder is highly prevalent in offender populations and is associated with poor health, criminal justice and social outcomes. Research has been conducted into factors that influence offending and health, but, in order to im... Read More about What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review.

How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2017). How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), Article 368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-01

Background: Offenders with personality disorder are supported by health, criminal justice, social care and third sector services. These services are tasked with reducing risk, improving health and improving social outcomes. Research has been conduc... Read More about How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review.

Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom (2016)
Journal Article
Connell, C. (2016). Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 27(6), 907-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2016.1237535

Forensic services are required to reduce an individual’s risk of reoffending. Despite being integral to forensic mental health services, the contribution of forensic occupational therapy to achieving this aim is unclear. This study describes current... Read More about Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom.

An integrated case formulation approach in forensic practice: the contribution of Occupational Therapy to risk assessment and formulation (2014)
Journal Article
Connell, C. (2015). An integrated case formulation approach in forensic practice: the contribution of Occupational Therapy to risk assessment and formulation. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 26(1), 94-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2

Forensic services focus on risk reduction and extol the value of multidisciplinary working. Due to the complex relationship of personality disorder and risk, a multidisciplinary approach to risk assessment, formulation, management and reduction is es... Read More about An integrated case formulation approach in forensic practice: the contribution of Occupational Therapy to risk assessment and formulation.