Browsing Psychiatry (Scholarly Publications) by Author "Kennedy, Harry"
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The DUNDRUM Quartet: validation of structured professional judgement instruments DUNDRUM-3 assessment of programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 assessment of recovery in forensic mental health services
Kennedy, Harry; Davoren, Mary (2011)Background: Moving a forensic mental health patient from one level of therapeutic security to a lower level or to the community is influenced by more than risk assessment and risk management. We set out to construct and ... -
The DUNDRUM-1 structured professional judgment for triage to appropriate levels of therapeutic security: retrospective-cohort validation study.
Kennedy, Harry; O'Neill, Conor (2011)BACKGROUND: The assessment of those presenting to prison in-reach and court diversion services and those referred for admission to mental health services is a triage decision, allocating the patient to the appropriate ... -
DUNDRUM-2: Prospective validation of a structured professional judgment instrument assessing priority for admission from the waiting list for a Forensic Mental Health Hospital
Kennedy, Harry; O'Neill, Conor (2011)Background: The criteria for deciding who should be admitted first from a waiting list to a forensic secure hospital are not necessarily the same as for assessing need. Criteria were drafted qualitatively and tested in a ... -
Implementing a court diversion and liaison scheme in a remand prison by systematic screening of new receptions: a 6 year participatory action research study of 20,084 consecutive male remands.
Kennedy, Harry; Davoren, Mary; O'Neill, Conor (2013)BACKGROUND: A mental health needs assessment in the Irish prison population confirmed findings from other jurisdictions showing high prevalence of severe mental illness, including psychosis amongst those newly committed. ... -
Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study
Corvin, Aiden; Kennedy, Harry (2018)Abstract Forensic patients with schizophrenia who had carried out a homicide scored higher on a measure of moral cognition (MFQ-30) than other violent patients. Neurocognitive impairment was associated with homicide by ... -
Prospective observational cohort study of 'treatment as usual' over four years for patients with schizophrenia in a national forensic hospital.
Kennedy, Harry; Corvin, Aiden; Davoren, Mary (2018)Background: We evaluated change in response to multi-modal psychosocial ‘treatment as usual’ programs offered within a forensic hospital. Methods: Sixty nine patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective ... -
Prospective study of factors influencing conditional discharge from a forensic hospital: the DUNDRUM-3 programme completion and DUNDRUM-4 recovery structured professional judgement instruments and risk
Kennedy, Harry; Davoren, Mary (2013)Background We set out to examine whether structured professional judgement instruments DUNDRUM-3 programme completion (D-3) and DUNDRUM-4 recovery (D-4) scales along with measures of risk, mental state and global function ... -
A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
Corvin, Aiden; Kennedy, Harry (2019)Background: Evidence is accumulating that Cognitive Remediation Training (CRT) is effective for ameliorating cognitive deficits experienced by patients with schizophrenia and accompanying functional impairment. There has ... -
Susceptibility (risk and protective) factors for in-patient violence and self-harm: Prospective study of structured professional judgement instruments START and SAPROF, DUNDRUM-3 and DUNDRUM-4 in forensic mental health services
Kennedy, Harry; Davoren, Mary (2013)Background The START and SAPROF are newly developed fourth generation structured professional judgement instruments assessing strengths and protective factors. The DUNDRUM-3 and DUNDRUM-4 also measure positive factors, ...