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Evidence-Based Treatment in Forensic Settings

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Standards and guidelines of forensic psychiatric care and treatment have not been agreed upon in the European Community respectively, and are only insufficiently established in a small number of European states. The legal situation of forensic care differs between countries, affecting different legal frameworks for care and treatment. Treatment concepts which were internationally discussed over the last decades have been recognized, but not acknowledged as guidelines. Concepts which do play a role in the professional debate are the RNR approach and the good lives approach. In practice, there has been a tradition of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking even with regard to offender treatment in European countries, which is not outdated. Attachment theory and the concept of mentalization have revitalized this perspective and strengthened a focus on therapeutic relationship issues. However, effective treatment must include efforts of guiding the integration of patients into society and a supportive network of supervision and aftercare.

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  • Forensic Psychiatric Care
  • Mentally Disordered Offenders
  • Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP)
  • Transference-focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

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Schalast, N., Lebbing, C., Völlm, B. (2018). Evidence-Based Treatment in Forensic Settings. In: Goethals, K. (eds) Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology in Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74664-7_15

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