TY - RPRT TI - Risk assessment instruments validated and implemented in correctional settings in the United States AU - Desmarais, S.L. AU - Singh, J.P. A3 - The Council of State Governments Justice Division, New York DA - 2013/3// PY - 2013/3// M3 - Research Report PB - The Council of State Governments Justice Division, New York UR - https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/risk-assessment-instruments-validated-and-implemented-in-correctional-settings-in-the-united-states/ ER - TY - RPRT TI - Hillsborough County community domestic violence safety and accountability analysis AU - Desmarais, S.L. AU - Murray, N. AU - Hill, L. A3 - Family Justice Center of Hillsborough County and the Harrell Center for the Study of Domestic Violence DA - 2013/8// PY - 2013/8// M3 - Research Report PB - Family Justice Center of Hillsborough County and the Harrell Center for the Study of Domestic Violence ER - TY - RPRT TI - Involuntary outpatient commitment: Current evidence and options AU - Morrissey, J.P. AU - Domino, M.E. AU - Desmarais, S.L. A3 - The Continuity of Care Panel, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene DA - 2013/10// PY - 2013/10// M3 - Research Report PB - The Continuity of Care Panel, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene UR - https://tinyurl.com/yaev6tab ER - TY - RPRT TI - Mental Health Courts: The Evidence AU - Desmarais, S.L. AU - Lowder, E.M. AU - Van Dorn, R.A. AU - Cuddeback, G. A3 - Wake County Mental Health Court Steering Committee and members of the NC Legislature DA - 2013/12// PY - 2013/12// M3 - White Paper PB - Wake County Mental Health Court Steering Committee and members of the NC Legislature ER - TY - JOUR TI - Het gebruik van risicotaxatie-instrumenten onder SPV-en. [The use of risk assessment tools by Dutch social psychiatric nurses] AU - de Valk, S. AU - de Ruiter, C. AU - Folino, J.O. AU - Large, M.M. AU - Pham, T.H. AU - Reeves, K.A. AU - Condemarin, C. AU - Nielsen, L. AU - Rettenberger, M. AU - Mei Yee Ho, R. AU - Godoy-Cervera, V. AU - Dean, K. AU - Francisca Rebocho, M. AU - Arbach-Lucioni, K. AU - Grann, M. AU - Seewald, K. AU - Doyle, M.W. AU - Desmarais, S. AU - Van Dorn, R. AU - Otto, R. AU - Singh, J.P. T2 - Sociale Psychiatrie DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// VL - 33 SP - 33–42 ER - TY - BOOK TI - Domestic violence: An overview for mental health practitioners AU - Desmarais, S.L. AU - Dutton, D.G. A3 - Bloom, H. A3 - Schneider, R. DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Irwin Law & Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ER - TY - JOUR TI - What Influences Perceptions of Procedural Justice Among People with Mental Illness Regarding their Interactions with the Police? AU - Livingston, James D. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Greaves, Caroline AU - Parent, Richard AU - Verdun-Jones, Simon AU - Brink, Johann T2 - Community Mental Health Journal DA - 2013/1/5/ PY - 2013/1/5/ DO - 10.1007/s10597-012-9571-5 VL - 50 IS - 3 SP - 281-287 J2 - Community Ment Health J LA - en OP - SN - 0010-3853 1573-2789 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9571-5 DB - Crossref KW - Police interactions KW - Perceived procedural justice KW - Mental illness ER - TY - JOUR TI - Teaching and Researching SPJ Guides AU - Webster, Christopher AU - Haque, Quazi AU - Augimeri, Leena AU - Brink, Johann AU - Cree, Adrian AU - Desmarais, Sarah AU - Gray, Nicola AU - Johnstone, Lorraine AU - Martin, Mary-Lou AU - Nicholls, Tonia AU - Snowden, Robert T2 - Violence Risk-Assessment and Management AB - In this chapter, the authors focus on just one issue: How is some degree of consistency to be brought to bear in the conduct of these assessments? In short supply, though, are ideas on how best (i) to teach the use of these devices to individual practitioners (many of whom may view such “standardizations” as being too simplistic and, therefore, superfluous in their own particular cases) and (ii) to implement some specific SPJ scheme across whole mental health, forensic, or correctional services. At the end of the session, perhaps while participants are filling in their own evaluation forms, it can be helpful to complete some variation of the Training Risk Workshop (TRW) outlined as Appendix A to the chapter. This is, in effect, the time where the instructor can pause and reflect upon the possible success or otherwise of the training venture. DA - 2013/10/11/ PY - 2013/10/11/ DO - 10.1002/9781118485545.ch15 SP - 123-137 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Letter to the Editor: Critique of Bahorik et al. () – 'Under-reporting of drug use among individuals with schizophrenia: prevalence and predictors' AU - Van Dorn, Richard A. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Swartz, Marvin S. AU - Scott Young, M. AU - Sellers, Brian G. T2 - Psychological Medicine AB - An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button. DA - 2013/10/29/ PY - 2013/10/29/ DO - 10.1017/s0033291713002511 VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 668-670 J2 - Psychol. Med. LA - en OP - SN - 0033-2917 1469-8978 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291713002511 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Development and psychometric properties of the Early Labour Experience Questionnaire (ELEQ) AU - Janssen, Patricia A. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. T2 - Midwifery AB - to describe the development and psychometric properties of the Early Labour Experiences Questionnaire (ELEQ). randomized controlled trial. hospitals serving obstetric populations in metropolitan and suburban Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 423 healthy nulliparous women in labour at term with uncomplicated pregnancies. women were randomized to telephone support (n=241) or home visit (n=182) study groups and completed the ELEQ during the postpartum phase of their hospital stay. the ELEQ contains 26 self-report items, rated on a 5-point scale, that measure women's affective experience of early labour (14 items), perceptions of nursing care (12 items), whether they would recommend this type of early labour care to a friend (1 item), and whether they believed they went to the hospital at the right time (1 item). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to determine whether the items grouped together into subscales. The structural reliability of the extracted subscales and total scores were evaluated using a number of coefficients. To test criterion validity, we compared ELEQ item, subscale and total scores between the study groups. item and total scores showed significant variability. Factor analysis yielded three subscales: Emotional Well-Being, Emotional Distress and Perceptions of Nursing Care. The subscale and total scores showed good internal consistency and item homogeneity, and were interrelated in the expected direction. Items evidenced strong associations with the subscale and total scores. Comparisons between study groups offered some support for criterion validity. pending further validation, the ELEQ can contribute to the assessment of women's experiences with different aspects of maternity care, evaluation of the quality of maternity care, and improvement of maternity services. DA - 2013/3// PY - 2013/3// DO - 10.1016/j.midw.2012.05.012 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 181-189 J2 - Midwifery LA - en OP - SN - 0266-6138 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.05.012 DB - Crossref KW - Labour KW - Patient satisfaction KW - Psychometrics KW - Questionnaires ER - TY - JOUR TI - Women's experience with early labour management at home vs. in hospital: A randomised controlled trial AU - Janssen, Patricia A. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. T2 - Midwifery AB - to compare experiences with early labour assessment and support at home vs. by telephone.a randomised controlled trial of nurse home visits vs. telephone support for assessment and support of women in early labour.hospitals serving obstetrical populations in metropolitan and suburban Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.healthy nulliparous women in labour at term with uncomplicated pregnancies participating in the third and fourth year of the trial.women were randomised to receive early labour assessment and support at home (n=241) and or to receive assessment and support by telephone (n=182).the Early Labour Experience Questionnaire (ELEQ), a 26-item self-administered questionnaire that measures women's experience with early labour care across three domains: emotional well-being, emotional distress and perceptions of nursing care.women who received home visits rated their early labour experience more positively overall compared to women who received telephone support (103.14 ± 12.45 vs. 99.67 ± 13.11, p<.01)including perceptions of nursing care that they received (38.64 ± 2.90 vs. 36.82 ± 4.09, p<.001). However, women's affective experiences did not differ.early labour nursing care provided at home is associated with a more positive experience of early labour compared to telephone support. DA - 2013/3// PY - 2013/3// DO - 10.1016/j.midw.2012.05.011 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 190-194 J2 - Midwifery LA - en OP - SN - 0266-6138 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.05.011 DB - Crossref KW - Labour KW - Nursing care KW - Satisfaction KW - Randomised controlled trial ER - TY - RPRT TI - Strong Fathers Project subcontract: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013 A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - RPRT TI - Fostering Youth Educational Success: Final evaluation report AU - Pennell, J. AU - Rikard, R.V. A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - CHAP TI - Culturally competent care in an increasingly diverse society AU - Bullock, K. AU - Volkel, J. T2 - Our changing journey to the end: Reshaping death, dying, and grief in America A2 - Staudt, C. A2 - Ellens, J. H. PY - 2013/// SP - 145-158 PB - Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger ER - TY - RPRT TI - Center for Family and Community Engagement: First five years AU - Pennell, J. A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// VL - September PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - CHAP TI - Restorative justice and youth offending AU - Pennell, J. AU - Maxwell, G. M. AU - Nash, J. T2 - Handbook of community practice (2nd ed.) A2 - Marie Weil, Michael S. Reisch A2 - Ohmer, Mary L. PY - 2013/// DO - 10.4135/9781412976640.n27 SP - 567-583 PB - Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications SN - 9781782688716 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Predictive validity of dynamic factors: Assessing violence risk in forensic psychiatric inpatients. AU - Wilson, Catherine M. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Nicholls, Tonia L. AU - Hart, Stephen D. AU - Brink, Johann T2 - Law and Human Behavior AB - There is general consensus that dynamic factors ought to be considered in the assessment of violence risk, but little direct evidence exists to demonstrate that within-individual fluctuations in putative dynamic factors are associated with changes in risk. We examined these issues in a sample of 30 male forensic psychiatric inpatients using a pseudoprospective design. Static and dynamic factors were coded on the basis of chart review using 2 structured measures of violence risk: Version 2 of the Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20 (HCR-20; C. D. Webster, K. S. Douglas, D. Eaves, & S. D. Hart, 1997, HCR-20: Assessing risk for violence, Version 2, Vancouver, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University) and the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START; C. D. Webster, M. L. Martin, J. Brink, T. L. Nicholls, & S. L. Desmarais, 2009, Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability [START], Version 1.1, Coquitlam, BC, Canada: British Columbia Mental Health and Addiction Services). HCR-20 and START assessments were repeated every 3 months for a period of 1 year. Institutional violence in the 3 months following each assessment was coded using a modified version of the Overt Aggression Scale (S. C. Yudofsky, J. M. Silver, W. Jackson, J. Endicott, & D. W. Williams, 1986, The Overt Aggression Scale for the objective rating of verbal and physical aggression, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 143, pp. 35-39). Dynamic risk and strength factors showed predictive validity for institutional aggression. Results of event history analyses demonstrated that changes in dynamic risk factors significantly predicted institutional violence, even after controlling for static risk factors. This is one of the first studies to provide clear and direct support for the utility of dynamic factors in the assessment of violence risk. DA - 2013/12// PY - 2013/12// DO - 10.1037/lhb0000025 VL - 37 IS - 6 SP - 377-388 J2 - Law and Human Behavior LA - en OP - SN - 1573-661X 0147-7307 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000025 DB - Crossref KW - violence risk assessment KW - dynamic factors KW - inpatient aggression KW - HCR-20 KW - START ER - TY - RPRT TI - Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013: Summary report A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - RPRT TI - Family-Centered Practice Project: Annual report to the North Carolina Division of Social Services, fiscal year 2012-2013 A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - JOUR TI - Family violence, fathers, and restoring personhood AU - Pennell, Joan AU - Sanders, Tia AU - Rikard, R. V. AU - Shepherd, Joetta AU - Starsoneck, Leslie T2 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AB - Restorative justice holds those who abuse as morally responsible and, thus, capable of acknowledging wrongdoing, changing how they relate to others, and rebuilding their sense of personhood. Applying restorative practices in situations of family violence, however, may endanger the participants unless they are prepared for the deliberations and sufficient safeguards are in place. A starting place for engaging some men who abuse in restorative processes is through their role as fathers. ‘Strong Fathers’ was a group programme for men who had committed domestic violence and were referred by child welfare. The men who persevered with the programme were pulled by their desire to be close to their children and pushed by their sense of what it means to be a man and a father. The often painful process restored rather than punished the participants, and the results point to how to interface treatment programmes and restorative practices. DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// DO - 10.5235/20504721.1.2.268 VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 268-289 SN - 2050-473X ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effects of Outpatient Treatment on Risk of Arrest of Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Associated Costs AU - Van Dorn, Richard A. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Petrila, John AU - Haynes, Diane AU - Singh, Jay P. T2 - Psychiatric Services AB - Objective This study examined whether possession of psychotropic medication and receipt of outpatient services reduce the likelihood of posthospitalization arrest among adults with serious mental illness. A secondary aim was to compare service system costs for individuals who were involved with the justice system and those who were not. Methods Claims data for prescriptions and treatments were used to describe patterns and costs of outpatient services between 2005 and 2012 for 4,056 adult Florida Medicaid enrollees with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder after discharge from an index hospitalization. Multivariable time-series analysis tested the effects of medication and outpatient services on arrest (any, felony, or misdemeanor) in subsequent 30-day periods. Results A total of 1,263 participants (31%) were arrested at least once during follow-up. Monthly medication possession and receipt of outpatient services reduced the likelihood of any arrests (misdemeanor or felony) and of misdemeanor arrests. Possession of medications for 90 days after hospital discharge also reduced the likelihood of arrest. Prior justice involvement, minority racial-ethnic status, and male sex increased the risk of arrest, whereas older age decreased it. Criminal justice and behavioral health system costs were significantly higher for the justice-involved group than for the group with no justice involvement. Conclusions Routine outpatient treatment, including medication and outpatient services, may reduce the likelihood of arrest among adults with serious mental illness. Medication possession over a 90-day period after hospitalization appears to confer additional protection. Overall, costs were lower for those who were not arrested, even when they used more outpatient services. DA - 2013/9// PY - 2013/9// DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201200406 VL - 64 IS - 9 SP - 856-862 J2 - PS LA - en OP - SN - 1075-2730 1557-9700 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200406 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Accuracy of self-report, biological tests, collateral reports and clinician ratings in identifying substance use disorders among adults with schizophrenia. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Van Dorn, Richard A. AU - Sellers, Brian G. AU - Young, M. Scott AU - Swartz, Marvin S. T2 - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors AB - Identifying substance use disorders among adults with schizophrenia presents unique challenges but is critical to research and practice. This study examined: (a) the accuracy of assessments completed using various approaches in identifying substance use disorders, (b) their ability to discriminate between disorders of abuse and dependence, and (c) the benefits of using multiple indicators to identify substance use disorders. Data are from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness study. The sample comprised 1,460 community-based adults with schizophrenia, 15.8% (n = 230) of whom were positive for a current (past month) drug or alcohol use disorder using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID). Clinician ratings, self-report, collateral reports, and results of hair and urine tests were compared to SCID diagnoses. Congruence with SCID diagnoses was good across approaches and evidence for superiority of one approach over another was limited. No approach discriminated between abuse and dependence. There was limited benefit of using multiple indicators. Findings suggest that the decision regarding the "best" approach for identifying substance use disorders among adults with schizophrenia may be made through consideration of practical issues and assessment purpose, rather than selection of the approach that yields the most accurate diagnostic assessment. DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// DO - 10.1037/a0031256 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 774-787 J2 - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors LA - en OP - SN - 1939-1501 0893-164X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0031256 DB - Crossref KW - assessment KW - diagnosis KW - substance use disorders KW - drug use disorders KW - alcohol use disorders KW - schizophrenia ER - TY - JOUR TI - Drug and alcohol trajectories among adults with schizophrenia: Data from the CATIE study AU - Van Dorn, Richard A. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Tueller, Stephen J. AU - Jolley, Jennifer M. AU - Johnson, Kiersten L. AU - Swartz, Marvin S. T2 - Schizophrenia Research AB - The primary aim is to describe drug and alcohol trajectories in adults with schizophrenia. Growth mixture models were used to examine disordered and non-disordered use and abstinence in the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness study. Five classes – always abstinent; fluctuating use, abuse, and occasional abstinence; occasional (ab)use; stopped (ab)use; abusing – fit best. Overlap exists between always abstinent drug and alcohol classes; less overlap exists across other classes. There is heterogeneity in drug and alcohol use among adults with schizophrenia. The lack of overlap between classes, save always abstinent, suggests modeling drug and alcohol use separately. DA - 2013/8// PY - 2013/8// DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.006 VL - 148 IS - 1-3 SP - 126-129 J2 - Schizophrenia Research LA - en OP - SN - 0920-9964 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.006 DB - Crossref KW - Drug use KW - Alcohol use KW - Schizophrenia KW - Longitudinal KW - Growth mixture model ER - TY - JOUR TI - Measurement of Predictive Validity in Violence Risk Assessment Studies: A Second-Order Systematic Review AU - Singh, Jay P. AU - Desmarais, Sarah L. AU - Van Dorn, Richard A. T2 - Behavioral Sciences & the Law AB - The objective of the present review was to examine how predictive validity is analyzed and reported in studies of instruments used to assess violence risk. We reviewed 47 predictive validity studies published between 1990 and 2011 of 25 instruments that were included in two recent systematic reviews. Although all studies reported receiver operating characteristic curve analyses and the area under the curve (AUC) performance indicator, this methodology was defined inconsistently and findings often were misinterpreted. In addition, there was between-study variation in benchmarks used to determine whether AUCs were small, moderate, or large in magnitude. Though virtually all of the included instruments were designed to produce categorical estimates of risk - through the use of either actuarial risk bins or structured professional judgments - only a minority of studies calculated performance indicators for these categorical estimates. In addition to AUCs, other performance indicators, such as correlation coefficients, were reported in 60% of studies, but were infrequently defined or interpreted. An investigation of sources of heterogeneity did not reveal significant variation in reporting practices as a function of risk assessment approach (actuarial vs. structured professional judgment), study authorship, geographic location, type of journal (general vs. specialized audience), sample size, or year of publication. Findings suggest a need for standardization of predictive validity reporting to improve comparison across studies and instruments. DA - 2013/1// PY - 2013/1// DO - 10.1002/bsl.2053 VL - 31 IS - 1 SP - 55-73 J2 - Behav. Sci. Law LA - en OP - SN - 0735-3936 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2053 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Family group decision making: Measuring fidelity to practice principles in public child welfare AU - Rauktis, Mary Elizabeth AU - Bishop-Fitzpatrick, Lauren AU - Jung, Nahri AU - Pennell, Joan T2 - CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW AB - This study describes the development and validation of a short, self-administered fidelity measure used to capture the perspectives of a range of individuals participating in a family group decision making conference. Exploratory factor analyses suggested either a two or a three factor solution. Findings from confirmatory factor analysis supported a three factor model that includes sets of practices yielding: (1) Productive Decision Making; (2) Family Group Inclusion; and (3) Professional Supportiveness. These results provide direction to public child welfare practitioners and policymakers about the importance and the feasibility of attending to multiple perspectives in assessing program delivery. DA - 2013/2// PY - 2013/2// DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.001 VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 287-295 SN - 1873-7765 KW - Family group decision making KW - Model fidelity scale KW - Implementation evaluation ER - TY - RPRT TI - Five-Year Review Report, 2008-2013 AU - Pennell, J. A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2013/// PY - 2013/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER -