BACKGROUND: As new services for offenders with @entity1314 emerge in the UK, there is interest in the methods of assessments and characteristics of @entity1 admitted. AIM: To evaluate use of selection criteria for admission to a @entity1314 service within medium secure hospital provision in the UK, and to test for features that discriminate between those admitted and those rejected. METHOD: A structured multidisciplinary assessment was administered to offenders referred to a new @entity1314 service in a medium secure psychiatric unit. The evaluation included self-report and observer ratings across a range of domains including categorical @entity74 and @entity74 , dimensional assessment of personality and ratings of intellect and risk. RESULTS: Sixty-eight male offenders were assessed, of whom 47 were offered admission. No differences were found between those accepted or rejected on demographic, offence and most clinical characteristics. @entity2270 I comorbidity was high in both groups (over 90%). There was no indication of staff overriding exclusion criteria but @entity1 who were accepted had greater extraversion and conscientiousness on the NEO-FFI. CONCLUSION: Staff screening @entity1 for suitability for admission to this new specialist medium security hospital unit stayed true to given exclusion criteria in their decision not to offer a bed. Characteristics with face value as qualities necessary for engagement in treatments appeared to influence positive choices. Next steps will be to test the validity of choice with outcome studies.

Characteristics of offenders referred to a medium secure XXXX service: the first five years.

@entity1314 :: ('MESH:D010554', 'Disease') :: ['personality disorder', 'dedicated personality disorder'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'men'] @entity2270 :: ('MESH:C566610', 'Disease') :: ['Axis'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['axis I disorders', 'axis II disorders']
@entity1314 :: (MESH:D010554,Disease) :: ['NHS personality disorder']
