2022
An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients.
Wasser TD, Strockbine BA, Hauser LL, Mathew MA, Gay B, Smith HE, Dike CC. An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022, 50: 74-83. PMID: 35042737, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.210050-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForensic hospitalState forensic hospitalForensic hospital patientsForensic psychiatric patientsRisk assessment toolHospital patientsRestraint useHigh riskPsychiatric patientsHospital staffPatientsPatient advocatesPatient transportationSignificant riskForensic patientsHospital administratorsTool correlateHospitalRisk
2020
Hospital treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity
Kapoor R, Wasser TD, Funaro MC, Norko MA. Hospital treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity. Behavioral Sciences & The Law 2020, 38: 426-440. PMID: 32897589, DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-based treatmentReason of insanityRecovery-oriented careViolence riskComplex psychiatric presentationsSecure forensic hospitalHospital treatmentPatient populationPsychiatric presentationsTherapeutic modalitiesInpatient aggressionSpecific treatmentForensic hospitalTreatmentHospitalInsanity acquitteesRiskAcquitteesRisk assessmentPopulationCliniciansCare
2017
First-Episode Psychosis and the Criminal Justice System: Using a Sequential Intercept Framework to Highlight Risks and Opportunities
Wasser T, Pollard J, Fisk D, Srihari V. First-Episode Psychosis and the Criminal Justice System: Using a Sequential Intercept Framework to Highlight Risks and Opportunities. Psychiatric Services 2017, 68: 994-996. PMID: 28859587, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice systemJustice systemSubsequent criminal justice involvementSequential Intercept ModelCriminal justice involvementCriminal justiceLegal outcomesDiversionary programsCaseload burdenHighlight risksJustice involvementClinical sphereIntercept modelFirst-episode psychosisMental health servicesJusticeEpisode psychosisHealth servicesRisk of aggressionSpherePsychosisRiskOpportunitiesFrameworkPatients