OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Restrictive Practices in Adult Secure Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review	31
eHealth Technology in Forensic Mental Healthcare: Recommendations for Achieving Benefits and Overcoming Barriers	22
Detecting Coached Feigning of Schizophrenia with the Inventory of Problems – 29 (IOP-29) and Its Memory Module (IOP-M): A Simulation Study on a French Community Sample	22
Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Onset of Aggression and Criminality in a Forensic Inpatient Sample	16
Characteristics and Re-Offending Rates Amongst Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness (NGMI): A Comparison of Men and Women in a 25-Year Australian Cohort	11
The Role Played by Theory of Mind and Empathy in the Feigning of Psychopathology	11
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: An International Practice Survey of Forensic Mental Health Clinicians	8
The Influence of Early Maladaptive Schemas on the Causal Links between Perceived Injustice, Negative Affect, and Aggression	7
Organizing Forensic Mental Health Care Delivery: Putting the Trinitarian Model of Therapeutic Security to the Test	7
The Development of a Prison Mental Health Unit in England: Understanding Realist Context(s)	6
Predictive Validity of the HCR-20v3 Compared to the HCR-20v3 with the FAM in Women	5
Validation of the Test of Memory Malingering in a Clinical Population from Singapore	5
The Physical Health and Activity of Patients under Forensic Psychiatric Care: A Scoping Review	5
Predictors of Weight Gain and Metabolic Indexes among Men Admitted to Forensic Psychiatric Hospital	5
Connectedness in Recovery Narratives of Persons Labeled Not Criminally Responsible: A Qualitative Study	5
Forensic Mental Health Practitioners’ Use of Structured Risk Assessment Instruments, Views about Bias in Risk Evaluations, and Strategies to Counteract It	5
Restorative Justice Practices in Forensic Mental Health Settings – A Scoping Review	5
Unidimensionality of the Strengths and Vulnerabilities Scales in the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)	4
An Exploratory Evaluation of the Impact and Acceptability of a Structured Reflective Practice Program Piloted with Staff in a Forensic Mental Health Setting	4
Contemporary Migrant Health Experience and Unique Health Care Needs in European Prisons and Immigration Detention Settings	4
The Correlates of Unfitness to Stand Trial in Victoria, Australia	4
Intensive Use of Forensic Inpatient Services by People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Ontario, Canada: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics	4
Child and Adult Attachment Styles among Individuals Who Have Committed Filicide: The Case for Examining Attachment by Gender	4
Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Indigenous Peoples: Colonialism as an Underlying Cause of Risk Ratings on the SAVRY	4
Adolescents’ Quality of Life and Mental Health Needs during the Initial Phase in a Closed Institution	4

The Influence of Unsupervised Short Leave on Treatment Progress in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals: A Pre-Post Study with Follow-up	4
Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in Men and Women in an Australian Prison Sample: Comparing Psychiatric History Taking and Symptom Screening Approaches	4
Inequities in Forensic Mental Health in South Africa and Recommendations for Service Development	4
Patient Participation in Pro Re Nata Medication in Forensic Psychiatric Care: Interview Study with Patients and Nurses	4
Understanding Current Staff Experiences, Practices and Needs in Supporting Young People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Queensland Youth Justice System	3
Exploring Rater Cultural Bias in Forensic Risk Assessment	3
Exploring Clinician Wellbeing within a Mentalization-Based Treatment Service for Adult Offending Males with Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Community	3
The EssenCES Measure of Ward Atmosphere: Mokken Scaling, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Investigating Patient-Level Characteristics	3
An Exploration of Risk and Protective Characteristics of Violent Youth Offenders in Singapore across Adolescent Developmental Stages	3
Intellectual Disability among Violent Repeat Offenders and Its Relation with Psychopathology and Self-Sufficiency	3
Race-informed Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Principles-Based Analysis	3
Examining the Influence of Mental Health on Self-Stigma in a Mexican Prison	3
Weight Gain is Not Associated with Antipsychotic Medication, Sociodemographic Factors, or Diagnosis in a Welsh Secure Mental Health Unit	3
Psychological Trauma Predicts Obesity in Welsh Secure Mental Health Inpatients	2
How Should the Risk of Absconding Be Assessed? Existing Approaches within Forensic Mental Health Systems and Examination of a New Scale	2
Construct Validity and Concordance of Clinician- and Patient-Rated DUNDRUM Programme Completion and Recovery Scales	2
Tū Tahanga: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of a Culturally Adapted Violence Prevention Programme in a Forensic Mental Health Service	2
The Association Between Work Climate and Group Climate in a Secure Forensic Treatment Setting for Individuals with Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning	2
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicidality, and Aggression as Indicators of Polypharmacy Practice in Forensic Mental Health Systems	2
Intersection between Justice-Involved Youth Personality Profiles and Criminal Risk-Need Patterns	2
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Full Scale IQ of Male Admissions to a High Secure Psychiatric Hospital Over Six Decades	2
The Meaningfulness of Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism in Forensic Mental Health Rehabilitation Practice: A Systematic Review	2
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Program for Promoting Trauma-Informed Responses among Criminal Legal System Professionals	2
Trajectories and Outcomes of Those Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder through a Canadian Forensic System	2
Culturally Sensitive Forensic Mental Healthcare for Racialized People Labeled as Not Criminally Responsible: A Scoping Review	2
At Risk of What? Understanding Forensic Psychiatric Inpatient Aggression through a Violence Risk Scenario Planning Lens	2
Estimating the Effects of Secure Services on Reconviction. Part 2 – Fewer Convictions Than Expected? Six Year Follow Up of an England and Wales Medium Secure Cohort	2
Diversity in the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	2
A Description of a Māori, Minimum Secure, Forensic Mental Health Unit: A Step toward Equity	2
Clinical Services Addressing Violent Extremism: The Quebec Model	2
Cross-Cultural Violence Risk Assessment: Adapting the HCR-20^V3 for Incarcerated Offenders in Mexico	2
Granted Leave in Bavarian Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals	2
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of the Therapeutic Relationship between Service Users and Staff after Physical Restraint in a Secure Mental Health Service	2
Factors Associated with Repeat Sexual Offending among U.S. Military Veterans Compared to Civilians	2
Physical Health and Activity of Inpatients under Forensic Mental Health Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey and Audit of Patients in a High Secure Setting in Queensland, Australia	2
Firesetting among People with Mental Disorders: Differences in Diagnosis, Motives and Behaviour	2
Perceived Credibility of Social Media Data as a Collateral Source in Criminal Responsibility Evaluations Using an Experimental Design	2
Sexual and Violent Recidivism of Empirically-Typed Individuals Convicted of Rape	2
Time and Care: A Qualitative Exploration of Prisoners’ Perceptions of Trauma-Informed Care in Women’s Prisons	2
Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) Violence Risk Case Formulation and Psychopathic Personality Disorder	2
Demystifying Zoophilia: Classification and Psychological Aspects of Humans Having Sexual Relationships with Animals	2
Are Mentally Disordered Offenders Admitted to Appropriate Secure Settings according to Security Needs? A Cross Sectional Study in Belgium	2
Ten Years of Operation of a Small Belgian Medium-Security Unit—How Are We Doing?	2