Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation Study: D-FOREST Study.
About this study
The DUNDRUM Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation study (D-FOREST study) is a multi-site comprehensive evaluation of a complete National Forensic Mental Health Service. The study will have a prospective, observational, longitudinal design which will permit the evaluation of benefit over time for individual patients, groups of patients and the evaluation of the benefit in terms of service based outcomes of the redevelopment of a complete National Forensic Mental Health Service e.g. effects on waiting list times, length of stay. The study will systematically evaluate multiple domains of recovery in a complete National Forensic Service, including patients' physical health, mental health, offending behaviours and social and occupational functioning.
- Condition
- Schizophrenia, Forensic Psychiatry, Outcome Measure, Violence, Personality Disorders, Recovery, Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, Frailty, Psychosis, Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia
- Sponsor
- Health Service Executive, Ireland
Who can join
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Inclusion 3
- Minimum age: 18 years
- Study condition: Schizophrenia, Forensic Psychiatry, Outcome Measure, Violence, Personality Disorders, Recovery, Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, Frailty, Psychosis, Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia
- Admitted to the National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) Ireland after 1st December 2019 until 7 years after the transfer of the National Service to the newly developed complete National Forensic Service at Portrane, North Dublin, Ireland.
Exclusion 1
- This study comprises a complete cohort of admissions to the NFMHS. All adult patients admitted during the time period will be included in the study, regardless of their length of stay.
Where
1 site, 1 recruiting
National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Contact
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Mary Davoren, M.D.
0035312157401 davorem@tcd.ie
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Harry G Kennedy, M.D.
0035312157400 kennedh@tcd.ie
Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.