Judicial psychiatric hospital closings. Workers’ expectations in rehabilitation facilities: A pilot study from the Province of Taranto (Italy

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Abstract

Scope. The aim of this study is to gain a clear understanding of the level of knowledge and training of staff members from psychiatric rehabilitation hospitals in the Province of Taranto (Italy), where patients released from judicial psychiatric hospitals will be admitted. Case Studies A questionnaire taken from an earlier study on judicial psychiatric hospitals, conducted by The Ministry of Justice of the Department Penitentiary Administration – Superior Institute of Penitentiary Studies, was used in this study. Results. Many requests for information and training regarding the problems and challenges related to the management of individuals who are mentally ill, perpetrators of crimes, and persons who are held in protective custody are made by those who work in these institutions. Conclusions. Hospital workers are highly apprehensive with regard to working with a patient population quite different from that which they are normally accustomed to. In order to confront these challenges, they, together with other colleagues from both the private and public services sector, have turned toward the concept of teamwork. One element of contradiction seems to be a low level of knowledge regarding what will be required of them when their work will be connected to the world of criminal justice in the future. The workers who were interviewed who have experience in working with patients from Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals (OPG) seem to be up to the task of meeting the complex needs of the mentally ill and perpetrators of crimes within psychiatric rehabilitation facilities, as these patients must be kept under security.

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  • MARGARI F.;GRATTAGLIANO I.

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2014

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0009-9074

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