The impact of treatment on hostile-dominance in forensic psychiatric inpatients: Relationships between change in hostile-dominance and recidivism following release from custody
Huband, Nick McCarthy, Lucy Duggan, Conor
Huband, Nick
McCarthy, Lucy
Duggan, Conor
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This study explored the impact of psychiatric and psychological treatment on hostile-dominance in 51 offenders with personality disorder in a secure psychiatric unit. Hostile-dominance was assessed at intake and repeated at six monthly intervals. In 28 of the participants with reassessment of hostile-dominance, who were subsequently discharged into the community, the association between reoffending (Grave and Any) and change in hostile-dominance (measured by subtracting the final hostile-dominance score from the initial score), psychopathic traits, Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and treatment completion/non-completion was examined. Results revealed that patients who completed treatment evidenced a reduction in hostile-dominance, whereas patients who did not complete treatment worsened. Logistic regression analyses showed that reduced hostile-dominance, psychopathy and ASPD predicted reoffending (Any). Treatment completion and Psychopathy Checklist Factor 1 scores predicted Grave reoffending. Findings are supportive of the potential for the level of hostile-dominance to be reduced through completion of appropriate treatment; such changes are important to reductions in reoffending. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
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Daffern, M., Thomas, S., Lee, S., Huband, N., McCarthy, L., Simpson, K. & Duggan, C. (2013). The impact of treatment on hostile-dominance in forensic psychiatric inpatients: Relationships between change in hostile-dominance and recidivism following release from custody. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 24 (6), pp.675-687.