Scott Russ, Meehan Tom
Forensic Psychiatrist, High Security Inpatient Services, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Treatment and Research, Wacol, Brisbane, Australia.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Director of Service Evaluation and Research, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Treatment and Research, Wacol, Brisbane, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Jun 20;24(1):47-60. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1169572. eCollection 2017.
All critical incidents between 2003 and 2015 relating to leave episodes from the High Security Inpatient Services, Brisbane, Australia were audited. The audit found that since March 2003, when the High Security Inpatient Service opened, there was a very small number of critical incidents related to over 46,000 leave episodes. Of the 17 patients who went absent without permission over the 12-year study period, only 2 patients re-offended and 1 patient deliberately self-harmed during a leave episode. One patient assaulted his escort nurse during a leave and four patients attempted unsuccessfully to flee their escort nurses during escorted off-ground leave. No patient committed a serious violent offence and no patient committed suicide during an absence from leave. Only 4 of the 17 patients who went absent during leave between 2003 and 2015 remain as inpatients in the High Security Inpatient Service.
对2003年至2015年间澳大利亚布里斯班高度戒备住院服务中心与请假事件相关的所有重大事件进行了审计。审计发现，自2003年3月高度戒备住院服务中心开业以来，在超过46000次请假事件中，重大事件数量极少。在为期12年的研究期内未经许可擅自离开的17名患者中，只有2名患者再次犯罪，1名患者在请假期间故意自残。1名患者在请假期间袭击了护送护士，4名患者在护送离开院区期间试图逃离护送护士但未成功。没有患者实施严重暴力犯罪，也没有患者在请假缺勤期间自杀。2003年至2015年间请假期间擅自离开的17名患者中，只有4名仍为高度戒备住院服务中心的住院患者。
