边沁单元：为男性精神错乱还押候审囚犯提供的试点还押候审和评估服务。第二部分：独立评估报告。
The Bentham Unit: a pilot remand and assessment service for male mentally disordered remand prisoners. II: Report of an independent evaluation.
作者信息
Weaver T, Taylor F, Cunningham B, Maden A, Rees S, Renton A
机构信息
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.
出版信息
Br J Psychiatry. 1997 May;170:462-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.170.5.462.
BACKGROUND
Findings are presented from an evaluation of a pilot remand and assessment service--the Bentham Unit. The aims of the Bentham Unit are to provide rapid assessment, identify mentally disordered remand prisoners, and speed their transfer from prison to NHS care, where a need is indicated.
METHOD
The number, rate and speed of referral, assessment and transfer to NHS care of offenders remanded to Wormwood Scrubs prison during periods before and after the Bentham Unit opened were compared.
RESULTS
The service attracted a large volume of referrals. Between the two periods, significant increases in the numbers of referrals and hospital disposals, and major reductions in the interval between reception on remand into the prison, NHS assessment and transfer to NHS care, were observed.
CONCLUSIONS
The aims of the unit were met. Implications for service configurations are discussed.
背景
本文展示了对一项试点还押候审及评估服务——边沁单元的评估结果。边沁单元的目标是提供快速评估，识别精神错乱的还押候审囚犯，并在有需求时加快他们从监狱向国民保健服务（NHS）护理机构的转移。
方法
比较了在边沁单元开放前后，被还押到沃姆伍德·斯克鲁布斯监狱的罪犯被转介、评估及转移到NHS护理机构的数量、比例和速度。
结果
该服务吸引了大量转介。在这两个时期之间，观察到转介数量和医院处置数量显著增加，且从还押进入监狱到NHS评估及转移到NHS护理机构的间隔大幅缩短。
结论
该单元的目标得以实现。文中讨论了对服务配置的影响。
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