Forensic psychiatry in Finland: an overview of past, present and future.

Finland Forensic assessments Forensic psychiatry

Journal

International journal of mental health systems
ISSN: 1752-4458
Titre abrégé: Int J Ment Health Syst
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101294224

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 09 10 2019
accepted: 11 04 2020
entrez: 24 4 2020
pubmed: 24 4 2020
medline: 24 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Despite a recent contrary trend, Finland has been for decades one of the most violent countries in Western Europe. Also, Finland has had one of the highest number of psychiatric beds per capita in Europe, although this, too, has seen a sharp decline. Against this background, among other national idiosyncrasies, Finland has developed its forensic psychiatric services. Here, we describe the legal, organizational and clinical structure of these services, and outline the historical and current issues that have shaped them. Finally, we consider future challenges facing the Finnish forensic service system, as part of wider European and global trends.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32322299
doi: 10.1186/s13033-020-00362-x
pii: 362
pmc: PMC7164302
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

29

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Allan Seppänen (A)

1Psychoses and Forensic Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
2Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.

Petteri Joelsson (P)

3National Institute for Health and Welfare, Forensic Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland.

Aulikki Ahlgren-Rimpiläinen (A)

3National Institute for Health and Welfare, Forensic Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland.

Eila Repo-Tiihonen (E)

4University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

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