Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service. Design/methodology/approach Two types of Arson treatment programmes for women, one delivered to indiv...
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| author | Annesley, Phyllis Davison, Leonie Colley, Chris Gilley, Liz Thomson, Louise |
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service.
Design/methodology/approach
Two types of Arson treatment programmes for women, one delivered to individuals, the other within a group context, were developed, delivered and evaluated. The evaluation incorporated qualitative and quantitative data, including psychometric measures. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Findings
The evaluation evidenced very high engagement with and attendance at treatment programmes, and several post-treatment gains. Participants’ ratings of programmes and qualitative feedback were similarly very positive. The study demonstrated that engaging women firesetters in their treatment is paramount and can be facilitated by consistent boundaries around therapy provision balanced with sensitivity, empathy and flexibility; providing interactive and varied teaching methods; ongoing service user involvement and recognising participants’ achievements; employing a mixed cognitive analytic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy therapeutic approach; having input from fire service staff; and maintaining organisational support for firesetting interventions.
Practical implications
In all, 12 key recommendations are made for clinicians considering offering treatment programmes for women firesetters.
Originality/value
Amid few published papers on treating women firesetters this paper guides forensic clinicians in establishing and delivering interventions for women firesetters. |
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| spelling | nottingham-454632020-05-04T19:59:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45463/ Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare Annesley, Phyllis Davison, Leonie Colley, Chris Gilley, Liz Thomson, Louise Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service. Design/methodology/approach Two types of Arson treatment programmes for women, one delivered to individuals, the other within a group context, were developed, delivered and evaluated. The evaluation incorporated qualitative and quantitative data, including psychometric measures. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings The evaluation evidenced very high engagement with and attendance at treatment programmes, and several post-treatment gains. Participants’ ratings of programmes and qualitative feedback were similarly very positive. The study demonstrated that engaging women firesetters in their treatment is paramount and can be facilitated by consistent boundaries around therapy provision balanced with sensitivity, empathy and flexibility; providing interactive and varied teaching methods; ongoing service user involvement and recognising participants’ achievements; employing a mixed cognitive analytic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy therapeutic approach; having input from fire service staff; and maintaining organisational support for firesetting interventions. Practical implications In all, 12 key recommendations are made for clinicians considering offering treatment programmes for women firesetters. Originality/value Amid few published papers on treating women firesetters this paper guides forensic clinicians in establishing and delivering interventions for women firesetters. Emerald 2017 Article PeerReviewed Annesley, Phyllis, Davison, Leonie, Colley, Chris, Gilley, Liz and Thomson, Louise (2017) Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare. Journal of Forensic Practice, 19 (1). pp. 59-76. ISSN 2050-8794 arson treatment; firesetting; high secure; treatment delivery; mental health; united kingdom http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JFP-12-2015-0054 doi:10.1108/JFP-12-2015-0054 doi:10.1108/JFP-12-2015-0054 |
| spellingShingle | arson treatment; firesetting; high secure; treatment delivery; mental health; united kingdom Annesley, Phyllis Davison, Leonie Colley, Chris Gilley, Liz Thomson, Louise Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title | Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title_full | Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title_fullStr | Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title_short | Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| title_sort | developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare |
| topic | arson treatment; firesetting; high secure; treatment delivery; mental health; united kingdom |
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