Ethical Issues in Forensic Mental Health Research

Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist, forensic psychotherapist, forensic researcher and psychiatrist specialising in trauma. Christine Brown works in the Department of Mental Health at the University of Exeter.

`Ethics and the literature on this subject can often be dry and hard to make interesting. This book is neither dry nor boring. It raises a number of important questions about carrying out research on forensic mental health, while maintaining a well-balanced approach… Gwen Adshead and Christine Brown definitely meet their aim of providing help to those with little experience in this area. I am also sure that this publication will aid its more experienced readers to reflect on their practice'.

• Introduction, Gwen Adshead, Broadmoor Hospital and Christine Brown, University of Exeter. 1. Do you feel lucky? Assessing capacity to consent to research in forensic mental health practice, Gwen Adshead, Broadmoor Hospital. 2. In whose best interest: Consent by adolescence to research participation. Justine Rothwell, Mental Health Services of Salford and Carley Smith. 3. Dangerous stories: Consent and confidentiality in health and social care research, Christine Brown, University of Exeter. 4. User views and ethical issues in qualitative methods, Annie Bartlett, St George's Hospital Medical School and Krysia Canvin. 5. Ethical issues from risk assessment research, Caroline Logan, University of Liverpool. 6. Multidisciplinary aspects of forensic mental health research, Tom Mason, South Wales Forensic Services. 7. Research ethics committees and research in forensic psychiatry, Gwen Adshead, Broadmoor Hospital and Christine Brown, University of Exeter. 8.Gender sexuality in research, Jean Ruane, University of Sheffield. Conclusion. Index.